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Flooding stops traffic in Central Norway |
 Flooding and avalanches blocked rail and road traffic in many parts of Central Norway on Thursday, particularly in the counties of Trøndelag. Many roads in Western Norway were also blocked. |
2010-03-12
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Arctic Seed Vault largest in the world |
 Just days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault has this week received thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples. |
2010-03-12
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More aliens living in Norway |
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Of the 4.85 million persons living in Norway at the end of last year, 333,900 or nearly seven per cent were foreign citizens, according to fresh figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). |
2010-03-12
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Cross country: Bjørgen wins Drammen sprint |
 Norway's "Olympic Queen" Marit Bjørgen won the women's world cup classic sprint in Drammen. Norway on Thursday, ahead of the two Finnish competitors, Aina-Kaisa Saarinen and Pirjo Muranen. |
2010-03-12
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Northug second in Drammen |
 Norway's Double Olympic champion Petter Northug had to settle for second place in the men's 1km sprint in Drammen, Norway on Thursday, behind Sweden's Emil Jönsson. Andrew Newell from the US came third. |
2010-03-12
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Record number nominated for the Peace Prize 2010 |
 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has received 237 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize 2010, out of which 38 are organizations. This is the highest number of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize ever. |
2010-03-11
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Norway protests against new Israeli settlements |
 Norway has strongly criticised Israeli plans to build 1600 new housing units in East Jerusalem. - Norway deeply deplores Israel’s expansion of its settlement in East Jerusalem, says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. |
2010-03-11
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Statoil and partners to develop ACG field |
 The Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli partnership led by BP have signed a Euro 4.4 billion investment agreement to develop the Chirag oil project offshore Azerbaijan, in which Norway's Statoil holds an 8.6 per cent share. |
2010-03-11
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Norwegian Royals end visit to Malaysia |
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Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit ended their official visit to Malaysia Wednesday with visits to the facilities of Norwegian companies Jotun and Aker Solutions. |
2010-03-11
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Norwegian troops under fire |
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Norwegian troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday came under fire from insurgents three times over a period of five hours. No losses or injuries were reported on either side, according to the Norwegian Defence Command. |
2010-03-11
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Fewer asylum seekers to Norway |
 In February this year 711 asylum seekers arrived in Norway. This is 40 per cent fewer than in February last year, according to fresh figures from the Immigration Directorate (UDI). |
2010-03-10
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Fish react differently to seismic surveys |
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Sound waves from seismic data acquisition resulted in increased catches for some species and smaller catches for others. It appears that pollack may, to some extent, have withdrawn from the area, while other species seem to remain. |
2010-03-10
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Increased Statoil share in St Malo |
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Norwegian Statoil has increased its working interest in the St Malo development in the Gulf of Mexico to 21.5% by exercising its preferential rights on a proposed sale of Devon's share in the development. |
2010-03-10
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