Strike set to drag on

May 28, 2008

There's no settlement in sight for a strike by more than 3,000 teachers, day care center workers and some health care workers and municipal employees scattered around Norway. Both sides are digging in their heels.

Royals in Portugal, foreign minister in Greenland

May 28, 2008

King Harald and Queen Sonja traveled to Portugal this week for a state visit aimed at boosting ties with the country. It's the first time they've traveled on officials business without Norway's foreign minister at their side, but he needed to go to Greenland for an important Arctic summit.

Gay marriage bill creates strange political bedfellows

May 28, 2008

Two political parties which normally avoid each other have teamed in an unusual alliance to protest Norway's looming same-sex marriage law. They're joined by 50,000 irate Christian fundamentalists.

Study? Why bother?

May 28, 2008

Fewer young Norwegians are choosing higher education, as high wages lure them to work.

No rise in interest rates

May 28, 2008

Norway's central bank opted against raising interest rates on Wednesday, but speculation persists that rates will go up again next month.

State set to raise fuel taxes

May 28, 2008

Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen isn't showing any sympathy for Norwegian motorists hit by record high fuel prices. Instead, her ministry will raise fuel taxes yet again on July 1st.

Fuel fight hits salmon exports

May 28, 2008

Massive protests in France against high fuel prices blocked deliveries of Norwegian salmon this week. Fishermen are furious over their higher fuel costs, and don't want seafood to reach the market.

First 'Kavli Prizes' awarded

May 28, 2008

Seven "pioneering" scientists have won the first research prizes funded by Norwegian-American multi-millionaire Fred Kavli. He earned a fortune developing sensors for the air, automobile and space industries, and now he's using his money to promote more scientific development.

Munch Museum to be Opera's new neighbour

May 28, 2008

City officials plan to move Oslo's famed Munch Museum into new quarters near the new Opera House on the capital's eastern waterfront. The city's main library will also move into the neighbourhood.

Eurovision contestant returns home a heroine

May 26, 2008

Maria Haukaas Storeng was welcomed back to Norway with flags and flowers after she sang her way to what's widely considered a respectable result in the annual Eurovision Song Contest over the weekend: 5th place.

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