Norway

Spaniards try luck in north and south

BERGEN, Norway - Finding no easy options abroad, a few hundred unemployed Spaniards have risked frostbite in wealthy Norway, where the press call them "euro refugees". Others head south to Morocco, where they hope to stay warm at least until Europe's economic crisis has passed.

Norway's Golden Ocean sees end to shipping glut

OSLO - Norway's Golden Ocean , controlled by shipping magnate John Fredriksen, said on Wednesday the pace of new ships coming on to the market was slowing down although overcapacity would weigh on the dry-bulk business in the medium term.

30 May 2012

Opera seen a Facebook fit but no "For Sale" sign

OSLO - Facebook is under pressure to make money from the increasing number of users who access the social networking site from mobiles, making Norway's Opera a good fit for it, bankers familiar with the technology industry said. | Video

Breivik posed like bodybuilder after arrest

OSLO - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik first requested a band aid for a cut finger when police arrested him, then posed like a bodybuilder after he was stripped and police took his picture, witnesses told a court on Friday.

World, 25 May 2012

Norway state workers begin rare pay strike

OSLO - State workers in Norway, whose rapid economic growth stands out in a troubled continent, went on strike for the first time in 28 years on Thursday after pay talks broke down overnight, shutting schools, child care centers and other public institutions.

World, 24 May 2012

Norway state workers launch first strike in decades

OSLO - Norwegian state workers went on strike for the first time in decades on Thursday after pay talks broke down overnight, shutting schools, child care centers and other public institutions.

World, 24 May 2012

Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry": survivors

OSLO - Anders Behring Breivik screamed a "battle cry" and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer's massacre told a court on Wednesday.

World, 16 May 2012

Burning man tries to break into Breivik trial

OSLO - A man set himself on fire and tried to force his way into the Norwegian courthouse where far-right mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for massacring 77 people last July, police said on Tuesday. | Video

World, 15 May 2012

Burning man tries to break into Breivik trial

OSLO - A man set himself on fire and tried to force his way into the Norwegian courthouse where far-right mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for massacring 77 people last July, police said on Tuesday.

World, 15 May 2012

Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik courthouse

OSLO - A man set himself on fire on Tuesday outside an Oslo courthouse where the Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for murdering 77 people last July, police said.

World, 15 May 2012

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Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt

CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account. | Video