A conservative government may sell its stocks
Publisert: 11:23 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A large scale sell-off of government-owned stocks is likely to follow, if the Progress Party (Frp) and the Conservatives (H) come to power after next year´s general election. |
 
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Drunk driver fined NOK 100.000
Publisert: 19:05 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The woman was fined after having been caught twice last year, driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of 0.2 parts per thousand. |
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Pre-teen joyrider caught by Police
Publisert: 18:18 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A 12 year-old boy set fire to a container, hot-wired a car and drove round the local recycling station until he was stopped by local police. The other occupants of the car were 14 and 15 years old. |
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Hikers trash mountain idyll
Publisert: 15:59 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Mountain hikers crossing the Besseggen ridge are unable wait for the next toilet. The mountain patrol and other hikers despair. |
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Less death duty on houses
Publisert: 14:28 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Government wants to reduce estate duty for the majority of Norwegians, by raising the tax free deduction. However those who inherit shares in unlisted companies will no longer get the present rebate. |
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Hi-tech swimming trunks split
Publisert: 12:14 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Olympic swimmer, Alexander Dale Oen, was trying his new custom-made swimming trunks, when they burst at the seams. |
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Born in Norway, but not a citizen
Publisert: 11:06 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
During 2007, more than 1.500 children with foreign parents have been turned down when they have applied for Norwegian citizenship, despite having been born and having grown up in Norway. |
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Progress Party grows, Labour struggles
Publisert: 10:06 07-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Progress Party remains Norway’s biggest party, adding 1.4 percent support in a recent poll. The Labour Party is still struggling. |
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Penalized for rearing children
Publisert: 17:46 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Else Johansen is 66 years old and has taken care of five children while working part-time. She is shocked to discover that she barely gets more than the minimum state pension when she retires. |
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Norway beats US in opening game
Publisert: 16:13 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian women´s soccer team scored twice in the first four minutes of the opening match against the US favourites. |
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Saturday Children’s Hour - nostalgia for adults
Publisert: 15:39 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Broadcasting has 500.000 listeners to its Saturday program for children. Only 10 percent of those listening are children, the rest are nostalgia seeking grown-ups, according to daily newspaper Dagens Næringsliv. |
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More dads stay home with small babies
Publisert: 13:45 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Six out of ten fathers stay home with their children for more than six weeks. This is twice as many as in 1999. |
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Record salmon and trout export
Publisert: 13:01 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Fish exporters sold seafood for NOK 2.5 billion in July. This is a record for this time of year. |
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Salmon and trout export record
Publisert: 12:05 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Fish exporters sold seafood for NOK 2.5 billion in July. This is a record for this time of year. |
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Oslo - fine for a while
Publisert: 10:51 06-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A recent survey shows fewer city patriots in Oslo than in other big cities in Norway. "It’s a place to meet, but not to stay. A quarter of the population wants to move somewhere else", says author John Olav Egeland. |
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Buying duty free may require fingerprinting
Publisert: 17:45 05-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
To stop travellers buying more than their quota, passengers may soon have to scan if they want to buy duty free goods on arrival in Norway. |
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Wasp removal razed garage
Publisert: 16:42 05-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Instead of merely getting rid of wasps, a man from Fardal in Western Norway ended up burning down a garage and with his car inside. |
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Norwegian ask for voluntary wage cuts
Publisert: 15:52 05-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The passenger airline Norwegian
is trying to cut costs. Employees are being asked to take a 5 to 10 percent cut in wages. |
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Fisheries minister knew about hazards
Publisert: 15:09 05-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Fisheries minister Helga Pedersen admits that she knew the wreck of the Murmansk
might contain dangerous chemicals, but she rejects claims that she lied. |
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Krekar sues the government
Publisert: 13:50 05-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
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