Norwegian ship rescues refugees from Cuba
Publisert: 17:32 01-07-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Norwegian gas tanker on its way from Houston to Norway picked up 13 refugees from Cuba last week, adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. |
 
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Embassy staff pulls appeal
Publisert: 16:20 01-07-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Staff at the US Embassy in Oslo have withdrawn an appeal about the city´s handling of their bid to build a new embassy compound northwest of downtown. A new full-blown fight over the embassy location itself is therefore on ice. |
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Internet banking breaks down
Publisert: 12:42 01-07-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The online banking sites for some of Norway´s largest financial institutions were decidedly off-line on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of customers were affected. |
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Siemens hit with new fine
Publisert: 11:56 01-07-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s economic crimes unit Økokrim
slapped the local division of German electronic and engineering firm Siemens with another fine on Tuesday, for allegedly trying to bribe Defense Ministry workers. |
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Norway and UK team up on tax collection efforts
Publisert: 10:59 01-07-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian and British tax authorities are joining forces in efforts to collect taxes from each other´s citizens. |
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Father jailed for forcing daughter to marry
Publisert: 16:43 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A 50-year-old man who immigrated to Norway from Iraq has been sentenced to four years in jail, after he was convicted of forcing his daughter to marry a cousin back in northern Iraq in 2004. |
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To our readers
Publisert: 16:00 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Aftenposten´s archive of articles in English is back online again, and ready for requests! |
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Famed pianist has low media profile at home in Norway
Publisert: 15:16 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has been called "brilliant," a "genius," "eminent" and "fabulous" by media reviewers the world over. Back home in Norway, however, Andsnes attracts much less media interest and coverage than local sports stars. |
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Bomb experts probe blast
Publisert: 13:45 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police in Oslo have called in bomb experts to help investigate a mysterious explosion during the night. |
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Summer due to return
Publisert: 12:38 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Temperatures are already higher than the chilly ones of last week, and state meteorologists are predicting that warm weather and sunny skies are set to return, at least to southern Norway. It´s not clear, however, how long the warmth will last. |
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Sterling cuts flights and crew
Publisert: 12:07 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Sterling Airlines, one of the relatively new low-fare airlines that´s emerged in Scandinavia in recent years, will reduce staffing by about 20 percent and flight capacity by 14 percent. The carrier is having trouble coping with the high cost of fuel. |
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Summer coming back soon
Publisert: 11:27 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Temperatures are already higher than the chilly ones of last week, and state meteorologists are predicting that warm weather and sunny skies are set to return, at least to southern Norway. |
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Embassy in India sought ´security evaluation´
Publisert: 10:59 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police in India reportedly are boosting security around the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, after embassy officials asked whether more protection was needed around the diplomatic compound. They fear a terrorist attack, reports an Indian newspaper. |
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Teen held in fatal stabbing
Publisert: 10:36 30-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
An 18-year-old male faced a custody hearing Monday after he stabbed and killed a 17-year-old friend on a playground in suburban Bærum Sunday afternoon. Shocked witnesses included small children. |
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State halts new suburban shopping center projects
Publisert: 16:24 27-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
State environmental protection officials plan to forbid all new development of large shopping centers located outside established retail districts within Norway´s cities and towns. The goal is to discourage driving. |
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More drama erupts around US Embassy relocation
Publisert: 15:56 27-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A lengthy conflict over where to build a new US Embassy in Oslo entered a new round this week, setting off fireworks among political parties and within them. |
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Protests greet call to change boulevard´s name
Publisert: 14:24 27-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A proposal by a Labour Party politician to change the name of Norway´s most famous boulevard, Karl Johans Gate in Oslo, has sparked massive protests from celebrities and the proverbial man on the street. |
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Lightning strikes soccer match
Publisert: 13:03 27-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Nearly all the players on two Norwegian teams playing a match in Oslo Thursday evening were literally grounded when lightning suddenly struck from above. |
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Transport Minister shifts gears on ´vanity´ plates
Publisert: 10:43 27-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s Transport Minister has gone into reverse after crashing into criticism over her decision to halt a project aimed at introducing personalized license plates in Norway. Now she´s backing away from her stand that such plates are just so vain. |
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Sewage in the spotlight
Publisert: 16:42 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Researchers in Oslo and Tromsø plan to analyze sewage this autumn, in an effort to determine alcohol consumption among residents. They don´t seem to trust Norwegians´ own admissions of how much they drink. |
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