August 20, 2014
A person is under arrest on Tuesday in connection with the killing of Bjarte Hansen in Øyer last week. READ
A driver was lucky to be alive after crashing his car into a shopping centre entrance in Oslo on Tuesday. READ
The Norwegian government lifted its ban on Segways in July, but it was only a matter of time before police caught their first drunk driver on a two-wheel vehicle. READ
Fifteen-year-old Martin Ødegaard has been called up to the Norway football team for the friendly against the United Arab Emirates on August 27. READ
Princess Ingrid Alexandra was welcomed by pupils and staff at her new private school in Oslo on Tuesday. READ
Teachers striking across Norway are receiving full pay from their union who boast a strike fund of more than 1 billion kroner, it was revelaed on Tuesday. READ
The Norwegian football coach Åge Hareide admitted on Monday asking his wife to leave so he could focus on winning a crunch qualifying game and a place in the Champions League. READ
A Swedish man has been apprehended trying to smuggle half a tonne of frozen chicken into Norway by car on Monday. READ
The stepson of a man found burned to death in Øyer on Thursday was formally charged with his murder on Sunday and is now missing, sparking a police hunt for his capture. READ
School pupils and staff face chaos on Monday as around 8,000 teachers take strike action all over Norway. READ
In August the Chess Olympiad comes to Tromsø. 181 countries take part, crowning it the third biggest sporting event in the world. The Local makes its move to meet Jan Sigmund Berglund, head event coordinator of the event and a key ambassador of the sport in the Arctic Circle. READ
The Local's Oliver Gee catches up with UK comedian Bill Bailey ahead of his three Norway shows. He dissects winter sports, crime fiction, and Norwegians' puzzling sensitivity to his jokes about Wales. READ
A planned visit by the Dalai Lama has Oslo torn between its will to warm up frozen ties with China and warnings from the public not to compromise its stance on human rights, writes AFP's Pierre-Henry Deshayes. READ
If you thought the Winter Olympics are just about the Cold War-style ice hockey rivalry between North America and Russia then think again. The enmity between Nordic neighbours Sweden and Norway on the supposedly placid tracks of the cross country skiing can barely be matched for bad blood. READ
Meet Eirik Høyme Rogn, the man who is trying to turn a tiny mountain village in central Norway into a hub for internet entrepreneurs. READ
Norwegian cycling star Alexander Kristoff won the fourth and final stage of the 2014 Arctic Race of Norway in Tromsø, on Sunday. READ
Teachers are to step up strike action from Monday when schools in Norway return from the summer break after talks betwen union and government officials broke down on Thursday. READ
A second chess player died at the Norway Chess Olympiad in Tromsø on Thursday. READ
Norway will contribute with transport to aid the humanitarian crisis in Iraq after US requested help from European allies, according to NTB on Friday. READ
A chess player, who was brought to hospital after collapsing during the last round of the Chess Olympics in Tromsø, is dead, it was confirmed on Thursday. READ
Celtic, under Norwegian manager Ronny Deila, were given a boost after the club was officially reinstated to the Champions League on Thursday. READ
The handling of actor Robin Williams's death by the international press has provoked harsh criticism from top media players and health professionals in Norway on Thursday. READ
The Arctic Race of Norway, and one of professional cycling's most gruelling challenges, returns for its second edition on Thursday. READ
The Norwegian coastal town of Moss celebrates a historic chapter in Norway's and Sweden's past on Thursday. READ
Norwegian meat producers and supermarket chains are locked in debate over who is responsible for the sudden increase of food prices across the country in July. READ
Pop diva Lady Gaga has lost her battle to stop an Austrian man from calling his energy drink GaGa. READ
Five passengers were seriously injured when a landslide derailed a train in a mountainous area of the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland on Wednesday, following heavy rain in the region. READ
Update: Around 600 people were held for several hours in emergency quarantine at a Berlin Job Centre on Tuesday after a West African woman collapsed with Ebola-like symptoms. READ
A performance art project designed to give "a deeper understanding of discrimination" is accused of being an offensive blackface performance and removed from the Malmö Festival. READ
A Venezuelan woman with 1.7 kilos of cocaine hidden in her breast implants was arrested at Madrid airport after arriving on a flight from Colombia, police said on Friday. READ
Air France cabin crew are so concerned about the threat of the Ebola epidemic that unions have started a petition calling for flights to be stopped to those West African countries most affected by the disease. READ
A court in Naples has ordered a woman to take down photos posted on Facebook from her honeymoon after her husband complained that he did not give his permission for her to post them. She may even have to pay damages. READ
Sweden has not actively taken part in a war since 1814 - breaking even Switzerland's record for peace. One peace and conflict expert has told The Local that Swedes learned the hard way to take the non-confrontational stance. READ
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Swiss bus driver charged with careless driving in fatal Norway crash
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Society
Brit's charity tractor trek heads for Norway
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National
Norway lifts Segway ban
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Culture
GALLERY: Ten great songs about Norway
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Society
Høie promises to reform sex change law
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Education
Norway fjord invaded by monster jellyfish
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Culture
VIDEO: Norwegian anti-Facebook film goes viral
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Culture
Norway pop duo hits number 4 on US charts
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Sport
Norway fan wins big on Suarez bite bet
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National
Solberg 'most chatty' leader on Twitter
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Culture
British Airways takes 'Slow TV' to the skies
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International
Top Norway lawyers back Snowden Nobel
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Society
Buy your own Viking warship for just €160,000
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Politics
Norway PM beats Candy Crush level 300
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Culture
Norway sticks with fårikål as national dish
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International
Cold bathing craze leads to teen death
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Society
Sweden threatens to 'annex' the ostehøvel
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National
Baby squirrels survive cat attack
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Society
Norway's 'cushy' prisons spurring foreign cons
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National
Half Norwegians overweight: Gates study
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International
VIDEO: Jagland doing press-ups in Donetsk
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Business & Money
Striking Norway barbers: 'Let your hair grow'
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Culture
Rihanna 'hard to please', Norway's Stargate reveal
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