News: Norway

We have started to collect the most important news related to Norway in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• September 9th 2013 – July 14th 2013
• July 11th 2013 – December 10th 2012
• December 3rd 2012 – August 24th 2012
• August 24th 2012 – June 8th 2012
• June 7th 2012 – May 11th 2012
• May 10th 2012 – April 20th 2012
• April 19th 2012 – March 23rd 2012
• March 22nd 2012 – January 19th 2012
• January 13th 2012 – October 4th 2011
• October 4th 2011 – August 6th 2011
• August 5th 2011 – July 26th 2011
• July 26th 2011 – July 23rd 2011
• July 23rd 2011 – January 11th 2011
• January 6th 2011 – July 14th 2010
• July 8th 2010 – December 10th 2009
• December 10th 2009 – May 1st 2009
• April 20th 2009 – July 25th 2008
• July 16th 2008 – August 28th 2007
• May 30th 2007 – August 4th 2006
• July 26th 2006 – February 7th 2006
• February 6th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Norway: news

Arrests in Norway 'al-Qaeda' plot

Thursday, July 8th 2010, 15:16

Norwegian police say three men have been arrested suspected of plotting terrorist attacks and being members of al-Qaeda.
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Arrests in Norway 'al-Qaeda' plot

Thursday, July 8th 2010, 10:40
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: Oslo

Norwegian police arrest three men in Oslo on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks and being members of al-Qaeda.
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Norwegians killed in Afghanistan

Monday, June 28th 2010, 11:22
related countries: Afghanistan

Four Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan are killed by a roadside bomb, Norway's defence ministry says.
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Row erupts over whale film 'scam'

Friday, June 25th 2010, 17:34

Norwegian officials accuse campaigners of misleading the public over the "cruelty" of whaling.
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Afghan riddle

Saturday, June 19th 2010, 14:51
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Oslo

Oslo peacemakers flummoxed by the war without end
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Germany wins Eurovision contest

Sunday, May 30th 2010, 10:16
related places: Oslo

Germany's Lena wins the Eurovision Song Contest as the UK finishes in last place in the 25-country race.
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Reporter's log

Sunday, May 30th 2010, 10:10
related places: On, Oslo

On the scene at Eurovision finals in Oslo
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Norway agrees border with Russia

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 12:27
related countries: Russia

Russia and Norway resolve a long-running dispute over an Arctic border in the resource-rich Barents Sea.
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Congo overturns Norway executions

Thursday, April 22nd 2010, 14:23
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
related places: A

A DR Congo court overturns death sentences on two Norwegians convicted of murder and orders a retrial.
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Norwegian train in deadly crash

Wednesday, March 24th 2010, 15:52
related places: A

A train crashes in Norway, killing at least three people and seriously injuring three, according to reports.
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Pirates hijack Norwegian tanker

Friday, March 5th 2010, 20:22
related countries: Somalia

Pirates have hijacked a tanker and are sailing it towards the Somali coast, the ship's Norwegian owners say.
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Live - Winter Olympics Day 11

Monday, February 22nd 2010, 17:34
related countries: Austria, Denmark

Canada win their fifth gold of the Games in the ice dance, GB men easily beat Germany in the curling but the women look almost certain to be heading home after a 9-8 defeat by Denmark.
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Super-G gold for Norway's Svindal

Friday, February 19th 2010, 20:47
related places: Svindal

Aksel Lund Svindal wins Norway's fourth gold of the Winter Olympics and his second medal in Vancouver after a near-perfect run in the men's Super-G.
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Williams slides to gold for Britain

Friday, February 19th 2010, 16:51

Amy Williams wins skeleton gold at the Whistler Sliding Centre, becoming Great Britain's first individual gold medallist at a Winter Games since 1980.
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Live - Winter Olympics day five

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 16:50
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom
related places: Vancouver

Injured Briton Zoe Gillings finishes eighth as Canada win a second gold medal in the snowboard cross, while the country's men's ice hockey team easily defeat Norway in their first game in Vancouver.
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Athlete's children 'not abducted'

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 14:36
related countries: Morocco

The children of a Moroccan Olympic champion fled from his house and were smuggled out with Norway's help, they say.
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Norway helicopter crash in fjord

Wednesday, January 27th 2010, 18:12

Rescuers search for four people in icy Norwegian waters after the helicopter they were flying in crashed, officials say.
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Iran diplomat in Norway 'resigns'

Wednesday, January 6th 2010, 11:50
related countries: Iran
related places: Oslo

An Iranian diplomat in Oslo resigns in protest at his government's crackdown on opposition supporters, Norwegian TV says.
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Last Kon-Tiki raft crewman dies

Saturday, December 26th 2009, 23:05

Knut Haugland - the last of six Norwegian crew who crossed the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947 - died aged 92.
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Obama defends war at Nobel award

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 18:14
related countries: United States
related places: Oslo

US President Barack Obama defends the waging of "morally justified" war as he collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
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Iran rebuked over Nobel laureate

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:53
related countries: Iran, Sweden

Norway and Sweden rebuke Iran for its treatment of Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights lawyer.
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