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

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:18:51 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

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:09:24 GMT

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

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Norway 17th May 2013 in pictures

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:35:17 GMT

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

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Northern Norway punter wins record NOK 216 million plus

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:02:23 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’

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:58 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

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:33:27 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

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:48:09 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

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:32:46 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

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:24:26 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

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:09:28 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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Norwegian ‘explains’ 17th May

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:35 GMT

VIDEO: The flag-waving, the bizarre national costumes, the drunkenness: just what is Norway celebrating on 17th May, and what does it all mean? An anthropologist gives his view.

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Norway Education Minister proposes fresh higher education reform

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:11:34 GMT

The Socialist Left’s (SV) Kristin Halvorsen calls for a new whitepaper ten years after a major Norwegian higher education reform.

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Norway the new siesta country

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:53:02 GMT

Foreigners wondering why getting things accomplished on a Friday in Norway seems at best challenging, at worst inexorable, can now turn to Norway’s state railway and number-crunchers for the answer.

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Sweden ‘saves’ Norway 17 May following local row

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:29:08 GMT

Amongst discussions about whether multi-national flags should be permitted in 17 May parades in Norway, money problems prompt an international aid move to prevent celebrations silence.

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More passengers on seats for SAS and Norwegian

Thu, 9 May 2013 08:33:26 GMT

Scandinavian flyers the SAS Group and Norwegian both report increased passenger traffic for April.

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Norway police face disciplinary action over alleged foreigner brutality

Wed, 8 May 2013 14:21:02 GMT

EXTENDED ARTICLE: A British-Australian dual national has filed a formal complaint with police alleging two plain-clothed officers assaulted him on a Bergen roadside, western Norway.

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Norway industrial action hits Widerøe airline

Wed, 8 May 2013 06:14:47 GMT

Thousands of domestic and international passengers face a transport headache following a negotiations breakdown between unions and employers, Wednesday.

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Football ‘casuals’ concern Norway police

Tue, 7 May 2013 14:47:24 GMT

Norwegian police say they are worried about the growing violent trend similar to that of British football hooligans.

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Norway Christian Democrats closed for supermarket wine opener

Tue, 7 May 2013 06:31:48 GMT

KrF leader Knut Arild Hareide finds it unlikely his Party will be sitting at a political table with non-socialist shop alcohol supporters.

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Norwegian-French fish eating habits near parity

Mon, 6 May 2013 13:40:15 GMT

Norway’s sushi-lovers eat the Japanese dish almost as often as their French dining peers, the Norwegian Seafood Council reports.

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NATO tops to Norway to talk High North and remember

Mon, 6 May 2013 06:13:30 GMT

Anders Fogh Rasmussen and other senior NATO staff are in Norway for combined WWII commemorative and current security events this week.

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Norway company could put bendable mobiles within reach

Fri, 3 May 2013 19:18:27 GMT

Norwegian Graphite is to conduct test drilling in to northern Norwegian mines in the hunt for more graphite. This could be used for a substance called graphene, hundreds of times stronger than steel and flexible.

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Oslo trams should be replaced, transport company says

Fri, 3 May 2013 06:34:03 GMT

The Norwegian capital’s Italian-made trams are too destructive and noisy. High maintenance costs now mean Ruter is considering doing away with them.

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‘United we can fight it’, says Norway Labour Party

Thu, 2 May 2013 14:56:32 GMT

Labour (Ap) kicked off their election campaign aiming to do the same to the Conservatives (H) and the general election victory podium, Tuesday.

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Traffic-induced health hazard worst in Stavanger

Thu, 2 May 2013 12:39:03 GMT

Western Norway’s oil capital comes bottom of the pollution scale. The Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif) reports Stavanger had the highest number of traffic dust days during the winter nationally.

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Top Norwegian unions eye more toll protection measures

Thu, 2 May 2013 06:30:34 GMT

Stricter import duties may be served to shoppers in Norway the next four years.

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Norway municipalities discount increased immigrant numbers

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:21:18 GMT

The government’s aim of settling more asylum seekers in Norwegian municipalities amongst rising residency-approved numbers is encountering hurdles due to local officials’ budget problems, reports say.

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Eastern Norway stabbings kill two, injure one

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:30:28 GMT

Two women are dead and a man seriously injured following two separate knifing incidents, Tuesday.

