Norway

Sport

Italian veteran Fill wins first career super-G race

Experience was the flavour of the day in Sunday’s super-G results at the Norwegian resort of Kvitfjell.

26/02/2017

Sport

Alpine skiing: Jansrud charges towards downhill title with victory in Kvitfjell

Norwegian ace Kjetil Jansrud took a giant step towards winning the World Cup downhill title after winning the penultimate race in the discipline on home snow in…

25/02/2017

Sport

Alpine skiing: Kline celebrates maiden win in Kvitfjell downhill

Slovenia’s Bostjan Kline claimed the first World Cup victory of his career on Friday when he triumphed in a men’s downhill race in Kvitfjell, Norway – a replacement race for the cancelled Lake Louise

24/02/2017

Business Series

Norwegian targets budget-conscious travellers with cheap transatlantic flights

Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced plans to shake up transatlantic travel offering 69 euro one-way fares, but with lots of limitations.

23/02/2017

Norway

Stolen Dachau concentration camp gate returned

The wrought iron gate stolen from Dachau concentration camp in 2014 has been returned.

22/02/2017

Norway

Norway suffers extensive hacking of state computer systems

Among those targeted were the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Radiation Protection agency and the Police Security Service

03/02/2017

Sport

Lars Lagerback is back

Veteran football boss is appointed Head Coach of Norway

01/02/2017

Next Series

No laughing matter: nitrous oxide - another climate enemy

Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists in Norway are looking at ways to better fight it.

30/01/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: 'Laughing gas', another climate enemy

Not so funny, “laughing gas” N2O is a powerful greenhouse gas.

30/01/2017

Sport

Handball: Norway down Croatia to book World Championship final against holders France

Norway have booked themselves a very first ticket to the final of the men’s world handball championship after beating 2003 champions and four-time finalists Croatia in the…

27/01/2017

Norway

Breivik human rights violation ruling: appeal reaches final stages

The Norwegian government is presenting its closing statement in an appeal involving mass murderer, Anders Breivik.

17/01/2017

Norway

Norway first country to switch off FM radio

DAB radio is coming to Norway as the country becomes the first to switch off FM. But in this avid radio nation, will everyone be able to listen?

11/01/2017

Norway

Breivik: no Nazi salute on day two of rights appeal hearing

The 37-year-old mass killer was rebuked for the controversial gesture on the first day of the detention conditions appeal hearing in Norway.

11/01/2017

Norway

Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court hearing

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday at the start of a fresh hearing over whether his human rights have been violated.

10/01/2017

Norway

Breivik pulls Nazi salute in court

The Norwegian state is trying to overturn a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in isolation since he massacred 77 people in 2011.

10/01/2017

Norway

Colombian Nobel Prize winner says a "ray of hope" for Syria, Sudan

Santos collects Nobel Prize in Oslo for deal with FARC Quotes anti-war song by Bob Dylan, 2016 literature winner Hopes Colombian deal can inspire peace talks elsewhere Colombian President Juan Ma

10/12/2016

Norway

Colombia's Santos says Nobel prize was 'gift from heaven' for peace

Juan Manuel Santos spoke from Norway on the eve of receiving the award, saying it helped spur the push for peace.

09/12/2016

World

Norwegian PM: migrants need to work more and fit in

Full interview with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

21/11/2016

Sport

Noway trawls for a new coach after Per-Mathias Hogmo quits

Norway's coach quits

16/11/2016

Norway

Radioactive leak at Norway nuclear facility

Authorities in Norway are insisting that a small leak at a nuclear reactor has been contained, with no injuries sustained and no expected environmental damage outside the facility in Halden near the b

25/10/2016

Norway

Facebook backs down over 'Napalm girl' photo

Facebook has reinstated the iconic photograph of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War.

09/09/2016

Norway

Child nudity concerns see Facebook delete post including Pulitzer Prize-winning photo

Social media giant Facebook has provoked controversy by censoring an iconic photo over child nudity concerns.

09/09/2016

Norway

Hairdresser on trial for refusing hijab-wearing client in Norway

A Norwegian hairdresser is on trial for refusing to cut the hair of a Muslim client wearing a hijab.

08/09/2016

Norway

Lightning strike kills 323 wild reindeer in Norway

A lightning strike in Norway has killed more than 300 reindeer.

29/08/2016

Business Series

Statoil promises more for less from Sverdrup field

The biggest Norwegian offshore oil project in decades is going to be cheaper and more productive according to energy firm Statoil.

29/08/2016

Norway

Pokemon Go-playing Norway politician is slammed

A senior Norwegian politician has been criticised for playing Pokemon Go on her smart phone during a parliamentary hearing about the country’s defence policy.

25/08/2016