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Norway jails two for terror plot

Monday, January 30th 2012, 14:12
related countries: Denmark Denmark

A Norwegian court convicts two men of planning to attack a Danish newspaper after it printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Norway apology for Holocaust role

Friday, January 27th 2012, 17:46

The Norwegian prime minister apologises for the role his country played in deporting Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Norwegian signs $22bn plane deal

Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 10:00

Low cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle says it has signed a deal to buy 222 new planes from Airbus and Boeing for a cost of 127bn Norwegian krone.
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India to make Norway custody plea

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 12:56
related countries: India India
related places: Delhi

Delhi says it will try to seek an "amicable" solution to a controversial child custody case in Norway that has caused anger in India.
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Cairn sells off Greenland stake

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 9:55
related countries: Greenland Greenland

Oil explorer Cairn Energy sells off a 30% stake in one of its Greenland exploration licences to Norwegian group Statoil.
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Spy chief quits in secrecy gaffe

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 11:31
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Norway's head of intelligence Janne Kristiansen resigns because she said too much about Pakistan during a parliamentary hearing.
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Court orders new tests on Breivik

Friday, January 13th 2012, 13:33
related places: Breivik

A court in Norway orders a new psychiatric evaluation of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik after an earlier report found him legally insane.
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Norway fine cut for 'poor' Swede

Sunday, January 8th 2012, 16:23
related countries: Sweden Sweden
related places: Oslo

Police in Norway cut in half a traffic fine for a Swedish trucker on the grounds that Swedes earn less than Norwegians, an Oslo newspaper reports.
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Norway attack threat 'unreported'

Friday, January 6th 2012, 17:55
related places: A

A call threatening a massacre in Norway was made months before Anders Behring Breivik's attacks but police were not informed, public radio says.
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Norway killer is 'not psychotic'

Wednesday, January 4th 2012, 18:45

Experts monitoring the Norwegian mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, say they believe he is not psychotic, court documents say.
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Faith and the Norway attack survivors

Saturday, December 24th 2011, 1:25

How faith helps Norwegian families of Utoeya victims
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Norway marks Antarctic centenary

Wednesday, December 14th 2011, 10:19

Norway's PM hails 100 years since Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the south pole, unveiling an ice sculpture on the spot.
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VIDEO: Nobel Peace Prize for female trio

Saturday, December 10th 2011, 17:16
related places: Oslo

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been presented to three women at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.
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VIDEO: Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Oslo

Saturday, December 10th 2011, 15:04
related places: Oslo

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been presented to three women at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Oslo

Saturday, December 10th 2011, 14:03
related places: Oslo

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize is presented jointly to three women at a ceremony in Oslo
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Norwegian disbelief at Breivik 'insanity'

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 22:26
related places: Breivik

Norwegians struggle to accept psychiatrists' verdict on Breivik
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Norway killer is declared insane

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 17:28

Psychiatrists assessing Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik conclude he is a paranoid schizophrenic and should be treated as such.
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Oslo court handed Breivik report

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 11:20
related places: Breivik

A report by Norwegian psychiatrists on the mental state of self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is handed to a court in Oslo.
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VIDEO: 2011 Christmas trees in short supply

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011, 8:28

Norway supplies many of Europe's Christmas trees and this year's crop has been hit by a combination of frost and fungi damage meaning the trees will be smaller, and shorter.
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Centrica signs Statoil gas deal

Monday, November 21st 2011, 8:36

Centrica signs a gas supply deal with Norway's Statoil and also buys production rights for Norwegian parts of the North Sea.
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Breivik 'planned to kill leaders'

Friday, November 18th 2011, 18:28

The man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July wanted to kidnap and execute three leaders of the ruling Labour party, a newspaper reports.
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Data spies raid Norwegian firms

Friday, November 18th 2011, 11:24

Norwegian energy and defence firms suffer the country's biggest ever wave of hacking attacks.
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Danish cartoon 'plot' trial starts

Tuesday, November 15th 2011, 13:51
related countries: Denmark Denmark

Three men accused of plotting to carry out an attack on the offices of a Danish newspaper which printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed go on trial in Norway.
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Norway mass killer in open court

Monday, November 14th 2011, 15:43

Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July, makes his first appearance in open court.
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Live - Saturday football

Saturday, November 12th 2011, 13:30
related countries: Spain Spain, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: A

England beat world champions Spain 1-0 at Wembley after Wales defeat Norway in a friendly on a day that also saw 37 FA Cup first-round ties.
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North Sea oil field size doubled

Friday, October 21st 2011, 11:50

Norwegian oil firm Statoil says there are twice the oil reserves it previously thought in its newly discovered North Sea field.
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