Norway News

It's easy to picture: a college student sitting at home on the couch or in their dorm bored out of their mind, searching the Web for any kind of entertainment, whether it be watching random Youtube videos late at night, or Facebook-stalking your classmates.

The Philippines entered into an agreement with the Kingdom of Norway to help improve the flood forecasting and warning system of the Magat dam in Cagayan, following the onslaught of massive floods caused by recent storms.

When I'm in Norway, I'm always amazed at how clear it is that I am with "my people." Three of my grandparents left hard times in Norway for hard times - with promise - in the United States.

Norwegians can now change bank and set up new bank accounts over the Internet by using BankID and a code calculator for electronic authorisation.

TORCH and DARK QUARTERER have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metal Merchants Festival , set to take place January 29-30, 2010 at John Dee in Oslo, Norway.

Sultan KA sen, the world's tallest man, unveils the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea store in Oslo , Thursday, Nov.

The Norwegian guidelines for the use of electronic forms on the Internet, ELMER , is a finalist in the European eGovernment Awards.

French universities want to expand the cooperation with Nordic universities and colleges. Therefore they arrange a round of visits in the Nordic countries between 16 - 20 November

Most epidemiological studies have found inverse associations between folate intake and risk of colorectal cancer, although such associations have been inconsistent or absent for other cancers, according to background information in the article.

Plastic dolls and heavy breathing took over Cowboys Stadium on Tuesday, as 4,626 people -- most of them Arlington school district eighth-graders -- learned CPR and broke a world record in the process.

OSLO: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology voted against a proposed academic boycott of Israel, for its occupation of the Palestinian territories, officials said Thursday.

TRISTANIA has been confirmed for the KarmoyGeddon metal festival, set to take place April 23-24 at Byscenen in Haugesund, Norway.

The oil industry has commissioned a report which recommends that the tax exemption for electric cars in Norway should be removed.

Norway is this year’s best donor in the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) overall ranking, moving up one position from 2008 by catching last years top, Sweeden.

An academic boycott of Israel in Norway was averted on Thursday, when the executive board of the University of Trondheim unanimously decided to reject the controversial move.

Police investigate the scene after a artwork was stolen from an Oslo art dealer late Thursday, in Oslo, Norway, Friday, Nov.

The long awaited CD " Double Focus " by the Tanzanian poet and musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi is set for release in Oslo, Norway, in November this year.

A 1998 photo, made available Thursday Nov, 12 2009, of Norwegian freelance reporter Paal Refsdal, who was kidnapped together with his Afghan interpreter on Thursday Nov.

As the world climate summit closes in, scientists monitoring the impact of global warming in the far north have grown frustrated by public apathy and disbelief about the extent of the problem.

Norway had banned buying sex in the beginnig of this year. Now, Oslo police increased the fee to 4000 US Dollar to make the prevention more effective