Foreign students forced to leave after graduation

July 12, 2006

Norway is in the midst of a labour shortage, and has been recruiting skilled workers from overseas in a variety of fields. The vast majority of foreign students educated at Norwegian universities and colleges, however, must leave the country right after graduation because they can't get work and residence permits.

Passenger flew home with knife in his backpack

July 11, 2006

A Norwegian tourist was surprised to find a knife lying at the bottom of his backpack when he got home from a trip to Croatia. He hadn't been stopped by security personnel in Dubrovnik.

Beer sales bubbling over

July 11, 2006

Thirsty Norwegians emptied a lot of beer glasses in June, leaving breweries grateful for a sought-after boost in sales.

Politician, newspaper charged with gay bashing

July 11, 2006

A local politician wrote a letter to his local newspaper in Farsund, southern Norway, saying he wanted a gay-free beach in the area. Now they've both been charged with promoting discrimination on the basis of sexual preference.

Polar bear chased from airport

July 11, 2006

A large, male polar bear came a bit too close for comfort at the main airport on Svalbard.

Norwegians defy tax-free rules

July 11, 2006

Weary of high prices and high taxes, Norwegians are smuggling goods into the country like never before. At least a third are believed to bring home more goods than their tax-free quotas allow, and it's not just tobacco and spirits that's being sneaked over the border.

Retail tycoon takes over gas station chain

July 11, 2006

The company set up by Norwegian retail tycoon Odd Reitan is taking over more than 750 gasoline stations and their accompanying convenience stores in Norway and Denmark.

Prisoner's relatives released

July 11, 2006

A court in Oslo has released the father and uncle of a prisoner who was spirited away from a family gathering late last week. The prisoner remains at large.

Viking ship replica too big for the Oslo Fjord

July 11, 2006

The world's largest Viking ship will sail from Denmark to Norway next week, but it's too big to navigate its way into the Oslo Fjord. The upcoming voyage of the Havhingsten

Another meteorite hits Norway

July 11, 2006

A meteorite weighing around two kilos landed right in the yard outside Bjørn Herigstad's home in coastal Jæren, western Norway, over the weekend. It's the second meteorite-landing in Norway in a month, and experts are calling the incident sensational.

Side: 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100   101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   123   124   125   126   127   128   129   130   131   132   133   134   135   136   137   138   139   140   141   142   143   144   145   146   147   148   149   150   151   152   153   154   155   156   157   158   159   160   161   162   163   164   165   166   167   168   169   170   171   172   173   174   175   176   177   178   179   180   181   182   183   184   185   186   187   188   189   190   191   192   193   194   195   196   197   198   199   200   201   202   203   204   205   206   207   208   209   210   211   212   213   214   215   216   217   218   219   220   221   222   223   224   225   226   227   228   229   230   231   232   233   234   235   236   237   238   239   240   241   242   243   244   245   246   247   248   249   250   251   252   253   254   255   256   257   258   259   260   261   262   263   264   265   266   267   268   269   270   271   272   273   274   275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298   299   300   301   302   303   304   305   306   307   308   309   310   311   312   313   314   315   316   317   318   319   320   321   322   323   324   325   326   327   328   329   330   331   332   333   334   335   336   337   338   339   340   341   342   343   344   345   346   347   348   349   350   351   352   353   354   355   356   357   358   359   360   361   362   363   364   365   366   367   368   369   370   371   372   373   374   375   376   377   378   379   380   381   382   383   384   385   386   387   388   389   390   391   392   393   394   395   396   397   398   399   400   401   402   403   404   405   406   407   408   409   410   411   412   413   414   415   416   417   418   419   420   421   422   423   424   425   426   427   428   429   430   431   432   433   434   435   436   437   438   439   440   441   442   443   444   445   446   447   448   449   450   451   452   453   454   455   456