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| Tobacco Morris takes Norway to court |
| [Norwaynews] [10.03.2010, 09:40am, Wed. GMT] |
 The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
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| India’s Oscar winner to have live concert in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [04.03.2010, 07:25pm, Thu. GMT] |
 Oscar winner composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) will have a live concert in Oslo Spectrum on July 18, according to reports. Well known choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has worked on the concerts of the likes of Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie Chicks, Motley Crue, etc., will reportedly be associated with Rahman’s concert, which is said to include acrobatics, new technologies, fascinating dance arrangements, changing sets, LED screens, and global cast of dancers and musicians. It is termed as a “virtual journey through beauty, culture, and spirituality”. |
| | | | The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a reminder |
| [Norwaynews] [29.01.2010, 06:22pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Each year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the horrors that confronted the world when the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz was liberated 65 years ago. “This day is important. It reminds us of the atrocities of the past, and of the responsibility we have today to fight genocide, oppression, racism, discrimination and anti-Semitism,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented. |
| | | | Criminals are expected to be a problem in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [26.06.2009, 07:26am, Fri. GMT] |
 Criminals from Romania are expected to be a problem in Oslo this summer. The Oslo police have been warned by European colleagues that the criminals are heading for Oslo in numbers. The police are warning the public to be on the alert and keep close watch on purses and bags in crowded streets and shops. |
| | | | A half million immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. |
| [Norwaynews] [30.04.2009, 06:48pm, Thu. GMT] |
| At the beginning of 2009, there were 422 600 immigrants and 85 600 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in Norway. There were immigrants resident in all the Norwegian municipalities, with most living in Oslo. Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents constituted nearly 508 200 persons or 10.6 per cent of Norway’s population as per 1 January 2009. A total of 422 600 were immigrants and 85 600 were Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. Additionally, 230 000 persons have one Norwegian and one foreign-born parent, and more than half had a parent from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom or the U.S. |
| | | | Norway’s oldest woman has died. |
| [Norwaynews] [11.04.2009, 09:53pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Jenny Ida Sofie Hanssen was Norway’s oldest woman. The 109-year-old died on Maundy Thursday. Jenny Ida Sofie Hanssen died at 07.00 AM on Maundy Thursday, Jenny’s youngest daughter, Anne-Elise Norheim confirms. On the 30. of April, Jenny Ida Sofie Hanssen would have been 110 years old. “Jenny had a book of christian texts (andaktsbok) which she read a verse from every day. In that book, she has written down that she fell ill for the first time April 9. 1994. She died on the same date 15 years later,” daughter Anne-Elise Nordheim says to ht.no. |
| | | | Norway’s PM celebrating 50. |
| [Norwaynews] [16.03.2009, 08:44pm, Mon. GMT] |
Today, March 16 Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is celebrating his 50th Birthday together with 350 invited guests. Stoltenberg took office in October of 2005; he was previously Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001. He has also been the leader of the Norwegian Labor Party since 2002. Stoltenberg grew up in a political family. His father, Thorvald Stoltenberg, is one of the most prominent politicians in Norway and a former Foreign Minister; his mother Karin Stoltenberg was a junior minister. |
| | | | Norway gang leader murdered by dangerous criminals. |
| [Norwaynews] [20.01.2009, 07:25pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway gang leader was found shot in a burning car in Oslo , A 39-year-old man, earlier sentenced for murder, has been arrested and charged with the killing. The arrested man has been described as one of Norway's most dangerous criminals, and was presently serving the last part of a long sentence in an open institution. He has spent most of his adult life in prison. According to his defense lawyer, the arrested man has denied any knowledge of the murder. |
| | | | Six persons died in oslo. |
| [Norwaynews] [13.12.2008, 05:06pm, Sat. GMT] |
Six persons died in a fire in an apartment building in Urtegata in Oslo in the early hours of Saturday morning. Twelve were injured in the fire, one of them seriously. Fifteen were evacuated by ladder truck. A total of 33 people were evacuated from the building. Many were sitting in the windows waiting for the fire department to arrive. According to first reports the fire may have started in one of the stairways, on the first or second floor. The fire was brought under control by 06:00 Saturday morning local time, and the fire fighters will now attempt to search through the whole building to ensure that all have been brought out.
