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Turkish Airlines plans expansion 27 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Plans to start flying directly to and from Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim will further propel the growth of Turkish Airlines, which already has been carrying more passengers from Oslo than rivals Air...
Fur farming probe welcomed 27 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
Animal rights activists and the fur farming industry itself said they welcome the government’s decision to finally appoint a commission to study fur farming and whether it should be shut down or allow...
Salmon season lousy, as expected 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
This past summer’s wild salmon fishing season turned out to be as poor as predicted, with the overall catch as measured in tons down by 45 percent from last year. Some blame the unusually warm weather...
Millionaire Sveaas donates the most 27 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm
Christen Sveaas, the highly successful businessman and investor known for his charitable cntributions, is also donating millions to the election campaigns of Norway’s non-socialist parties. He has don...
Troubled veterans end up on the street 27 Aug 2013 | 01:14 pm
A new survey shows that nearly a hundred Norwegian veterans of international military operations, especially in Lebanon and the Balkans, have wound up homeless and suffering psychiatric problems. Rese...
Windmills to rise in Trøndelag 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Norway’s oil and energy minister claimed he was moving forward with one of the largest wind energy projects in the world when he approved eight new plants in the Fosen and Snillfjord areas around the ...
Lack of maintenance plagues universities 26 Aug 2013 | 12:16 pm
Around 40 percent of the buildings at Norway’s universities in Tromsø, Bergen, Ås, Trondheim and Oslo are in bad shape, after years of neglected maintenance. Now their asset value has fallen, while un...
Norway pushes again for peace 26 Aug 2013 | 12:11 pm
An optimistic Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was back in the Middle East this week to make another attempt at prodding along new peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Som...
Editors send protest to UK 25 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Editors of four of the Nordic countries’ leading newspapers were sending a sharp letter of protest to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday, claiming that his “criminalization” of the British...
Film director ignores bad reviews 25 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
Harald Zwart, the Norwegian film director who’s done well in Hollywood with films including The Karate Kid, has had to endure scathing criticism of his newest film, Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. ...
