Norway

Norway

Refugees in legal limbo as Norway and Russia argue over their fate

Norway’s “attempts to deport hundreds of asylum seekers to Russia“http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/20/norway-sends-syrian-refugees-back-to-russia/

27/01/2016

Norway

Norway sends Syrian refugees back to Russia

The Norwegian authorities have begun sending the first of around 5,500 mainly Syrian refugees who’ve been housed in a transit camp in the north of

20/01/2016

Norway

Norwegian coastguards save five lives in dramatic rescue

Norwegian coastguards have pulled off the daring rescue of the crew of a trawler that capsized near the coast. Five lives were saved in the teeth of

04/01/2016

Norway

Avalanche in remote part of Norway kills one and injures nine

One person has died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic. Snow from

19/12/2015

Sport

Hungary shock Norway in Euro 2016 qualifier

Hungary are one step closer to qualifying for the 2016 Euro finals after beating Norway in Oslo. The only goal in the match was netted by Laszlo

12/11/2015

Health Series

The challenges of balancing care and career

What is one of the hardest jobs of all? Caring, because you have to put your heart into it, all the time. Life is tough for carers with careers. Public policy appears to be slow to realise its importa

11/11/2015

Sport

Solskjaer returns to Molde for second stint as manager

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has returned to Norwegian side Molde for a second stint as manager. The 42-year-old, who spent

21/10/2015

Norway

Taking the Arctic route: migrants cycle from Russia to Norway

Cycling from Russia to Norway is a recently-discovered route asylum seekers are using to reach the border-free Schengen Zone. Taxi drivers say they

07/10/2015

Economy

Norway surprises markets with interest rate cut

Norway’s central bank has cut its main interest rate and hinted at possible negative rates ahead to support a weakening economy. The Norwegian crown

24/09/2015

Norway

Snowden honoured by Norway for US surveillance leaks

Edward Snowden has been honored by the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression for his revelations of the mass surveillance

05/09/2015

Culture news

A-ha take on new world tour

Thirty years after they burst onto the music scene, Norwegian synth pop heros A-ha are back with a new album and a world tour.

03/09/2015

Norway

Heavy rain causes chaos in southern Norway

Several parts of southern Norway have been flooded after heavy rainfall over the last couple of days. Several houses have had to be evacuated, roads

02/09/2015

Norway

Norwegian youth return to Utoya island

Norway is turning the page on the most bloody event in its history. On 22nd July 2011, right-wing extemist Anders Behring took the lives of 77 people

07/08/2015

Norway

Norway's Young Labour return to Utoya island

For the first time in four years the Norwegian Labour party’s youth wing is gathering for summer camp on Utoya island. In 2011 it was the scene of a

07/08/2015

Norway

Students return to Norwegian island four years after massacre

Just over four years since dozens of students were gunned down by a right wing extremist in Norway, activists from the country’s largest political

07/08/2015

Norway

Norway: Teenagers return to island, four years after Breivik massacre

Four years after dozens of teenagers were shot dead by a far-right extremist, the youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party has returned to the island of

06/08/2015

Norway

Fake bomb on Utoya anniversary clears Oslo university

Fear swept Oslo University on Tuesday after a bomb alert on the fourth anniversary of the Utoya attack led to the campus being evacuated. The bomb

05/08/2015

Norway

Norwegian police investigate 'bomb-like' package at Oslo university

05/08/2015

Sport

Svindal and Mikkelsen race in the fjords

Rally driver Andreas Mikkelsen and Olympic champion skier Aksel Lund Svindal recently joined forces to test their speed and skills in stunning

28/07/2015

Norway

Norway: fourth anniversary of attacks in Oslo and on Utoya

It is four years since the attacks on a government building and a youth camp on the island of Utoya claimed the lives of 77 people and changed

22/07/2015

Next Series

Is seafood still safe to eat?

Fisheries are an excellent source of fresh and tasty fish that won’t harm marine resources. But can we be sure that these fish are safe to eat?” In

15/06/2015

Cinema

Heart-warming doc will make you smile and want to play volley-ball

This week’s choice is ‘The Optimists’, a Norwegian documentary film which will touch you, make you laugh and make you want to play volley-ball

29/05/2015

Norway

Norwegian cruise ship runs aground off Bermuda

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship has run aground on a reef as it was leaving Bermuda.The Norwegian Dawn was returning to Boston with 2675 passengers and

20/05/2015

Norway

The cold war in the Arctic

Russia said on Monday its deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin had every right to visit Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, near the North Pole, despite

21/04/2015

Sport

Severin Freund makes it three-in-a-row on the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo

Severin Freund clinched his third successive win on Saturday, this one on the imposing Holmenkollen. The large hill World Champion sealed victory in

14/03/2015

Norway

Woman miscarries after boyfriend secretly gives her abortion pills

13/03/2015