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| | | | Aftenposten to shut down English news service. |
| [Norwaynews] [15.10.2008, 08:58am, Wed. GMT] |
| Media house Aftenposten in Oslo, faced with a need to dramatically cut costs, has decided to shut down its nine-year-old English-language news service, "News in English." Aftenposten announced last month that it needs to cut NOK 100 million (nearly USD 20 million) in costs over the next two years. Early retirement incentives and severance pay packages have been offered to employees in an effort to reduce staff through attrition. |
| | | | 200,000 immigrants became Norwegian citizens. |
| [Norwaynews] [28.08.2008, 04:47pm, Thu. GMT] |
 14,900 persons were granted Norwegian citizenship last year, the highest number ever. The citizenship statistics were up by 2,200 from 2005, which had been a record year as well. More than 200,000 immigrants to Norway became Norwegian citizens between 1977 and 2007, reported state statistics bureau SSB on Thursday. Iraqi and Somalian citizens made up the largest groups of foreigners converting to Norwegian citizenship. Seven of 10 persons granted citizenship and Norwegian passports last year came from non-European countries, according to SSB.
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| Round table related to Khojali genocide to take place in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [23.02.2010, 06:38pm, Tue. GMT] |
A round table on the topic: "Azerbaijan and the unresolved Karabakh conflict" and "Norway's role in the development of the region" will be conducted in Oslo, Norway in connection with the 18th anniversary of the Khojali genocide, the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora told Trend News. The participants of the event will share their views in connection with the genocide in Khojali , the history of the conflict, the work done for its solution, as well as the Karabakh conflict on the background of international law.
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| | | | Oslo home of Islamist leader attacked |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2010, 10:59pm, Mon. GMT] |
 One person was slightly injured when shots were fired at the apartment of Mullah Krekar at Tøyen in Oslo in the early hours of Monday morning. The police are investigating, but no one has so far been arrested. The man who received a slight wound in the arm, is said to be Krekar's son-in-law, and has been taken to hospital. Mullah Krekar, himself a former guerilla leader, and his family have been moved to a secure place by the police. |
| | | | Norway celebrates Labour Day with Tamil. |
| [Norwaynews] [02.05.2009, 07:37am, Sat. GMT] |
Labour Day begins with the hoisting of the flag at the town town square or another public spot, followed by parades and speeches, often by prominent Labour Party politicians, and with the placing of a wreath at a war memorial or other monument. It is a sort of practice day for May 17th, which of course is Norway’s Birthday, our Constitution Day. Since May 1, Labour Day this year is on a Friday; many also took Thursday afternoon off, to make a long weekend of it, and took off for their mountain or seaside cabin. This resulted in long line-up of cars heading out of Oslo and the other larger cities around the country. They were spurred on by the promise of beautiful weather, and May 1st certainly turned out to be another beautiful spring day in Southern Norway, with temperatures up around 20 degrees Celsius in places. Both Finance minister Kristin Halvorsen and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg expressed their sympathies with the Tamils in their May Day speeches.
