Bus driver charged after weekend's fatal accident
Publisert: 11:57 26-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police have charged the driver of a bus that overturned on frosty roads in Trøndelag on Saturday with negligence. Three persons died in the accident and 26 were injured, two seriously. |
 
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Politicians see red over Opera's yellowing marble
Publisert: 11:31 26-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Top government officials are demanding some answers from the builders of Oslo's new Opera House, after learning that its brand-new white Italian marble has started turning yellow even before the country's new landmark opens. |
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Students mount protest against 'unhealthy' schools
Publisert: 10:54 26-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The physical condition of scores of Norwegian schools is so bad that students are mounting formal protests from one end of the country to the other. |
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Military tracks Russian subs off Norway's coast
Publisert: 10:30 26-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Russians have been sending fighter jets near Norwegian air space for months. Now some of their submarines have been tracked near territorial waters. |
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Hareide stays on
Publisert: 18:42 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Despite a series of recent setbacks, the coach of Norway's national men's soccer squad has decided he will continue to lead the team through their World Cup qualifying campaign. |
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More Defense trouble
Publisert: 16:42 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Humanitarian aid groups criticized the Norwegian military Friday for assigning heavy weapons such as machine guns to medical personnel, including doctors, on peacekeeping duty in Afghanistan. |
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Will sue brokerage
Publisert: 16:14 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The four northern townships who have lost a fortune in public funds on the advice of Terra Securities will now sue, saying they feel they have been tricked. |
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New disappointment for Norway
Publisert: 15:02 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Åge Hareide, head coach for Norway's soccer squad, had to swallow another bad break as a result of his team's narrow qualifying miss for the European championships. |
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Stand up to Russia
Publisert: 15:01 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Environmental group Bellona has urged Norwegian authorities to oppose the use of nuclear energy to develop and run the massive Stockman gas field. |
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Holiday train space boost
Publisert: 13:43 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
With the Christmas season comes a rush for long train journeys home across Norway, and seats can quickly become scarce. |
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Unemployment numbers surprise
Publisert: 13:12 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway's unemployment rate defied analyst predictions and dipped slightly for a change - but the reason could be that there are too many jobs. |
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Cruise ship rescue in Antarctic
Publisert: 12:47 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
A rescue effort to save around 150 passengers and crew from the cruise ship "MS Explorer" is underway. A Norwegian Hurtigruten cruise ship in helping the effort. |
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World's largest at Gardermoen?
Publisert: 12:22 23-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Airbus has asked permission to land the massive A380, the world's largest passenger jet, at Oslo's Gardermoen International Airport. |
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Conservative politician lands top job
Publisert: 17:02 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Børge Brende, who has been both environmental and business minister for previous governments, has been named a Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. |
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Parliament satisfied
Publisert: 16:13 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The debate around the state of medical readiness supporting Norwegian troops in Afghanistan appeared to calm after Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen gave a report to parliament on Thursday. |
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Not choked to death
Publisert: 15:31 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
New information has been presented in the investigation around the death of Norwegian-Nigerian Eugene Obiora, who died after a violent arrest in Trondheim last year. |
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Dream of Europe over
Publisert: 15:09 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway's soccer squad kept their hopes for qualifying for the European championship alive as long as possible with a 4-1 away win over little Malta on Wednesday night, but got no help. |
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Finance scandal grows
Publisert: 14:19 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The troubled investments by northern townships Rana, Hemnes, Hattfjelldal and Narvik generate added controversy as further details of the Terra Securities financial package emerge. |
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Local hero saves two
Publisert: 12:45 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
A passerby saved the lives of two young men who were in the icy sea off the Zacharias pier in downtown Bergen on Wednesday night. |
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Feel threatened but safe
Publisert: 12:18 22-11-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The public views climate change as a serious threat to society in general - but don't fully believe that it will have an impact on them personally. |
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