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Sunday, October 18, 2015

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19-year-old rider tops Oslo rich list
Alexandra Gamlemshaug Andresen competes in dressage competitions across Europe. Photo: Kingsland Dressage

19-year-old rider tops Oslo rich list 

A 19-year-old professional rider been crowned the richest person in Oslo in the latest figures from Norway’s tax authority. 
    The Scream appears in a freshly sawn plank
    The Scream appeared in a piece of wood Erling Vindfjell brought in for the fire. Photo: Gunn Helga Vindfjell 

    The Scream appears in a freshly sawn plank 

    “I felt as though a vast, endless scream passed through nature,” wrote Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. This week it passed through again, appearing in a freshly sawn plank. 
      Oslo and Bergen could give away free heroin
      A woman injecting heroin on the streets of Vancouver. Photo: Canada/Flickr

      Oslo and Bergen could give away free heroin

      Norway’s two largest cities could start giving away heroin for free to hardened drug addicts, in an effort to reduce the country’s death rate from overdose, the second highest in Europe after Estonia.  
        Breivik delays hunger strike for March trial
        Norway killer Anders Breivik makes a fascist salute as he enters the courtroom during his trial in 2012. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/Scanpix

        Breivik delays hunger strike for March trial

        Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has yet to begin a promised hunger strike, his lawyer revealed as the date for the killer's human rights case was set for March.  
          Norway to send some Syrians back to Russia

          Norway to send some Syrians back to Russia

          Norway plans to send back hundreds of Syrian refugees who have crossed its northern border back to Russia, arguing that many had been living in its northern neighbour for a long time prior to applying for asylum.  
            Hunters kill two elk in Norway zoo accident
            Two of the elk at Polar Park. Photo: Polar Park

            Hunters kill two elk in Norway zoo accident

            A group of hunters in far northern Norway shot dead two elk only to realise seconds later that they had been shooting through the fence into a zoo.  
              Carlsen yells swear word in rage at chess loss
              Magnus Carlsen at the World blitz in Berlin. Photo: Robert Schlesinger / picture alliance / NTB scanpix

              Carlsen yells swear word in rage at chess loss

              Norwegian chess phenomenon Magnus Carlsen yelled out “faen!”, a Norwegian expletive meaning literally “the devil”, and threw his pen down, after he lost his fourth match at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Berlin on Wednesday.  
                Norway police seek hash owner on Facebook
                The cannabis has a street value of about 900 kroner. Photo: Norwegian Police

                Norway police seek hash owner on Facebook

                Police in northwest Norway have launched a Facebook appeal to find the owner of a 90 gram block of hashish, which was found by a small business on the island of Hitra. 
                  Hansen calls on Norway to halt Arctic oil work
                  James Hansen headed Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies until 2013. Photo: Goddard Institute for Space Studies

                  Hansen calls on Norway to halt Arctic oil work

                  James Hansen, the campaigning climate scientist, has called on Norway to halt oil drilling in the Arctic to prevent "a dismal future on a planet that will become less and less habitable and governable".  
                    Norway in Euro 2016 play-offs after Italy loss
                    Alexander Tettey (left) celebrates with Omar Elabdellaoui and Haitam Aleesami after Norway's first goal. Photo: Vegard Wivestad Grøtt/NTB scanpix

                    Norway in Euro 2016 play-offs after Italy loss

                    Norway's national football have failed to secure an automatic qualifying spot in next year's Euro 2016 after the unbeaten Italian side vanquished them 2-1 at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday evening.  
                      Features
                      The Local interview
                      VIDEO: Origins of Danish language revealed
                      Norwegian filmmakers Esikld Fors and Anders Øvergaard said they love Denmark and its "slurry" language. Photo: Submitted

                      VIDEO: Origins of Danish language revealed

                      The Local spoke with Norwegian filmmaker Eskild Fors, whose video poking fun at the Danish language has gone viral in Denmark, about the difference between the two Scandinavian countries.  
                      'Trekker Willi' heads to Norway at 18 km/h
                      Winfried Langer with his vintage tractor "Robert." Photo:DPA

                      'Trekker Willi' heads to Norway at 18 km/h

                      Spring is in the air and Trekker Willi, Germany's answer to Jack Kerouac, is hitting the road again aboard his trusty tractor “Robert” - with a destination well over the horizon. 