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Air authorities powerless over Norwegian move

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:21:43 GMT

Carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle’s considered overseas aircraft registration is unpreventable, Norway’s Ministry of Transport says.

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Norway EU membership trickles forward

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:31:56 GMT

Norwegians are slightly more positive to the country joining the EU but the cows are still far from coming home, a new poll shows.

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Norway Christian Democrats: Less is more

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:50:39 GMT

COMMENTARY: Priorities remain within the family for Norway’s Christian Democrats (KrF).

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Oslo centre security programme gives street closures

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:15:51 GMT

Two main streets by Norway’s parliament are to be shut until new crucial security measures in the capital are in place, the City Councillor rules.

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Norway Electric post vehicle gets a design award

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:15:06 GMT

Several decades after people in Britain received their milk delivery via three-wheeled electric vehicle, environmentally-conscious Norway is adding a wheel to its powered postal service. It has been awarded a prize.

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Norway government denied Norwegian Ireland aircraft registrations

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:33:01 GMT

UPDATED: Carrier Norwegian's plans to allegedly improve its competiveness with non-Norway pay and conditions were in effect grounded earlier this year.

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Norwegian farmers demand further food toll increases

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:34:47 GMT

Norway’s farmers and smallholders tell the Government they want even higher tolls on imported meat and vegetables before this year’s governmental framework, production prices, and income package. More grapes to go with the expensive cheese await too.

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Norway Svalbard cruise popularity up

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:51:28 GMT

Tourist numbers to Norway’s Arctic Ocean destination show a doubling in one year, latest industry figures show.

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Norway government ups municipal refugee settlement

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:00:22 GMT

Several thousand refugees granted residency in Norway can now perhaps look forward to progress in getting a place to live following a binding trans-red tape agreement signing, Monday.

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Norwegian expands to worldwide cargo

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:19:35 GMT

Cut-price carrier’s freight arm will capitalise on its 120-destination plus network potential.

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Lufthansa strike chaos hits thousands of passengers

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:20:01 GMT

German carrier Lufthansa cancels almost its entire timetabled flights in a union-employer row over pay and working hours, Monday.

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Lofoten oil drilling could be a run race

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:19:35 GMT

Norway’s Labour Party (Ap) may drive over any opposition to future Nordland and Troms oil activities at this weekend’s National Party Conference, reports say.

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Norway welcomes visitors with a scream

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:17:20 GMT

If you hear loud noises of disapproval from passengers at Oslo Gardermoen, it is probably due to the 150th anniversary celebration of painter Edvard Munch’s birth rather than the high prices.

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Swedish bank ‘bumps’ Norwegian customers

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:28:10 GMT

Nordic corporate bank SEB is telling thousands of its Norwegian accountholders that their balance will no longer meet certain financial threshold requirements in the near future.

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Chinese eye Scandinavian high-speed train push

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:08:22 GMT

Fast inter-Scandinavia rail travel could be a reality following a Chinese state financing move worth over NOK 89 billion.

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Poorest foreigners lose out in Norway

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:01:18 GMT

Crisis-hit Europeans and others with little or no money coming to Norway are falling victim to politicians’ policy-less approach to poverty.

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Norway trawler in Antarctic rescue operation

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:57:58 GMT

Norwegian krill trawler crew saved 97 Chinese anglers after their ship caught fire in Antarctica, Wednesday.

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Norway message in a bottle mystery grips millions of Germans

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:33:10 GMT

UPDATED: The riddle of a decades-old reply to a German message in a bottle has over three million TV viewers enthralled.

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Norway employer regrets hijab gaffe

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:27:46 GMT

Senior management in western Norway have issued an apology after asking a female staff member refrain from using her hijab at work.

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Supermarket wine will never work, says Norway trade organisation

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:25:40 GMT

Norwegian alcohol industry players think politicians and consumers will have a hangover after buying wine and strong beer in supermarkets.

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‘Cook frozen berries,’ Nordic health authorities say

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:09:08 GMT

Several reports of Hepatitis A lead Nordic food safety experts to recommend people cook frozen berries.

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Norway Liberals liberate supermarket wine sales

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:06:29 GMT

Consumers fed up with having to enter the doors of government alcohol chain ‘Vinmonopolet’ may soon have something to raise their glasses to after the weekend’s events.

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