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| | | | Oslo couple held for high-speed sex. |
| [Norwaynews] [13.04.2009, 07:53pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A Norwegian man faces a heavy fine and a driving ban after the police caught him having sex with his girlfriend while speeding on the motorway, the police said on Monday. The unnamed couple, a 28-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, were caught in the act late on Easter Sunday by the traffic police on the E18 highway, some 40 km west of Oslo. Officers who clocked the couple’s silver Mazda 323 racing at 133 km per hour in a 100 zone realised they were doing more than just breaking the speed limit, the police said. "It was veering from one side to the other because the woman was sitting on the man’s lap while he was driving and doing the act, shall we say," said Tor Stein Hagen, a superintendent with Soendre Buskerund district police. |
| | | | Protesters block Norwegian PM's Office. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.04.2009, 10:38pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Dozens of Sri Lankan Tamils blocked the entrance to the Norwegian prime minister's office in Oslo Tuesday, calling on the Scandinavian country to act in its role as mediator in the conflict. Demonstrators handed a written appeal to a Norwegian government representative demanding an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka, said a protester who read the letter on Norwegian television. The document also called for an end to bombings, authorization for humanitarian organizations to work on the ground and the dispatch of international observers in the conflict zone. Due to the Easter holidays, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg wasn't in his office Tuesday, a spokesman said. |
| | | | Philippine embassy in Oslo moving mountains to encourage Filipino. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.02.2009, 02:39pm, Sat. GMT] |
The Philippine Embassy in Oslo is moving mountains to get Filipino residents to register for the Overseas Absentee Voting for the forthcoming 2010 national elections. Consul General Evelyn Garcia-Austria said to media the embassy is now doing all it can to get more Filipinos to register. The embassy had even offered to conduct registration during community gatherings, if there are sufficient numbers of registrants in the events. “If Mohammad cannot go to the mountain, then the mountain will go to Mohammad,” Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso quipped.
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| | | | Wife of official of Pakistani embassy in Norway killed in Oslo. |
| [Norwaynews] [22.12.2008, 07:35pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Wife of consular Assistant of Visa Section of Pakistan's Embassy in Oslo, capital of Norway was killed and several others have sustained burn injuries in a fire incident here in Oslo. The incident was happened in the midnight of Sunday in the building where Abdul Sattar Dehlvi and another official of the embassy Zakir Hussain were living. After fire, there was stampede and wife of Abdul Sattar fell from stairs while trying to save her life and died due to suffocation from smoke of the fire. Abdul Sattar was unhurt as he was not present in the building at the time of the fire incident. |
| | | | Discussion Groups for non-natives in Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [17.11.2008, 02:57pm, Mon. GMT] |
| There are two online communities set up for Irish people living in Norway and for other foreign nationals (including the Irish) who are new to Oslo. The first group, 'Norsk Gaeltacht' is a group for all Irish people living in Norway. For some, finding other Irish people is difficult in Norway, and when you're away from home, it's nice to meet people from your own neck of the woods. The forum gives ex-patriates an opportunity to meet, greet and get to know each other, and even meet up for a few now and then. |
| | | | Vietnamese puppetry warmly welcome in Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2008, 07:10pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Twenty two artists of the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre have recently concluded their performing tour to Norway. Vietnamese puppetry shows attracted thousands of people hear. This is also first time, the play combined with water puppetry and installation art, were introduced abroad. The play won the only gold medal at the first International puppetry festival in February, 2008 in Hanoi. Vietnamese puppetry has joined the Mela Festival in Oslo, Norway. The annual Mela festival has the participation of musical band from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Norway. The first time joining Mela Festival, Vietnamese puppeteers introduced 16 traditional puppetry items. Director Bien also said that all nine performances in Norway were with audiences. |
| | | | Mayor's daughter admits tax evasion, goes on leave |
| [Norwaynews] [31.08.2007, 12:18am, Fri. GMT] |
Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen, daughter of Oslo's embattled mayor, is leaving her job as communications chief for industrial firm Norsk Hydro, at least temporarily, after admitting to tax evasion Monday afternoon. Her father, Oslo Mayor Per Ditlev-Simonsen, admitted earlier in the day to having funds in a secret Swiss bank account that he never declared on his own tax returns in the early 1990s.
He said the account had been opened by his late wife in the 1980s, and he'd only gained access to it after her death in 1990. He was Norway's Defense Minister at the time for the Conservative Party (Høyre), but negelected to declare the money that would have been subject to tax in Norway. He said he closed the account "in late 1994 or early 1995. |
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