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Norwegian hostage Kjartan Seikkingstad and Canadian Robert Hall in a still from a terrorist-released video last month. Photo: SITE Intelligence Group
John Arne Riise celebrating a goal for Aalesund last month. Photo: Mats Torbergsen / NTB scanpix
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The SAS strike is having a limited impact on passengers in Norway. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / NTB scanpix
SAS is cancelling 230 flights on Monday, including 18 to and from Norway, after mediators failed to break a deadlock between pilots and the airline.
The windows of the US Embassy in Oslo were in rainbow colours on Sunday following the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Photo: Håkon Mosvold/Larsen
Øyvind Eriksen, CEO of Aker, announces the deal. Photo: Scanpix
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If you want to work internationally, why would you waste your time at a domestic job fair? Bilingual People tells The Local about its international (and even virtual) recruitment fairs – and why job-seekers travel across Europe to attend.
Although 17th overall, Norway was fourth for societal safety. Photo: Tejre Pedersen/NTB Scanpix
Norway is the 17th most peaceful country in the world but is ranked below all of its Nordic brethren. 9 comments
SAS passengers at Copenhagen Airport. Photo: Christian Als/Scanpix
SAS and other airlines left Oslo Airport as planned on Friday after two possible strikes were averted. Photo: Paul Kleiven/NTB Scanpix
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Moving abroad is a stressful process that involves many challenges, and one of them is finding the right school for expat children.
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Broadcaster NRK had hoped that 'Skam' would become an international hit. Photo: NRK
The royals have been accused of using the state budget to pay private employees. File photo: Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix
Money awarded by parliament to the Royal House is spent on maintaining King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon’s privately-owned estates, according to a report. 2 comments
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Norwegian PM Erna Solberg and British PM David Cameron in 2014. Norway has urged Britain to stay in the EU. Photo: Nina Eirin Rangøy/NTB Scanpix
Hailing the Norwegian model as an example to follow is the result of "a great misunderstanding", some say. 2 comments
When I look like a woman, it's the opposite, there are lots of colours in my head and around me:" John Jeanette. Photo: NTB Scanpix
Foreign parents who say Barnevernet 'kidnapped' their children protested in Oslo last month. Photo:Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB Scanpix
Recent global protests have put Norway's child welfare services back squarely in the centre of controversy. 2 comments
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The Donald might not find the joke so funny. Photo: KENA BETANCUR/Scanpix
Just in time for the vital New York primary on Tuesday, a Norwegian spoof video about US presidential candidate Donald Trump has spread across the internet like wildfire. 6 comments
Norwegian teens take part in a roleplay as refugees during the event "Camp Refugee" by the organisation "Refugee Norway" at an old military camp in Trandum earlier this month. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/
"We're very lucky," well-off teens said after a day walking in the shoes of refugees. 28 comments
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It took an all-out effort from responders to get the fire under control. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB scanpix
If the workers strike, all departing flights will be cancelled. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB scanpix
If the workers strike, all departing flights will be cancelled. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB scanpix
The strike would be particularly bad news for passengers at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / NTB scanpix
Kaci Kullmann Five pictured during the 2015 Nobel events. Photo: Jon Olav Nesvold / NTB scanpix
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Austrian Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskozil. Bundesheer/Ricardo Herrgott
Hungary refused on Thursday to take back any of the several thousand migrants that Austria says should be returned under EU rules, adding to a brewing spat between the two neighbours.
This particular casually-dressed gentleman has not applied for Swiss citizenship. Photo: Andy Bullock
A family from Kosovo have had their application for Swiss citizenship refused, partly due to their habit of wearing jogging bottoms.
A woman swimming in a burqini in Berlin. Photo: DPA.
A town in Bavaria has said ‘nein’ to the burqini for Muslim women.
Fly kites, not fighter jets. Photo: Colourbox
For the fourth year running, Denmark has been ranked second in the Global Peace Index.
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Spain is the biggest exporter of wine in the world. Photo: LexnGer/Flickr
It was the Romans' favourite drink, a muse to Picasso and fell victim to the fascist regime of dicator Francisco Franco.
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Record number of kids mark Norway's National Day
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Norway violated mass murderer's human rights: court
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Lifestyle
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Global protests condemn 'legal kidnapping' in Norway
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Society
Church of Norway to allow same-sex weddings
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Society
For first time, majority in Norway don’t believe in God
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Health
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Breivik says he'll fight 'to the death' for Nazism
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Memo: Norway 'not mentally prepared' for refugees' impact
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Norway is the world's fourth happiest country
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Norway moves closer to allowing dual citizenship
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Norway's tough asylum plans face resistance
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