Norway News

Norway's ruling centre-right coalition has clawed back some support but still trails the opposition ahead of next month's election, an opinion poll showed on Monday.2.7

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday President Bush would be to blame if anything happened to him after an American evangelist said Washington should assassinate the leftist leader.2.7

International, national, and local perspectives on the United States Constitution and democracy will be the focus of a day-long event on Sept.

OSLO: Unidentified assailants on Wednesday fired shots at an Oslo restaurant owned by the family of a Pakistani-born female comediene who has achieved prominence for lampooning conservative Islam.

JHU or the Heritage Party, has urged the government to make its stand known about the proposed talks with the Tamil Tigers by making a statement in the Parliament.2.7

Against the backdrop of the inauguration of the newly expanded and renovated National Library of Norway, the 71st World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations ...

Round-trip flights from the Bay Area to Oslo, Norway, in August start in the $900-to-$1,000 range.

For student Ed Brouwers, six months of hard work culminated in an afternoon of flight tests for the ESPRIT project conducted at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes , Aksel HerlA e and Gerhard Storesund , have announced the addition of singer Sigurd Olaisen to the group's ranks.

Buoyed by a boom in the offshore market, one of Norway's biggest industrial concerns plans to start building large drilling rigs again in Norway.2

Shippers in the north-east and Scotland do not have to travel south to the Humber to access North Sea ro-ro services.

VREID, the new Norwegian band formed by former WINDIR members HvA ll , Steingrim and Sture , will enter HvA ll's Studio 1184 in September to begin recording their second album, tentatively due in March 2006 via ...

The World Sails the Arctic in August 2005 Cruisers looking for a cool getaway might want to sail the Arctic on the luxury ship The World in August 2005.

ROBBIE BLAKE will today be left behind when his Birmingham City team-mates jet off to Norway for a pre-season training camp after Leeds United agreed a fee with the Blues.3.1

Ice-capped mountains and warm-hearted people; deep fjords carved by millennia ... Back in Malta I shared various ideas and thinking methods related to this experience.2.7

NCV Reduces Cruise-Only Rates 10% to 20% Between September 1 and December 31, 2005 Norwegian Coastal Voyage has announced a reduction of 10% in cabin rates on round-trip sailings and 20% on six- and seven-day ...

Ease your foot off the accelerator and enjoy the views. Simon Heptinstall chooses his favourite ... That intrepid Scotsman's exploration was less than 150 years ago, which should warn you what to expect: the highway crosses one of earth's least hospitable places.2.7

Gazprom, Hydro and Statoil have agreed jointly to identify oil and gas resources in the northern extremities of Norway and Russia and to develop technological strategies to extract that oil and gas.

Oslo's City Hall won the popular vote as the capital's "Structure of the Century." It beat out ... That was followed by the Ekeberg Restaurant, with 13.6 percent and the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, with 12.4

Adresseavisen about three elks having strayed into the city centre. One of them had almost crossed our path on Sunday afternoon.2

"The Duell" mentioned in the logos of the Norwegian National Champs took place this past Wednesday on the roads of the town of Larvik, that hosted the ITT races.

Skanska to Build and Operate Norway's First School within Public-Private Partnering -- the ... The 27-kilometer section of the E39 highway south of Trondheim on the Norwegian west coast will open at the end of June, two months ahead of schedule.

The academic, sporting and community achievements of Harlaw Academy pupils will be celebrated at ... Musical partnership with Stavanger 21 June 2005 10:39 Young musicians from Norway are to collaborate with pupils from Aberdeen City Music School to perform at Marischal College this weekend.2.7

By Hans Pienaar This concert was more of a spiritual experience than just music, writes Hans Pienaar.2.7

A 48-year-old man was admitted to Hospital Telemark in Skien on Wednesday suffering from Legionnaires' Disease.4

A week of special events is underway at Marlpool School to celebrate its 30th birthday ... Musical partnership with Stavanger 21 June 2005 10:39 Young musicians from Norway are to collaborate with pupils from Aberdeen City Music School to perform at Marischal College this weekend.3.1

Movement or misplacement of the stove's burner can allow propane gas to settle in the heater, resulting in delayed ignition.

Erna Solberg, the government minister in charge of immigration issues, has been harshly criticized for picking a fellow member of her political party -- and a white man at that -- to head the new integration ...4

The Council's 'Transport Issues Questionnaire' is being sent to a random sample of 2000 households ... Latest Musical partnership with Stavanger 21 June 2005 10:39 Young musicians from Norway are to collaborate with pupils from Aberdeen City Music School to perform at Marischal College this weekend.2.7

The day after the 2004 International Festival of Arts & Ideas ended last June, festival director Mary Miller and her staff began concentrating on plans for this year's tenth anniversary edition.

Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, began a three-day visit to Norway on Tuesday in Oslo, where he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nearly 16 years ago.4

Norway's oil and energy minister Thorild Widvey reportedly met with her counterpart from the top ... Asked about the possibility of increasing Saudi production during the next OPEC meeting, al-Nouaimi said there was room for some increase, but did not cite any figures.2.9