Hydro chairman resigns over options plan controversy

August 6, 2007

The chairman of the board of Norwegian industrial group Norsk Hydro Jan Reinås, resigned on Sunday over a row about the board's handling of a payout to top executives.

Tourists want trolls and moose

August 6, 2007

Visitors to Norway want traditional souvenirs from their holiday, and load up on trolls and Vikings. Meanwhile, design institution Norsk Form complains that the souvenirs are too kitsch.

Illegal drugs ‘increasingly popular’

August 6, 2007

Police confiscate more cocaine and amphetamine than ever before. But the use of illegal drugs is likely even more widespread than the confiscations indicate, police officials say.

Unemployment rate lowest in decades

August 6, 2007

The current unemployment rate is 2,5 percent, the lowest in 20 years, according to Statistics Norway. Experts expect the unemployment rate to remain low.

Boom in girls' football

August 4, 2007

The increase of girl's football team has been enormous over the last decade. Today, three out of ten Norwegian football players are girls, and at the football tournament Norway Cup, girls are even more numerous.

Finnish-Russian wolf could save threatened Scandinavian stock

August 4, 2007

A male wolf spotted in Sweden could give new DNA to the tiny and inbred Norwegian and Swedish stock.

Shops move from Oslo's main boulevard

August 3, 2007

Petty theft and fewer customers have dramatically decreased revenue for shops on Karl Johans Gate, Oslo's main boulevard, after the capital's drug addicts made it their favourite hang out.

Greater shortage of nurses

August 3, 2007

Norwegian hospitals are in desperate need for more nurses and nursing assistance, but the shortage of health personnel is only increasing, especially in the rural areas.

Train kills bear

August 3, 2007

The male bear was crossing the railway tracks when it was hit by a train Thursday morning.

Record result for Aker Kværner

August 3, 2007

Engineering group Aker Kværner presents a 47 percent rise in its second-quarter core profit, described as the "best result in the company's history."

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