Norway News

Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched.

In Europe, "Christmas" lasts much longer than a day. The season stretches well over a month - not to extend the shopping season, but to fit in the many holy days and festivities.

Alice Elaine Odgers, 81, of Belleville, died Dec. 11 in Belleville. Born June 10, 1928, in Norway to Oscar and Hilma Norgard, she was married July 27, 1946, to Joseph James Odgers in Belleville.

The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday.

There's no reason to apologize for supporting U.S. war efforts, American country singer Toby Keith said Friday, just hours before performing at the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert.

The Irish government has unveiled one of the most severe budgets in the Republic's history.

In this column last week I started what I hope will be a fairly full assessment of the Low Carbon Development Strategy .

Two Norwegians sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for homicide and espionage will not be executed, Norway's foreign minister said Friday.

Kinshasa - Two Norwegians were sentenced to death by a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for murdering a Congolese man in the northeast of the country in May, their lawyer said.

The Norwegian Government has allocated NOK 92 million to cover extraordinary costs in providing security for US President Barack Obama when he arrives in Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize in December.

By Thomas Hubert Kinshasa - A military court in Congo sentenced two Norwegians to death on Tuesday and ordered them and their government to pay over $60-million in damages after the pair were convicted of murder and espionage.

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo - A verdict in the appeal of two Norwegian ex-soldiers sentenced to death for the murder of their driver in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed until Thursday, the court said.

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.

Pupils gather outside the gates of Downend School, on May 1, 2009 in Bristol, England.

It's Trafalgar Day, which commemorates Admiral Lord Nelson's victory over the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, 1805.

Barack Obama was president a mere 12 days before the Nobel Peace Prize nominations closed and he still won.

Israel has been dealing one blow after another to the rest of the world. While China has still not recovered from Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's absence from the reception at its Tel Aviv embassy - a serious punishment for China's support for the Goldstone report - France is licking its wounds after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "vetoed" ...

Given the consensus that the Norwegians gave the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama to coax him into a new multilateralist U.S. foreign policy, it is perhaps useful to compare select U.S. and European Union policy positions to see what the actual differences are.

Pity Barack Obama. The last thing he needs is another comparison to Jimmy Carter.

The Nobel Committee has been somewhat rattled by the reaction to their recent award, and has for a second time publically explained why President Obama deserved the peace prize.