Norway

Norway

Breivik pulls Nazi salute in court

The Norwegian state is trying to overturn a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in isolation since he massacred 77 people in 2011.

10/01/2017

Norway

Colombian Nobel Prize winner says a "ray of hope" for Syria, Sudan

Santos collects Nobel Prize in Oslo for deal with FARC Quotes anti-war song by Bob Dylan, 2016 literature winner Hopes Colombian deal can inspire peace talks elsewhere Colombian President Juan Ma

10/12/2016

Norway

Colombia's Santos says Nobel prize was 'gift from heaven' for peace

Juan Manuel Santos spoke from Norway on the eve of receiving the award, saying it helped spur the push for peace.

09/12/2016

World

Norwegian PM: migrants need to work more and fit in

Full interview with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

21/11/2016

Sport

Noway trawls for a new coach after Per-Mathias Hogmo quits

Norway's coach quits

16/11/2016

Norway

Radioactive leak at Norway nuclear facility

Authorities in Norway are insisting that a small leak at a nuclear reactor has been contained, with no injuries sustained and no expected environmental damage outside the facility in Halden near the b

25/10/2016

Norway

Facebook backs down over 'Napalm girl' photo

Facebook has reinstated the iconic photograph of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War.

09/09/2016

Norway

Child nudity concerns see Facebook delete post including Pulitzer Prize-winning photo

Social media giant Facebook has provoked controversy by censoring an iconic photo over child nudity concerns.

09/09/2016

Norway

Hairdresser on trial for refusing hijab-wearing client in Norway

A Norwegian hairdresser is on trial for refusing to cut the hair of a Muslim client wearing a hijab.

08/09/2016

Norway

Lightning strike kills 323 wild reindeer in Norway

A lightning strike in Norway has killed more than 300 reindeer.

29/08/2016

Business Series

Statoil promises more for less from Sverdrup field

The biggest Norwegian offshore oil project in decades is going to be cheaper and more productive according to energy firm Statoil.

29/08/2016

Norway

Pokemon Go-playing Norway politician is slammed

A senior Norwegian politician has been criticised for playing Pokemon Go on her smart phone during a parliamentary hearing about the country’s defence policy.

25/08/2016

Sport

Real Madrid see off Sevilla to win Uefa Super Cup

Real Madrid won the UEFA Super Cup for a third time after beating beat Sevilla 3-2 in a rainy Trondheim in Norway.

09/08/2016

Norway

Remembering the victims of the Utoya massacre five years on

A remembrance service has been held on the island of Utoya, where 69 people were gunned down by Anders Behring Breivik five years ago.

23/07/2016

Business Series

Norway's wealth fund to sue Volkswagen over Dieselgate

Norway's sovereign wealth fund plans to join the class-action lawsuits filed in German courts against Volkswagen over the carmaker's emissions scandal.

16/05/2016

Culture news

Watch out dancefloors, the Norwegians are coming

Norway does not cop much clout in the international pop stakes but there are high hopes for producer-DJ Kygo’s long-awaited debut studio album

10/05/2016

Norway

Norwegian helicopter crash victims all presumed dead

All 13 people on a helicopter that crashed off the Norwegian coast on Friday are presumed dead. Dramatic images showed the detached rota blade still

30/04/2016

Norway

11 bodies recovered after Norwegian helicopter crash

A helicopter ferrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea on Friday (April 29) killing at least 11 of the 13 people on

29/04/2016

Norway

Norway to appeal Breivik human rights ruling

The Norwegian state says it does not agree that prison conditions for mass killer Anders Breivik violate his human rights. The country’s justice

26/04/2016

Norway

Killer Anders Breivik's human rights have been breached, court rules

Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case over his prison treatment. He is serving 21 years for murdering 77 people. The

20/04/2016

Norway

Mass killer Breivik wins court case over 'inhuman' prison conditions

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has partly won a court case against the Norwegian state, in which he claimed his human rights were

20/04/2016

World

Raising young peoples' eyes to the stars

Beating off bears or bringing the secrets of the universe into primary schools; just two of the challenges astronomers face when passing on their knowledge to the next generation of stargazers.

15/04/2016

Norway

Mass killer Breivik appears in court in human rights case against Norway

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced for killing 77 people five years ago. He gave a

15/03/2016

Norway

Norway's mass killer Anders Breivik sues his jailers for violating his human rights

Anders Behring Breivik , the man convicted of killing 77 people in Norway’s worst peacetime atrocity is suing his jailers for alleged cruel and

14/03/2016

Norway

Norway mass murderer Breivik sues over his human rights

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is about to return to court – but this time it is to sue the Norwegian state, claiming it is violating his human

12/03/2016

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Norwegian adventure cat

Jesper the cat has become a celebrity in Hedmark, Norway. He has his own blog in Hamar Arbeiderblad (newspaper) and more than 8,000 followers on

16/02/2016