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PHOTO FEATURE: The annual and highly ceremonial opening of Norway’s new parliamentary session took on historic dimensions on Friday. Norway’s new monarch was in place for the first time, as was the country’s first female heir to the throne. It wasn’t only 120 years since King Haakon VII opened Parliament (Stortinget)…
Former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen apologized earlier this week for the close ties he had for many years to the late billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The apology came in a rare interview with Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK), conducted at his villa on the Greek island Paxos. It’s the first…
It’s being called everything from “embarrassing and tragic” to simply “very serious” for Norway’s foreign- and foreign aid ministries: All their top political leaders over the past 20 years were being questioned by the Norwegian Parliament’s disciplinary committee this week. At issue are their roles in their long-time…
Former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen apologized earlier this week for the close ties he had for many years to the late billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The apology came in a rare interview with Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK), conducted at his villa on the Greek island Paxos. It’s the first…
After months of joy and victory, the Norwegian men’s national football team lost to mighty Portugal Sunday night, largely because of a mistake made by its otherwise revered goalkeeper. It could have been worse, though. Calls were predictably going out on Monday that goalkeeper Ørjan Håskjold Nyland should be replaced…
The warnings of melting sea ice and glaciers have been coming for years. New reports show how 10 glaciers on Svalbard have melted so much that they’ve retracted back to land just in the past two years. The report, from the Norwegian Polar Institute, comes shortly after news that an entire new island in the
Norwegian government ministers just had a busy week at the United Nations, and share concerns that it’s caught in crisis. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide urged reforms when he addressed the UN’s 81st General Assembly during the weekend. Eide, who delivered Norway’s statement on Saturday, noted that the UN is facing…
UPDATED: Norway’s train system has been plagued by problems for years, much of it caused by inadequate maintenance of railroad infrastructure and the challenges that poses for various train operators. Passengers suffered through another summer of delays and cancellations, and then locomotive engineers and conductors…