The Norwegian government put forth a long-expected gay marriage bill on Friday, clearing the way for homosexual couples to secure the same marriage rights as heterosexuals. (The bill is the first major victory for new government minister Anniken Huitfeldt, photo). Read more[Published 14.03.08]
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told a parliamentary committee Wednesday night that some things "could have been done differently" when his staff suddenly needed to deal with a terrorist attack in Kabul in January. Read more[Published 14.03.08]
At least not for now. Norway's central bank decided to keep its key lending rate at 5.25 percent on Thursday, but some analysts saw signs that rates may be boosted again later this year. Read more[Published 13.03.08] |
Norway's Royal Palace announced Thursday that Princess Märtha Louise and her husband Ari Behn are expecting their third child. Read more[Published 13.03.08]
Negotiations broke off Thursday between two of Norway's major labour organizations and the national employers' association NHO. That boosts the threat of widespread strikes later this spring. Read more[Published 13.03.08]
The corporate assembly at troubled forestry giant Norske Skog voted to close paper plants in the Czech Republic and South Korea and shut down one of three paper machines at Follum in Norway, but rebel shareholders aren't happy. A new battle to reverse the decisions is underway. Read more[Published 13.03.08]
Police and customs officials reported Thursday that they'd made what's thought to be the largest heroin seizure ever at the border checkpoint at Svinesund. Read more[Published 13.03.08]
Norway's two participants in the annual Iditarod dogsled race failed to perform as well as they'd hoped. The winner finished the gruelling 1,770-kilometer-long course in nine-and-a-half days. Read more[Published 13.03.08]
Julius Paltiel, one of the few Norwegian Jews to survive the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, was buried in Trondheim on Wednesday with the king present to honour Paltiel's memory. Read more[Published 12.03.08]
Norway's defense industry exported more weapons last year than ever before, and the country now ranks as the seventh largest weapons exporter in the world. Read more[Published 12.03.08] |
Jan Henry T Olsen, who was Norway's high-profile fisheries minister in the mid-1990s, revealed Wednesday that he's suffering from a brain disease believed to be Alzheimer's. The 51-year-old Olsen hopes he can contribute to more awareness and openness about the dreaded ailment. Read more[Published 12.03.08]
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