Terrorist suspect released from jail
Publisert: 13:13 13-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Police Security Service (PST) Friday released a 38-year old Norwegian of Somali extraction. He is suspected of collecting money for Islamic extremists in Somalia. |
 
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Labour Party plunges in opinion polls
Publisert: 12:02 13-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Support for the Norwegian Labour Party has dropped by 5.9 per cent to 23.9 per cent in an opinion poll published in Friday. |
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Fire continues - day five
Publisert: 09:49 13-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Thirty fire fighters had to dump their backpacks and run to avoid being cut off by flames as the fire in Froland near the south coast town of Arendal continues. |
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Human trafficking witnesses can stay in Norway
Publisert: 16:30 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Whistleblowers who witness against their exploiters will in future be given the right to remain in Norway. Previously witnesses have been sent abroad to face retribution from their tormentors. |
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Same sex marriage law passed by wide majority
Publisert: 16:24 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Same sex partners will now be able marry as the Norwegian parliament passed a new marriage law on Wednesday. Adoption will be easier and lesbian couples will qualify for state funded fertility treatment. |
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Pressure grows on embattled cabinet minister Haga
Publisert: 16:23 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Åslaug Haga, Norway´s Oil & Energy Minister and head of the Center Party, has been called "arrogant" and "hypocritical" after she had to admit to a series of relatively minor building violations. She refuses to step down, however, and blamed the media for invading her family´s privacy. |
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Sharp increase in patient compensation
Publisert: 13:53 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Complaints of medical malpractice have risen by 46 per cent during the last five years. In this period 1300 cancer sufferers have applied for compensation because of inadequate treatment. One in four of these patients have died as a result of being diagnosed late or incorrectly. |
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Same sex marriage law passes by wide majority
Publisert: 13:08 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Same sex partners will now be able marry as the Norwegian parliament passed a new marriage law on Wednesday. Adoption will be easier and lesbian couples will qualify for state funded fertility treatment. |
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Child caught in baggage X-ray
Publisert: 10:35 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A child between three and five years old managed to slip away from distracted parents and wander onto a baggage check-in ramp at Oslo´s main airport at Gardermoen. It wasn´t until the child passed through luggage X-ray equipment that officials reacted. |
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Forest fire burning for fourth day in a row
Publisert: 10:10 12-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
More homes were evacuated as a fire in Froland, southern Norway, kept burning during the night. Officials were more optimistic, however, that they would soon gain control over it. |
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Tourists face challenges in Oslo this summer
Publisert: 17:37 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Not only does it seem like most of Oslo is one big construction zone this summer, tourists also have been met by closed cafés at one of the capital´s major museums, where many come to spend a full day. |
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Too dangerous for parole
Publisert: 16:45 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Convicted murderer Varg Vikernes is too dangerous to be released into society, according to justice officials. Government critics fear that his background as an ideologically motivated church-burning arsonist, and his connections with neo-Nazi groups, are making it impossible for him to get a fair parole hearing. |
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Fairground safety reports to be made public
Publisert: 14:42 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
As summer arrives and the school holidays begin, several hundred thousand Norwegians will flock to fairgrounds and amusement parks. Now they may feel safer, since inspectors´ reports will finally be made public. |
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Royals opt for an un-royal life at their new ´hytte´
Publisert: 13:46 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Maybe Crown Princess Mette-Marit is longing for a return to her former casual life as a commoner. Maybe she and Crown Prince Haakon simply want to forego some of the royal privilege they otherwise have in daily life. Whatever the case, they´ve decided not to remodel or expand the relatively modest hytte they recently bought on an island off Norway´s south coast. |
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Crying over spilled milk
Publisert: 13:25 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Two million litres of milk are being poured down the drain each day as a dairy strike that hit Norway last week continues. |
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Swedes favour closer Nordic defense ties
Publisert: 12:21 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
"And if Norway buys the same fighter as Sweden, even more co-operation would be possible," says Swedish Defense Minister Sten Tolgfors. |
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New blunder for Haga
Publisert: 11:32 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Governminister Åslaug Haga was in more hot water Wednesday morning, after it was revealed that she and her husband also illegally set up a new building on their property and then rented it out, without permission. |
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Another fire out of control
Publisert: 10:51 11-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A major fire burning out of control in wooded hills northeast of Kristiansand was threatening an entire town Wednesday morning. Officials said the fire was spreading through the Froland area with frightening speed. |
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Government minister caught in embarrassing building permit violation
Publisert: 17:31 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Åslaug Haga, Norway´s Oil & Energy Minister who heads a party that´s fought for tough restrictions on coastal development, has been fined for building an illegal pier at her own family´s holiday cabin on the Nordfjord. |
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Fire near Råde under control
Publisert: 16:50 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Firefighters battled through the night to contain a fire that broke out Monday in a forest near Råde, about an hour south of Oslo. They didn´t gain control over the blaze until Tuesday afternoon, and several nearby homes were evacuated. |
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