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There’s more to Halden than most Norwegians ever think about. “Halden, hmmm,” a friend muttered when told that we were going ...
Norwegians were out celebrating their national day all over the country on Saturday, highlighted as always by parades ...
The Norwegian government has finally agreed to pleas from the police to be what they call “generally armed” at all times and not just during crisis situations. Now a majority in Parliament views ...
The Norwegian government is not only offering new record-large offshore areas in the Arctic for more oil and gas exploration, ...
There’s a reason why Halden is the only town in Norway to be mentioned in the country’s national anthem. It has a long ...
Former US President Barack Obama was back in Oslo this week, during a stop on his latest public speaking tour that charged thousands of kroner for a single ticket. The next day he was also treated to ...
“We did it!” shouted a happy and relieved Kyle Alessandro after he and his back-up performers won a spot in this weekend’s Eurovision final. They’ll be up against strong competition, when the huge ...
It’s been 200 years since the first organized transport of Norwegian emigrants sailed to the US, and the bicentennial is ...
Norway’s King Harald V has a talent for delivering speeches aimed at uniting the country, inspiring Norwegians and righting ...
Norway hosted the leaders of nine fellow NATO-member countries in the alliance’s core North Atlantic region this week, all of them keen to coordinate their security and defense needs. Several made it ...