Airport strike spreads, no settlement in sight
Publisert: 09:04 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A strike by workers at five Norwegian airports also shut the airport at Kristiansund over the weekend, and more flights were cancelled on Monday. The two sides in the conflict remained far apart. |
 
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Oil fund grows again
Publisert: 15:41 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The fund in which Norwegian officials stash away the country´s oil revenues for future generations has rebounded, after shrinking for several months in a row. |
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Ministers overspend budget
Publisert: 15:17 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Just a day after they unveiled their revised national budget, comes news that Norway´s government ministers have overspent their own budget and needed more than NOK 7 million in extra funding. |
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Geldof ´disappointed´ over Norwegian hypocrisy
Publisert: 15:02 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Sir Bob Geldof, one of the world´s most famous humanitarian activists, has respectfully but bluntly blasted Norwegian governent hyprocrisy on poverty and environmental issues. Geldof said he´s "disappointed" that his efforts to prod Norwegian officials into meaningful initiatives have failed. |
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Norwegians set for chilly national celebration
Publisert: 14:56 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
State meteorologists were predicting the coldest 17th of May in 50 years this weekend. Not necessarily bad weather, given the heavy wool national costumes that many Norwegians wear to celebrate their Constitution Day. |
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Coastal line slims down
Publisert: 13:42 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s venerable coastal voyage line known as "Hurtigruten" is considering selling off all its fast ferries, busses and other ferries in an effort to stay afloat. |
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Sir Bob Geldof blasts Norwegian hypocrisy
Publisert: 12:02 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Sir Bob Geldof, one of the world´s most famous humanitarian activists, has respectfully but bluntly blasted Norwegian governent hyprocrisy on poverty and environmental issues. Geldof said he´s "disappointed" that his efforts to prod Norwegian officials into meaningful initiatives have failed. |
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Tents await asylum seekers
Publisert: 10:43 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s left-centre government, overwhelmed by a sharp increase in the numbers of would-be refugees arriving in Norway, plans to start housing the asylum seekers in tents. "We don´t have any choice," says Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, the cabinet minister in charge. |
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Strike shuts five airports
Publisert: 09:35 16-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Thousands of travelers were left stranded Friday morning after workers went on strike at five Norwegian airports. Talks between their union and the country´s civil aviation authority Avinor failed to result in a settlement. |
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Prime Minister´s son caught in bloody ´russ´ brawl
Publisert: 17:51 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The teenage son of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was among those hurt during another brawl involving the graduating high school students known as russ.
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Norway makes another stab at peace in the Philippines
Publisert: 17:51 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Members of the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have been holding more peace talks in Norway this week. |
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Climate change threatens Norway´s moose
Publisert: 17:17 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Already chased by hunters and often run down by cars and trains, the popular Norwegian moose now faces another threat: Global warming. |
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Tycoon teams with Geldof
Publisert: 16:34 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Wealthy Norwegian hotel developer Petter Stordalen has agreed to help fund a new global peace organization initiated by rock star activist Bob Geldof. Several former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize will be involved as well. |
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Prime Minister’s son caught in bloody ´russ´ brawl
Publisert: 14:28 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The teenage son of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was among those hurt during another brawl involving the graduating high school students known as russ.
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Egeland urges tough line against Burma´s ruling junta
Publisert: 14:06 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Veteran Norwegian diplomat Jan Egeland, who´s been a peace broker and top UN official, is urging a rather undiplomatic means of cracking down on Burma´s ruling military junta, after it´s repeatedly frustrated international efforts to aid Burma´s cyclone victims. |
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Record catch off Lofoten
Publisert: 13:02 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Danish visitor from Copenhagen hooked the fish of his life, and set a new record, when he reeled in a gigantic halibut off the Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten this week. |
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New faces to front Tromsø´s bid for Olympics in 2018
Publisert: 12:37 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
One of the main men behind Norway´s legendary Winter Olympics in Lillehammer 14 years ago and one of its star skiers are poised to front a new effort to secure an Olympics up north in 2018. One of the biggest hurdles is simply building public support for the expensive project. |
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State forks over more funds
Publisert: 11:52 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s left-centre coalition government unveiled a revised state budget for 2008 on Thursday that should allow local governments to avoid cuts in education and elder care. The new budget, however, trims the use of windfall oil revenues and was immediately blasted by critics. |
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Hockey hopes put on ice
Publisert: 11:14 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s national hockey team finally made it to quarter-final action in the world championships, but was soundly trounced by Canada in Halifax. That didn’t stop Norway´s coach from complaining bitterly about the referees. |
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Postal strike averted, airport strike threat remains
Publisert: 10:54 15-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Negotiations that extended into overtime during the night ended with a settlement between the Norwegian postal service and its thousands of workers early Thursday morning. A strike deadline loomed, however, for workers at several of Norway´s airports. |
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