                      Google Maps puts Pulpit Rock on Street View

                      Google Maps staff have trekked to the top of Pulpit Rock, one of Norway’s tourist attractions, making stunning views of the Lysefjorden available to anyone everywhere over the internet.  
                      Video

                      VIDEO: Bird's eye view of Lofoten in winter

                      Moscow-based filmmaker Igor Byrko has has just released a beautiful birds-eye film of the Lofoten Islands in mid January, using a drone to pan over the ice-strewn shores, fishing villages, and dazzling peaks of one of Norway’s most beautiful regions. 
                      Schumacher's Norway retreat sold for $3m
                      A photo from the sale documents. Photo: Screen grab from Finn.no

                      Schumacher's Norway retreat sold for $3m 

                      The Norwegian mountain holiday home owned by Michael Schumacher has been sold for close to 22 million Norwegian kroner ($2.9m), as the former Formula One star continues his slow recovery in Switzerland.  
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                      Norway records first rabies case in 200 years
                      A Big eared townsend bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) Photo: Wikimedia Commons

                      Norway records first rabies case in 200 years

                      Norwegian authorities have confirmed that a dead bat found in a cabin in central Norway was infected with Rabies — the first recorded case on the mainland for almost two hundred years.  
                      Video
                      Norway black jazz band in Trolltunga rock video
                      Shining's bassist looks perilously close to the edge. Photo: Shining

                      Norway black jazz band in Trolltunga rock video

                      Back in June Norwegian black jazz band Shining did a free concert on top of the Trolltunga, one of Norway’s most spectacular tourist sites. They’ve now turned it into an awesome, if vertigo-inducing, rock video.  
                      Video
                      Islamists post video of Norway kidnap victim
                      This image of the four hostages was posted on an Islamist Twitter account on Tuesday. Photo: Screen Grab 

                      Islamists post video of Norway kidnap victim

                      The Islamist group Abu Sayyaf has published a video of kidnapped Norwegian marina owner Kjartan Sekkingstad, huddled in a jungle in front of machine-gun toting guerrillas holding black Islamic State-style flags.  
                      Ex-Telenor boss 'one of world's best CEOs'
                      Jon Fredrik Baksaas presents his last set of Telenor results in July. Photo: Torstein Boe / NTB scanpix

                      Ex-Telenor boss 'one of world's best CEOs'

                      Former Telenor head Jon Fredrik Baksaas has been ranked the seventh best-performing chief executive in the world by the respected Harvard Business Review.  
                      Magnus Carlsen wins rapid chess world title
                      Magnus Carlsen at a football match between Vålerenga and Real Madrid in August. Photo: Vegard Wivestad Grøtt / NTB scanpix

                      Magnus Carlsen wins rapid chess world title

                      Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen has been crowned the world champion in rapid chess once again, after a thrilling three day defence of last year’s title in Berlin.  
                      From our other editions
                      Vienna Elections
                      SPÖ clear winner in Vienna election
                      Michael Häupl. Photo: SPÖ Wien

                      SPÖ clear winner in Vienna election

                      The centre-left SPÖ has won the Vienna state election but the far-right Freedom Party has made significant gains and recorded its best ever result in the capital.  
                      Swiss farmer wins second pumpkin title
                      Meier earlier this month at Swiss championship. Photo: Jucker Farm

                      Swiss farmer wins second pumpkin title 

                      Swiss farmer and world champion pumpkin grower Beni Meier maintained his European title at the weekend with an 856-kilogram pumpkin. 
                      Refugee crisis
                      'Women weep, young men are collapsing'
                      Fatma and her three children after being rescued in Greece. Private photo

                      'Women weep, young men are collapsing'

                      A Syrian refugee who went through a harrowing journey to Germany tells The Local of her disenchantment with German authorities since she arrived and the sense of despair in refugee camps. 
                      Tesla to fight Denmark's new tax on electric cars
                      Tesla's luxury models will be the hardest hit by the tax phase-in. Photo: Kim Haugaard/Scanpix 

                      Tesla to fight Denmark's new tax on electric cars

                      The government has defended its move to gradually phase out tax breaks on electric cars as a way to make things fairer for car owners, but the maker of Denmark's most popular electric model has slammed the plan as anti-competitive and a death knell for the industry.  
                      The Local list
                      Unlucky for some: Ten of the strangest Spanish superstitions
                      How many lives does a Spanish cat have? Photo:Richard / Flickr

                      Unlucky for some: Ten of the strangest Spanish superstitions

                      Did you know that Tuesday 13th in Spain is considered unlucky? Read on for the lowdown on all the strangest Spanish superstitions.  
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