SAS laying off oldest pilots

September 1, 2008

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), faced with needed cost-cutting and conflicts in their cockpits, has decided to lay off 50 of its most senior pilots.

Thousands stripped of their driving licenses

September 1, 2008

Nearly 4,000 motorists on Norwegian roads have lost their drivers' licenses after getting caught for excessive speeding and other offenses. That's up 32 percent since 2006, and fully a third of the offenders are men under age 25.

Positive equestrian doping results confirmed

August 30, 2008

A final round of doping tests on Norway's bronze-medal-winning horse Camiro has come back positive, but Camiro's rider continues to claim innocence. He calls the doping charges "absurd."

Record number of new citizens

August 30, 2008

Fully 14,900 persons were granted Norwegian citizenship last year, the highest number ever. Very few of the immigrants in Norway from European countries were among them, however, raising new debate over Norway's ban on dual citizenship.

Robbery wave rolls over Oslo

August 30, 2008

Three men were in police custody on Thursday after they allegedly carried out no less than six robberies or attempted robberies on the streets of Oslo during the night.

MP's generous pension plans may be scrapped

August 30, 2008

Politicians from left to right have begun urging that the generous pensions granted to members of the Norwegian Parliament be scrapped. They fear they'll lead to voter envy and mistrust of politicians.

Cyclists head for the hills

August 30, 2008

Thousands of mountain bikers will be racing over the range separating two of Norway's major valleys this weekend, in a cycling version of the famed Birkebeiner

Warm for the rest of August

August 30, 2008

Summer ends, as it started, with sunshine and warm weather, ensuring crowds at the beach and around the lakes this weekend.

More Somalians wanted

August 30, 2008

Hassan Samahle returned to the mountain village of Vinje in Telemark County after getting his degree. Somalians here are so well integrated that the community want more of them to come. Everyone completes secondary school, and no one is a passive welfare recipient.

Norway 'does NOT want to talk with Osama bin Laden'

August 30, 2008

Norway's deputy foreign minister now says that Norway has no desire for a dialogue with either Osama bin Laden or the terror network he leads, al-Qaida. The foreign ministry sent out a clarification of remarks Johansen made on Wednesday, indicating he'd been misunderstood.

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