Army forced to sharpen knife as cost cuts loom
May 31, 2008In March, the Norwegian government promised more growth for Norway's army, but just the opposite is happening. Now government officials say they need to cut costs by NOK 1.5 billion, with most of it to come from budgets for training and military exercises.
New raid on controversial building contractor
May 31, 2008Police swept down on the offices of building contractor Harald Langemyhr on Friday, arresting four of his employees and charging the company with massive fraud against the city of Oslo. Langemyhr was also recently accused of badly exploiting Polish construction workers.
Soldier's loot turned away
May 31, 2008A Norwegian soldier came home from duty in Afghanistan with a horde of cultural treasures, which he offered to an Oslo museum. He was summarily rebuffed and told to take the treasures back to their country of origin.
More Munchs to go on display
May 31, 2008Plans to build a new Munch Museum on Oslo's waterfront will allow far more of Edvard Munch's famous paintings to be put on public display. Major relocations and construction of other new museums are aimed at putting Oslo on the cultural map.
Summer busts out all over
May 31, 2008Oslo was set to be one of the warmest cities in Europe this weekend, with temperatures exceeding those in Barcelona and Madrid. Sun-starved Norwegians were already flocking outdoors even before the weekend got underway.
StatoilHydro loses bid to boost carbon emissions
May 31, 2008State pollution authorities have turned down a request by state oil and gas company StatoilHydro to keep churning extraordinary amounts of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere at its landbased facility for the Snow White gas field.
Two more workers' deaths linked to Telenor
May 28, 2008Two workers at the Telenor-owned mobile phone company in Bangladesh, GrameenPhone, were killed on the job last month, Telenor confirmed Tuesday. The deaths are the latest in a series of fatal accidents at Telenor's operations abroad.
NetCom wins iPhone deal
May 28, 2008Telecoms giant Telia Sonera has secured a deal to distribute Apple's iPhone in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Finland. That means they'll be sold and operated in Norway by NetCom, Telia Sonera's local unit.
Russians snub offer to help cut emissions
May 28, 2008The Russian owners of the Norilsk Nickel plant on the Kola Peninsula earned huge profits last year but haven't made any efforts to cut the plant's emissions. Nor have they taken up a Norwegian offer to fund a clean-up.
Telemark Battalion in new combat with Taliban
May 28, 2008Norwegian soldiers have been engaged in heated battles against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan this month. Military officials claim 13 Taliban soldiers were killed.
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