Labour boss gets a scolding
Publisert: 16:05 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The head of one of the Labour Party´s own government coalition partners has issued a sharp reprimand to powerful Labour secretary Martin Kolberg, making it clear that she didn´t like his attack on wealthy Norwegians. Even Labour´s own prime minister distanced himself from Kolberg´s remarks. |
 
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Pakistan blamed for terrorist attacks in Kabul
Publisert: 15:10 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Officials in Afghanistan claim that Pakistani intelligence agents were behind terrorist attacks in Kabul that targeted Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April and left a Norwegian journalist dead in January. |
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Rockslide report set off alarm
Publisert: 13:37 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police in Sortland, northern Norway, were in full emergency mode Thursday after receiving a report of a rockslide in Sandstranddalen. It turned out to be a false alarm. |
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Murder victim´s husband spotted on ferry to Denmark
Publisert: 11:45 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police are investigating several tips from passengers on board a vessel bound for Denmark, who claim they saw the husband of a 19-year-old woman murdered in Oslo earlier this week. He´s the chief suspect. |
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Art auction raised millions
Publisert: 10:42 26-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The late Norwegian art collector Haaken A Christensen has enabled a Nobel Peace Prize-winning medical aid organization to receive its largest single donation ever, following an auction Wednesday of some of Christensen´s art. |
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Telenor reveals nine deaths in Bangladesh
Publisert: 15:33 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor said Wednesday it had uncovered nine job-related deaths among workers at its suppliers in Bangladesh. Two other persons were hit by persons driving Telenor cars, and killed. |
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Interest rates rise yet again
Publisert: 14:17 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s central bank raised interest rates on Wednesday, ignoring calls that the bank forego yet another hike. The decision by Norges Bank (The Bank of Norway) puts the country´s current key lending rate at 5.75 percent. |
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No ´vanity´ plates in Norway
Publisert: 14:00 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The transport minister in Norway´s left-centre government has halted efforts by the state highway authorities to usher so-called "vanity plates" into Norway. She thinks they´re, well, too vain. |
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Daredevils descend on Voss
Publisert: 12:42 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
They´re throwing themselves off cliffs, rafting through dangerous rapids and otherwise testing the limits of their daring in the mountain town of Voss this week, home base for another round of extreme sports. |
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Unemployment rate rises
Publisert: 11:52 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s state statistics bureau SSB reported a slight rise in the country´s unemployment rate on Wednesday, just hours before the central bank needed to decide whether to boost interest rates again. |
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Labour Party boss charged with ´bullying´
Publisert: 11:13 25-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The powerful secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party, Martin Kolberg, has blasted what he calls an emerging political lobby made up of a wealthy, "vulgar over class." One of its members singled out by Kolberg, investor Ola Mæle, retorts that Kolberg is simply trying to "bully" business leaders out of the political debate. |
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Sand volleyball may play out high above the fjord
Publisert: 16:37 24-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
This year´s World Tour sand volleyball tournament in the west coast city of Stavanger has just begun, but organizers and players are already dreaming about next year´s event. It may be held on the massive Prekestolen
(Pulpit Rock) east of the city, and 604 meters straight up form the Lysefjord. |
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18,000 illegal aliens, but missionary faces deportation
Publisert: 14:06 24-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A new report from state statistics bureau SSB estimates that the number of undocumented immigrants in Norway is twice that previously thought. Meanwhile, an 80-year-old American immigrant is being told to leave the country. |
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Airlines to cut routes
Publisert: 12:38 24-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
High fuel prices have prompted airlines in Norway to cut routes, in an effort to cut costs. |
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No room at the inn
Publisert: 12:09 24-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Hotels in many Norwegian cities are running full, and some business travelers have had to resort to unusual alternatives to ensure a roof over their heads. |
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Poor English skills plague politicians, and their listeners
Publisert: 11:46 24-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Some top Norwegian politicians speak such poor English that they risk losing influence as they stumble through prepared speeches or try to express themselves to foreigners, claims a professor at the University of Oslo. He thinks it´s downright embarrassing. |
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Heirs to the Scandinavian thrones study the Arctic
Publisert: 16:43 23-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The next generation of monarchs for Denmark, Sweden and Norway met on the Norwegian-run Arctic archipelago of Svalbard over the weekend and set off on a five-day study tour. They all claim they want to learn more about climate change. |
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Police warn Foreign Ministry about Russian spying
Publisert: 13:30 23-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Cold War is allegedly over, but Norway´s special police unit in charge of intelligence (PST) is convinced that Russian spies are as active as ever. So active, that PST has warned Foreign Ministry officials about specific suspected spies working as Russian diplomats. |
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Government loses popularity, new split looms over wolves
Publisert: 12:16 23-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was hit with another disastrous public opinion poll over the weekend, just a day after he had to shake up his cabinet in the hopes of fronting a more effective team. His party and his government is more unpopular than ever, and now a new cabinet quarrel looms over wolves. |
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Young woman found dead in student housing complex
Publisert: 10:31 23-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police were investigating what they called a "suspicious death" on Monday, after a young woman was found dead in an Oslo student housing complex. |
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