Norway
News about Norway, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
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Jul. 25, 2014
Norway’s intelligence service says it has received information about an imminent 'concrete threat' against Norway from people with links to Islamic fighters in Syria. MORE -
Jul. 10, 2014
Longyearbyen Journal: unemployment and homelessness are illegal in northern Norwegian town Longyearbyen in frigid Svalbard territory; all residents must have fixed address and either a job or sufficient means to support themselves, rule that ensures that nobody freezes to death in a place that is closer to the North Pole than to capital Oslo; circumstances have made it closest thing to crime-free society as possible. MORE -
Jul. 6, 2014
Geraldine Fabrikant travel article traces path, through Oslo and beyond, that artist Edvard Munch took after checking himself into a nerve clinic in Copenhagen; observes that his homes and studios provide a clear narrative for his paintings, both dark and verdant. MORE -
Jun. 11, 2014
Barentsburg Journal; Arctic town of Barentsburg, Norway, has long been attraction for out-of-work Ukrainians seeking job with state-owned Russian company Arctic Coal Trust there; company, in effort to reduce its reliance on Moscow, is pushing to develop town as tourist destination. MORE -
May. 31, 2014
Norway's Coast Guard tows away Greenpeace ship that tried to block a Norwegian company's rig from drilling the world's most northerly oil well in the Barents Sea. MORE
Articles
Norway: Terrorism Warning Announced
Norway’s intelligence
service said Thursday that it had received information about an
imminent “concrete threat” against Norway from people with links to
Islamic fighters in Syria.
July 25, 2014, Friday
A Harsh Climate Calls for Banishment of the Needy
While the rest of
Norway has generous welfare programs, in the frigid territory of
Svalbard, unemployment and homelessness are illegal, which officials say
reduces crime.
July 10, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Longyearbyen (Norway)
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Arctic Regions
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Homeless Persons
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Polar Bears
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Foreign Workers
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Crime and Criminals
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North Pole
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Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)
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Norway
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Unemployment
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Mines and Mining
Tele2 of Sweden to Sell TeliaSonera Its Norwegian Business
Tele2’s sale of its
Norwegian business could be a test for European regulators because the
deal would leave Norway with only two primary mobile providers.
July 7, 2014, Monday
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Ramps Up Investment Plans
The fund, the world’s
largest, plans to manage its $884 billion portfolio more aggressively,
taking larger stakes in companies and increasing its real estate
portfolio.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Norway
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Friends of the Earth
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Crown Estate
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Sovereign Wealth Funds
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Pensions and Retirement Plans
Santander to Buy G.E.'s Nordic Banking Business
The deal to acquire
GE Capital’s Scandinavian consumer finance business for about $952
million is part of the Spanish lender’s plan to grow in Sweden, Denmark
and Norway.
June 23, 2014, Monday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Botin, Emilio
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Denmark
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Sweden
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Scandinavia
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Norway
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Banco Santander S A
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GE Capital Corp
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General Electric Company
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Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Grandmaster Finds Success at an Event With No Name
Sergey Karjakin, who has struggled in elite tournaments, has now won Norway’s “No Logo” twice.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
Ukrainians Find Jobs and a Slice of Russia in Arctic Norway
Tumult in Ukraine has
ensured that there is no shortage of labor on Spitsbergen, a Norwegian
island where a Russian company mines coal and Moscow heavily subsidizes
aspects of daily life.
June 11, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Norway
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Barentsburg (Norway)
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Arktikugol
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Mines and Mining
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Coal
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Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Russia
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Economic Conditions and Trends
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Ukraine
Marathon Oil Sells Norwegian Unit for $2.1 Billion
Marathon sold its
Norwegian business to Det Norske Oljeselskap of Norway and said it had
called off the sale of its British business after failing to receive an
acceptable offer.
June 2, 2014, Monday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Norway
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Houston (Tex)
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Marathon Oil Corporation
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Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA
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Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
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Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Norway Moves In to Guard Oil Rig From Greenpeace
Oil drillers are
moving farther north as the Arctic ice retreats, opening areas that were
previously inaccessible and as fields to the south are depleted.
May 31, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON NORWAY AND: Offshore Drilling and Exploration
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Norway
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Statoil ASA
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Arctic Regions
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Barents Sea
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Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
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Greenpeace
Sweden Remains Unbeaten at Worlds
The defending
champion, Sweden, edged Norway, 2-1, for its third straight victory at
the hockey world championship in Belarus. It remains the only unbeaten
team in Group A.
May 14, 2014, Wednesday
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Multimedia
In Performance | Tine Thing Helseth
The Norwegian trumpeter performs “I ensomme Stunde” composed by Ole Bull.
A Brain's GPS
May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser of the
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience talk about what a rat brain
knows about location.
Fjord Hopping in Norway
Encounters with plunging rock, glassy water and a rumored ghost on a trip through fjord country.
TimesCast | Norwegian Seeks Acquittal
April 17, 2012 — Anders Behring Breivik, the
Norwegian who is accused of killing 77 people in an attack last summer,
takes the witness stand and shows no remorse.
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