Mullah Krekar threatens Kurdish author

September 29, 2008

Norway's least welcome refugee Mullah Krekar made headlines again during the weekend, after sending out a written statement and sound file over the Internet in which he claims that a controversial Kurdish author deserves the death penalty.

Racism rears its head in Norwegian mountain town

September 29, 2008

Norway's state church is caught in what most church leaders admit is a racist conflict in the mountain community of Oppdal. The local church leader there faces harsh criticism after preventing a pastor who's originally from Sierra Leone from conducting several funerals, allegedly because families of the deceased objected to his skin colour.

Princess has another daughter

September 29, 2008

Norway’s Princess Martha Louise gave birth on Monday to her third daughter with husband Ari Behn.

Police face huge training challenges in Afghanistan

September 29, 2008

Norwegian police, who have been trying for the past five years to help Afghanistan build up its own police force, have issued a report that suggests they're dealing with chaotic conditions involving sex, drugs, corruption and defectors to the Taliban.

China warns against Peace Prize to one of its dissidents

September 27, 2008

Chinese authorities have been quick to issue warnings that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident will hurt relations between China and Norway.

Oslo-area teams in Cup final

September 27, 2008

The run-up to Norway's annual national professional soccer cup has left two clubs from metropolitan Oslo set to face off against each other. For one of them, it's a case of sweet revenge.

Tough testimony emerges during war crimes trial

September 27, 2008

A 69-year-old woman from Bosnia delivered chilling testimony this week, as Norway's first war crimes trial since World War II continued to unfold. The court listened to her account of being raped by the defendant, who fled to Norway after the war in the Balkans and now is a Norwegian citizen.

Latest US collapse can also hit Norway’s oil fund

September 27, 2008

Norway's sovereign wealth fund that's fuelled by oil revenues faces more losses, following the collapse of the large Seattle-based savings and loan institution, Washington Mutual.

Gulf Stream here to stay

September 27, 2008

The Gulf Stream, that almost mythical flow of warm seas that makes Norway and a few other Nordic countries liveable, isn't about to disappear any time soon. New research contradicts earlier theories that it might.

Fir trees behind possible breast cancer breakthrough

September 25, 2008

Norwegian research that stems from an analysis of fir trees may lead to early detection of breast cancer and other diseases through a simple blood test.

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