A feverish quest for new sources of oil, fuelled by high oil prices, is sparking territorial battles between Norwegian fishing interests and oil exploration firms searching for new reserves in the North and Norwegian seas. Read more[Published 15.02.08]
Statistics show that a full moon really can "bring out the beast," at least in Norway, where the most collisions between cars and moose occur when the moon is full and the weather is cold. Read more[Published 04.12.07]
Norwegian WWII resistance hero Gunnar "Kjakan" Sønsteby will personally be auctioneer for a counterfeit 100-kroner note with a dramatic history behind it. Read more[Published 16.11.07]
A specialist in early childhood education in Oslo is giving new meaning to the term "sexual games," and stirring widespread debate. Read more[Published 16.10.07]
The centuries-old wall around Oslo's historic Akershus Fortress is in dangerously poor shape, threatening to start tumbling down unless emergency repairs are made. Read more[Published 25.09.07]
The traditional mountain grazing season is drawing to an end, as autumn sets in. Some fear that the days of the traditional mountain farm itself -- called a seter in Norwegian -- are numbered as well. Read more[Published 14.09.07]
Hundreds of thousands of students had their first day of school on Monday. Some of them had to learn to carry guns and be prepared to shoot -- polar bears. Read more[Published 20.08.07]
Amidst all the talk about carbon dioxide emissions and global warming comes news that Norway's national mascot may be contributing to the destruction of the environment, through burping and other bodily functions. Read more[Published 21.08.07]
Thousands of people in northern Norway were left without a telephone and internet connection after a clumsy moose this week destroyed a switching station. Read more[Published 17.08.07]
Widespread development of new real estate projects in the mountains of Norway, fuelled by demand for a holiday cabin known as a hytte, already has raised environmental concerns. Now there are fears the hytte projects threaten Norway's wild reindeer population. Read more[Published 16.07.07]
Jobs, housing and promises of a less stressful life in scenic areas are helping officials in Norway's rural districts in their quest to attract new residents and build up the tax base. The Hjertager family just moved from Bergen to a village in eastern Norway, and they're settling in just fine. Read more[Published 18.07.07]
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