New Olympic troop named
Publisert: 16:19 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Top sports bureaucrats Tuesday named the first 50 athletes who will represent Norway at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. The list is a mix of locally well-known and new names. |
 
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Færder regatta tops Oslo Race Week
Publisert: 16:09 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Last year 1,000 boats drifted around the Oslo Fjord in a dead calm. This Friday sees the start of this year´s Færder Sail Race with up to 8,500 taking part, and winds were blowing briskly, at least early in the week. |
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Ex-prostitutes face unemployment
Publisert: 14:18 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
No one seems to want to hire former prostitutes. Attempts to find on-the-job training in new trades drew a blank. From next January, when a new law against the purchase of sexual services is due to take effect, 3,000 prostitutes will probably be out of work. |
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Inflation creeps up, interest rates set to follow
Publisert: 13:44 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s core inflation rate is now running higher than the country´s central bank had expected. That may prompt Norges Bank to raise interest rates once again. |
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Less border fuss - someday
Publisert: 12:04 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Russia´s foreign minister agrees with Norwegian suggestions for visa waivers for people living along the border between Russia and Norway. It may take some time, though, to arrange the details. |
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State mum on Telenor-Telia talk, buys more StatoilHydro
Publisert: 11:38 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The government minister in charge of business and industry wouldn´t comment Tuesday on market speculation that state-controlled Telenor may launch a bid for its Swedish-Finnish rival Telia-Sonera. Meanwhile, the state continued buying up more shares in StatoilHydro. |
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Norwegian toddler ´released´ from Bolivian prison
Publisert: 11:11 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The two-year-old daughter of a young Norwegian woman jailed on cocaine charges in Bolivia was being flown home to Norway on Tuesday. |
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Fire near Råde out of control
Publisert: 10:05 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. The fire remained out of control Tuesday morning and several nearby homes were evacuated. |
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New airline strike averted
Publisert: 09:46 10-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Airline mechanics and their employers came to terms on a new labour pact during the night, removing yet another threat of flight cancellations as the summer holiday season gets underway. |
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Forest fires breaking out
Publisert: 16:24 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Weeks without rain and unusually high temperatures have left southern Norway tinder-dry. Fires are breaking out, the latest one here near Råde, not far from Fredrikstad. |
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Government tops in withholding information
Publisert: 15:41 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s Labour-led left-centre government has built up a poor record of openness during its time in office. Last year alone, it withheld documents and information sought by the public in fully 9,355 cases. |
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Javelin star reached a goal
Publisert: 11:51 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway´s reigning javelin king, managed to achieve one of two major goals he set for himself this year. He hopes his new record at Bislett Stadium in Oslo will be followed by another in Beijing. |
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Government tightens grip on StatoilHydro
Publisert: 11:32 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s government has started buying up more shares in oil and gas firm StatoilHydro, part of a political strategy to retain control of the country´s most important company. |
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Grief and relief follow Quart Festival´s cancellation
Publisert: 10:33 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The southern Norwegian city of Kristiansand seemed a mixture of grief and relief after its annual music festival known as "Quarten" was abruptly cancelled. The foundation behind the festival was also planning to file for bankruptcy early this week. |
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Flight attendants´ strike over
Publisert: 09:17 09-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A strike against one of the major charter airlines serving Norway ended during the night, salvaging holiday plans for thousands of passengers as the busy summer season gets underway. |
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Ice cream sales soar
Publisert: 14:52 06-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The last week of warm weather in Norway helped get the ice cream season off to a sweet start. Ice cream producers can barely keep up with demand. |
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Government, Telenor woo Vietnam despite protests
Publisert: 14:22 06-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
They´re catching local criticism for it, but officials at both telecoms firm Telenor and the Norwegian government - which controls Telenor - continued to do their best on Friday to flatter and impress a top delegation from Vietnam. Telenor has been trying for years to break into the increasingly attractive Vietnamese market. |
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Oslo couple charged with mutilating their daughters
Publisert: 13:26 06-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The mother and father of five daughters born and reared in Norway have been charged in what´s considered the first enforcement and test of the country´s new law against genital mutilation. |
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New strike threatens airlines
Publisert: 11:38 06-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Yet another strike is brewing in Norway, and this one could spoil holiday plans for thousands flying on SAS Norge, Norwegian Air and Widerøe. |
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Rain may end heatwave soon
Publisert: 11:07 06-06-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Earlier this week, meteorologists claimed there was no end in sight to the wave of hot weather that has rolled over the country the past week. Now they´re predicting that clouds could roll in instead on Sunday, with rain and cooler temperatures taking over next week. |
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