Dead sheep shocks diver

October 17, 2008

Diver Hans Harald Ylvisåker was swimming 15 metres under the surface looking for crayfish. Instead he found a sheep with three of its legs tied to a stone.

Norway and Russia agree on fishing quotas

October 17, 2008

Norwegian and Russian authorities have agreed on fishing quotas for 2009. Cod and haddock limits are higher than for many years.

Committee wants fewer children in prison

October 17, 2008

Children who have committed very serious crimes will still go to jail, says a report which discusses how to react to juvenile crime and how to prevent it.

Svalbard bans criminal

October 17, 2008

The Assistant Governor on Svalbard has barred a 28 year-old man from entering the Arctic archipelago for two years.

Stocks fall on Thursday

October 17, 2008

The main index fell 8.91 percent on Wednesday. The fall continued in early trading Thursday before the market regained some of the initial loss. In the early afternoon the index was down 4 percent. By closing time Thursday the market was down 7.95 percent.

Holmenkollen coming down

October 15, 2008

The Holmenkollen Ski Jump, which for years has towered over Oslo as the Norwegian capital's main landmark, will start getting torn down on Thursday.

Bribery concerns sour mood at Norway's two largest firms

October 15, 2008

StatoilHydro took over Norsk Hydro's oil and gas division in a so-called "friendly" deal last year, but now relations between Norway's two largest companies seem nearly hostile. A case of suspected bribery nearly a decade ago has pitted the two local giants against each other.

Central bank cuts key rate

October 15, 2008

The Bank of Norway (Norges Bank)

Aftenposten to shut down English news service

October 14, 2008

Media house Aftenposten in Oslo, faced with a need to dramatically cut costs, has decided to shut down its nine-year-old English-language news service, "News in English."

State visit from Ireland

October 14, 2008

Oslo's main boulevard was cleared of all traffic on Tuesday, and the Irish and Norwegian flags wove side by side. The president of Ireland, Mary McAleese (center, next to King Harald),

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