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Norway-Europe mincemeat scandal spreads to Sweden

Michael Sandelson — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:49:51 GMT

Food producers Orkla’s Swedish subsidiary has pulled Norway’s stock-in-trade Grandiosa–brand pizza off supermarket shelves amongst reports of unidentifiable meat, their company Procordia says.

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Norway flooding evacuates hundreds

Michael Sandelson — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:23 GMT

Authorities have evacuated over 300 people in southern Norway in the past 24 hours’ major flooding incidents. Disruption on the rails continues.

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Vågå mayor found guilty, acquitted of most serious charge

Asgeir Ueland — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:15:10 GMT

The ongoing trial of the Vågå mayor Rune Øygard came to an end today, Wednesday.

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A portrait of prominent Jo Benkow: Norway’s sole Jew in official politics

Michael Sandelson — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:46 GMT

The Late Jo Benkow’s funeral brings a unique political era to a sad close, particularly for Norway’s minority Jewish community, Wednesday.

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Norway flood warnings issued, railways hit

Michael Sandelson — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:16 GMT

Several parts of eastern and southern Norway face are likely to see considerable flooding these next few days with considerably more rain believed on the way.

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‘Move public holidays’ say young Norway Liberals

Michael Sandelson — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:57 GMT

Liberal Youth suggest dissolving the rigid ‘red dairy days’ and allow people to use them elsewhere during the year.

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Norway lottery thousands go vamoose

Michael Sandelson — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:31 GMT

Norsk Tipping fined following advertising campaign gone wild.

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Norway public sector wastes billions

Asgeir Ueland — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:21 GMT

Norwegian officials squander some NOK 25 billion a year, a new report shows.

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Statoil close to second-hand offshore rig deal

Asgeir Ueland — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:02:13 GMT

Norway’s Statoil finds potential buyer for 12 year old rig which was advertised online.

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Will Norway be overrun by climate refugees?

Ilan Kelman — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:30 GMT

Several publications show how estimates of future climate change refugees vary substantially, from tens of millions to a billion. Let's look closely at the science.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2013: A Viking victory

M. Michael Brady — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:42:54 GMT

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest could very much be described as a Viking affair following 20-year-old blonde Danish Emmelie de Forest’s win.

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Norway ESC 2013 final place respectable, UK Press mixed about song

John Price#Tove Andersson — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:51 GMT

Margaret Berger waved the flag for Norway with ‘I Feed You My Love’, finishing fourth in the overall standings at this year’s Eurovision Song in Malmö, Sweden.

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High-profile Norway Jewish politician and anti-Semitism fighter deceased

Michael Sandelson — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:24 GMT

Jo Benkow, former Parliamentary President and Conservative (H) politician passes aged 88.

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Norway 17th May 2013 in pictures

Michael Sandelson — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:35:17 GMT

Both The Foreigner and readers were out photographing this year's Norwegian Constitution Day celebrations.

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Norway power strike over

Michael Sandelson — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:45:47 GMT

BRIEF: The Norwegian government steps in and ends electricity sector industrial action.

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The Norwegian industrial sausage

Ben McPherson — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:38:42 GMT

‘Abattoir slurry in a condom.’ That’s how Jonathan Meades describes the industrially-produced sausage. That’s upsetting enough when you think about British sausages: but in Norway the industrial sausage is the national dish.

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Norwegian nationalism probed

M. Michael Brady — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:25 GMT

COMMENTARY: In the evening of Tuesday, 17 April, some sixty academics and students assembled on the fourth floor of the venerable Armémuseum (“Army Museum”) in Stockholm, an enormous building the size of the Royal Palace in Oslo.

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Northern Norway punter wins record NOK 216 million plus

Michael Sandelson — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:02:23 GMT

A Troms County man in his 60s went into the history books for the biggest-ever lottery prize in Norway to date, Wednesday.

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Statoil tar sands: ‘If you have to speak thrice, there’s something wrong’

Michael Sandelson — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:58 GMT

Norway energy giant Statoil held its AGM amongst protests from a Canada indigenous peoples’ Chief and Norwegian environmentalists, Tuesday.

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Norway’s Statoil involved in European Commission’s oil price rigging probe

Asgeir Ueland#Michael Sandelson — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:33:27 GMT

Several major oil companies were raided by Europe's leading antitrust authority investigating possible oil price benchmarking, Tuesday. ‘Appalling’, say British MPs.

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Norway Progress moves for euthanasia

Michael Sandelson — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:48:09 GMT

Progress (FrP) politicians propose allowing very ill people to choose over their own life.

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Electricity strike widens, blackouts and international supply problems possible

Michael Sandelson#Asgeir Ueland — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:32:46 GMT

Atea IT company pay row gets Confederation of Norwegian Unions industrial action sympathisers leading to national power outage concerns and potential export risks.

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Letter to the Editor: A Message to Statoil Shareholders

Daniel J. Inulak Lum — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:24:26 GMT

'Statoil shareholders should be made aware of venture liabilities within Arctic Alaskan operations their corporation is now considering,' a The Foreigner reader writes.

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‘We can do even better,’ says Norway Education Minister

Michael Sandelson — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:09:28 GMT

Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen responds to results of yet another international survey citing Norway’s position among world academia and their institutions.

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Norges Bank interest-currency balancing continues

Vaughan Atton — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:12:11 GMT

Norges Bank’s decision to hold interest rates at 1.5% seemed to run counter to market expectations ahead of last week's release.

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