The Herald (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Scottish ministers are looking to Norway to learn lessons about how to improve the education system for the nation's youngest children.
Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Dancho Danchev writes on the ZDNet "Zero Day" Blog : Morten Krakvik from the Norwegian Honeynet Project is reporting that MSN Norway is among the latest victims of malvertising, a practice where a bogus advertising provider tricks leading portals into accepting advertisements from its network, which often end up redirecting to live exploit URLs. The recent wave of malvertising that also targeted Digg,...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
From Aftenposten: Norway has joined Switzerland in opening up for talks with terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. That doesn't mean Norway is going soft on the fight against terrorism, though, said the country's deputy foreign minister. "You don’t make peace with your friends, but with your enemies," said Raymond Johansen, state secretary in Norway’s Foreign Ministry and deputy foreign minister, on Wednesday....
Xorte latest economic news (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average.
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Norway's Aftenposten reports that Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen has announced that he agrees with Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and would be willing to sit down and 'talk' with Osama Bin Laden. "You don’t make peace with your friends, but with your enemies," said Raymond Johansen, state secretary in Norway’s Foreign Ministry and deputy foreign minister, on Wednesday.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Dom & Beate's wedding in Asker near Oslo
AftenPosten (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Norway's deputy foreign minister now says that Norway has no desire for a dialogue with either Osama bin Laden or the terror network he leads, al-Qaida. The foreign ministry sent out a clarification of remarks Johansen made on Wednesday, indicating he'd been misunderstood.
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The Islamic Council of Norway doesn't want homosexuals, Muslim or not, to be in the closet. They live in Norway, a democratic country, and they are free to come out, says Senaid Kobilica of the Islamic council of Norway to Dagsavisen. He stresses that nobody should live in fear and points to violent incidents where homosexuals were beaten due to the sexual inclination. "Most of all they need somebody...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Satellite , New content Norway has its first local HD channel is on the way, as TV Norge and Canal Digital have teamed up to deliver TV Norge HD beginning October 3. Norwegian produced content isn't due until '09, in the meantime viewers can live with simulcasts of programs like The Closer , CSI and Rome . Canal Digital previously delivered the European soccer championships and Olympics...
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Popdirt.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Blake Lewis checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Wednesday (August 27), talking about his new tour kicking off next month. The ‘American Idol’ season six runner-up...
AftenPosten (Free subscription) | yesterday
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has formally denounced Russia's recognition of the two separatist provinces in Georgia that sparked this month's hostilities between Georgia and Russia.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oslo - A Norwegian of Bosnian descent went on trial in Oslo Wednesday, accused of torture and other crimes against Serbian civilians during the Balkans war. Mirsad Repak, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which date back to 1992 before he fled t...
Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | yesterday
At Skarv, BP is partnering with E.ON Ruhrgas AG of Germany and PGNiG SA of Poland. E.ON Ruhrgas and PGNiG bought their stakes from Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp., respectively. "They're new sets of eyes, bringing fresh ideas from a midstream perspective," Mr. Garlick said.
