US Marines to Norway
Norway’s government welcomes the troops, but not all politicians and peace organizations are enamored by the plan Michael Sandelson & Sarah Bostock The Foreigner The some 330-strong U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) contingent will be...
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NRK to air Afterlife TV
Norwegian program aims to connect the living with the dead Sarah Bostock & Michael Sandelson The Foreigner In a sealed envelope in a locked safe are the secret words of former Stavanger resident Rolf...
Depression linked to gray houses
“Uniformness combined with low light conditions can get to you,” says researcher at NTNU Michael Sandelson & Sarah Bostock The Foreigner Kine Angelo, Assistant Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Department of...
Norway eyes floating tunnel
The proposed under-water tunnel would halve travel time and be a world’s first Sarah Bostock & Michael Sandelson The Foreigner Sogn og Fjordane County’s Sognefjord in western Norway is over 4,000 feet deep and...
Hijab sparks hatred
Labor’s (Ap) Sahfana M. Ali became the target of harassment after uploading a photo of her bunad with specially made hijab Sarah Bostock & Michael Sandelson The Foreigner Politician Sahfana M. Ali visited Embla...
Songbird hunting list expanded
New proposal angers bird protection organizations Michael Sandelson, Sarah Bostock & Lyndsey Smith The Foreigner Blackbirds and song thrushes could legally be culled in Norway for agricultural reasons. The suggestion by the Norwegian Environmental...
Panama Papers
Panama Papers issue continues for the Norwegian bank DNB Michael Sandelson, Sarah Bostock & Lyndsey Smith The Foreigner DNB executive management was not aware of contact with Mossack Fonseca’s representatives in Luxembourg, reports say....
July 22nd terrorist back in court
Anders Behring Breivik’s lawsuit against the state began March 15 Lyndsey Smith & Sarah Bostock The Foreigner Anders Behring Breivik’s lawsuit regarding prison conditions started March 15, nearly five years after killing 77 people...
Coal divestments should increase
NGOs seek further action from the Norwegian Central Bank-managed Government Pension Fund Global regarding the environment Sarah Bostock & Michael Sandelson The Foreigner “The good news is that Norges Bank divested 54 coal corporations...
Roma treatment concerns COE
Better treatment of this group is needed throughout Europe Michael Sandelson & Sarah Bostock The Foreigner COE Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks states that “it is time to counter deep-rooted hostility” regarding Roma. He...
