Microsoft to build new search base in Norway
Publisert: 12:20 30-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Software giant Microsoft said Tuesday it would establish its base for search technology in Norway, with a main office in Oslo plus offices in Trondheim and Tromsø. |
 
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Markets dive on opening
Publisert: 10:20 30-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Share prices on the Oslo Stock Exchange, which ended up with its worst one-day fall in 17 years on Monday, continued to dive Tuesday morning. Norway´s central bank made a new effort to boost liquidity, and the finance minister admitted the market turbulence was "stronger than feared." |
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Princess has another daughter
Publisert: 16:13 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway’s Princess Martha Louise gave birth on Monday to her third daughter with husband Ari Behn. |
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Police face huge training challenges in Afghanistan
Publisert: 15:43 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian police, who have been trying for the past five years to help Afghanistan build up its own police force, have issued a report that suggests they´re dealing with chaotic conditions involving sex, drugs, corruption and defectors to the Taliban. |
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Glitnir calms customers
Publisert: 15:41 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Icelandic bank Glitnir tried to reassure its customers at Glitner Bank in Norway and elsewhere on Monday, after Icelandic authorities invested heavily in the bank and took over control. |
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Mullah Krekar threatens Kurdish author
Publisert: 14:42 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s least welcome refugee Mullah Krekar made headlines again during the weekend, after sending out a written statement and sound file over the Internet in which he claims that a controversial Kurdish author deserves the death penalty. |
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Equestrian hopes suspension will be lifted
Publisert: 14:16 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Tony André Hansen, whose Olympic bronze medal is at risk in a doping case, hopes his suspension from the sport will be lifted so he can ride in the upcoming Oslo Horse Show. |
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Racism rears its head in Norwegian mountain town
Publisert: 12:03 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s state church is caught in what most church leaders admit is a racist conflict in the mountain community of Oppdal. The local church leader there faces harsh criticism after preventing a pastor who´s originally from Sierra Leone from conducting several funerals, allegedly because families of the deceased objected to his skin colour. |
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Authorities launch hotel food poisoning probe
Publisert: 11:14 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian authorities launched an investigation Monday after scores of guests fell acutely ill during the weekend at a hotel near Oslo´s airport at Gardermoen. More than 30 persons had to be sent to hospital. |
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Stoltenberg enters the market
Publisert: 10:40 29-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg made a rare verbal entry into the financial markets early Monday, saying on national radio that he hoped a US rescue package would slow a rise in interest rates in Norway. He cautioned that the danger isn´t over, but some interest rates quickly eased after his comments. |
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Oslo-area teams in Cup final
Publisert: 14:14 26-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The run-up to Norway´s annual national professional soccer cup has left two clubs from metropolitan Oslo set to face off against each other. For one of them, it´s a case of sweet revenge. |
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Gulf Stream here to stay
Publisert: 13:44 26-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Gulf Stream, that almost mythical flow of warm seas that makes Norway and a few other Nordic countries liveable, isn´t about to disappear any time soon. New research contradicts earlier theories that it might. |
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Tough testimony emerges during war crimes trial
Publisert: 12:21 26-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A 69-year-old woman from Bosnia delivered chilling testimony this week, as Norway´s first war crimes trial since World War II continued to unfold. The court listened to her account of being raped by the defendant, who fled to Norway after the war in the Balkans and now is a Norwegian citizen. |
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China warns against Peace Prize to one of its dissidents
Publisert: 11:32 26-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Chinese authorities have been quick to issue warnings that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident will hurt relations between China and Norway. |
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Latest US collapse can also hit Norway’s oil fund
Publisert: 10:55 26-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s sovereign wealth fund that´s fuelled by oil revenues faces more losses, following the collapse of the large Seattle-based savings and loan institution, Washington Mutual. |
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Moose hunt is big business
Publisert: 15:41 25-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s annual moose hunt started Thursday, with millions of kroner invested by enthusiasts in hunting rights, clothing, weapons and other gear. In addition comes the value of the meat to be sold. |
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Fir trees behind possible breast cancer breakthrough
Publisert: 15:06 25-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian research that stems from an analysis of fir trees may lead to early detection of breast cancer and other diseases through a simple blood test. |
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Welfare agency gets more emergency funding
Publisert: 12:46 25-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
NAV, the embattled state agency charged with administering everything from unemployment benefits to sick pay, will get another NOK 60 million from the government. It´s hoped the money will help NAV reduce a huge backlog of claims. |
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Russian or Chinese dissidents tipped for Nobel Peace Prize
Publisert: 12:04 25-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The guessing game over who will win this year´s Nobel Peace Prize is underway, and some Norwegian experts think the strongest candidates are those who have dared to oppose the Russian and Chinese governments. |
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Congo church leader wins Rafto Prize
Publisert: 11:04 25-09-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Pastor Bulambo Lembelembe Josué has been awarded the Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for 2008, for his aid to the people of the embattled Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
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