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Norway
The Kingdom of Norway lies on the Scandinavian Peninsula and is not part of the European Union.
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Norwegian electric
We often talk about the technological challenges of electric cars - like battery life and access to charge points. But while Norway is one of the world's largest producers of oil, it also has more electric cars per capita than any other country.
Kicksled safari in Norway
Join us on a old-school kicksled tour through Geilo in Norway.
Hot topic
The Arctic Frontiers conference has become a key annual event in the polar calendar.
Fire ravages historic village
A large blaze has raged through the historic Norwegian village of Laerdalsoyri, famed for its well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses. Dozens of residents have been hospitalized.
South Sudan mediation
International mediators are involved in the search for a solution to the crisis in South Sudan.
Norway: King Crabs save Jobs
Many Norwegians used to leave the villages in the north of the country because there were no jobs. Now they're coming back. Thanks to king crabs, the fishermen, at least, can count on a lucrative business.
Bid for Norway’s Algeta
Norway's cancer drug maker Algeta is in the focus of a preliminary offer by Bayer.
New chess king crowned
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has secured the chess world championship, beating longstanding champion Viswanathan Anand with two games to spare. The decisive match was a grueling 65-move marathon.
Women prying boardrooms open
Women are to take on more leadership roles in Germany's biggest companies. In coalition talks conservatives and social democrats have agreed a 30% quota for women on Germany's supervisory boards.
Electric car heaven
Generous incentives have helped establish Norway as the world’s leader in electric car usage.
The populist alliance
Can European populist parties work together to bring down the EU from within?
Under control
Norwegians don't share international concerns linking the populist Progress Party to the far right.
Is tragedy being used for political gain in Norway?
This week a failed asylum seeker killed three people on a regional bus in Norway, and all eyes are now on Norway’s fresh government and how it will handle the fallout of the tragedy. The junior coalition partner, the Progress Party, had campaigned hard on closed asylum centres as part of their immigration policy. Our correspondent Lars Bevanger sends us this postcard.
Deadly attack on Norway bus
An attack on a bus in western Norway by a man wielding a knife has left three people dead, including the driver. The motive of the attacker was not immediately clear.
And there was light...
In the Norwegian valley town of Rjukan, giant mirrors have been erected to reflect the sun into the town's main square, which is normally into darkness in October. The idea was first thought up a century ago.
And there was light...
In the Norwegian valley town of Rjukan, giant mirrors have been erected to reflect the sun into the town's main square, which is normally into darkness in October. The idea was first thought up a century ago.
Zip through Norway in an electric car
Norway is one of the world's largest producers of oil - but it also has more electric cars per capita than any other country. So how did a petrol nation become the world's hub for alternative energy transport?
There shall be light - and mirrors
The Norwegian town of Rjukan has launched its sun mirror project to deflect sunrays into the valley.
Norway's 'slow TV'
Norway’s ‘slow TV’ movement’s latest outing: a 12 hour live show about knitting.
Norway coy on Syria
Norway has opted out of a US plan to destroy Syrian chemical weapons components on Norwegian soil, saying the timetable is too tight and it lacks resources. The UN wants Syria's entire arsenal destroyed by next June.
Norwegian link to Kenya gunmen
One of the gunmen who killed dozens of people in a Kenyan mall has been tentatively identified as a man of Norwegian-Somali descent. Bodies that could belong to the gunmen have been recovered from the rubble in Nairobi.
Solberg takes reins in Norway
A new government has taken office in Norway. The right-wing coalition of incoming Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservatives and the Progress Party ousted a center-left government in last month's election.
Realpolitik behind Norway's shift right
Norway's Conservative Party has agreed to form a minority coalition with the right-wing Progress Party, after a Labour-led center-left coalition lost general elections last month. So why have Norwegian voters turned right, two years after extreme-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks on the Labour Party government and its youth camp? Lars Bevanger sends us this postcard from Oslo.
Making 'Progress'
Lars Bevanger comments on why Norwegians have shifted right two years after Breivik's attacks.
World urged to help the elderly
A UN-backed study has found that most countries are not ready to support their aging populations and changing demographics. The study judged Sweden, Norway and Germany to be the best places for older people to live.
Northern countries race for the Arctic
Russia's president Vladimir Putin said a group of Greenpeace activists who tried to board an offshore drilling platform broke the law but are not pirates. His comments came at a forum on the Arctic in Siberia. Russia views its huge fossil fuel deposits under the Arctic as vital to its economic future. Russian investigators want to charge the 30 Greenpeace activists with piracy for their protest.
Shift to the right
Despite a strong economy and low unemployment, Norway's Labour government has been ousted.
Norway voters swing right
Norway's center-right alliance, led by Conservative Erna Solberg, has claimed victory in the national election. Incumbent Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has conceded defeat after eight years in office.
Polls close in Norway
Voting has closed in Norway's parliamentary elections. Early exit polls suggest that the opposition center-right coalition will take over from Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, as was widely expected before the ballot.
Norway looks to shift right
Polls have opened in Norway for parliamentary elections that could lead to the first change of power since 2005. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's center-left coalition has trailed in polls for months.
Norwegian dilemma
As Norwegians head to the polls they wonder what the country's wealth should be used for.
Norway election
A survivor of Norway's Utoya massacre two years ago is now campaigning for public office.
Standing for non-violence in Norway
Survivors of the 2011 shootings by Anders Breivik at the Norwegian Labor Party’s youth camp on the island of Utoya are among the contenders in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Shift Ranking of August 28: Countries with the highest energy consumption per capita
1. Norway (24914 kWh) / 2. Iceland (24314 kWh) / 3. Canada (15106 kWh) / 4. Sweden (14937 kWh) / 5. Finland (14542 kWh) / Source: OECD
A taxi stunt goes awry for Norway's prime minister
Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, is gearing up for general elections in his Scandinavian country early next month. So why has he taken to driving a taxi? Here's Andreas Illmer with a postcard from Norway…
Climbing a Power Station in Norway
On the shore of Hardanger Fjord in western Norway is a majestic industrial ruin: "Tysso 1" was once the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. It was built in 1906 and shut down in 1989. But since 2009 it's been in use again -- as a rock climbing route. Mountain guides organize climbing tours along the old pipes in the summer months, and we tagged along.
PM turned cab driver
Cameras in Oslo captured an unusual campaign prank: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg driving a taxi, chatting with passengers ahead of elections.
The hunt for witches in Norway's icy circle of hell
Between 40,000 and 50,000 people were killed during Europe's 16th and 17th century witch hunts. Some of the most ferocious persecution took place in tiny communities in the remote Arctic Norwegian county of Finnmark. Now their personal stories are being retold in a giant monument commemorating those who were killed. Lars Bevanger reports from the Arctic Norwegian town of Vardoe.
Norwegian villa
Visit a luxury residence in Bergen designed by Canadian architect Todd Saunders.
'Gates of hell'
A monument in Norway recalls some of Europe's worst persecution of alleged witches.
A Trip through Norway's Fjords
Our viewer Khalid Eid Adam from Bahrain wanted our Extratour series to take in Norway and his wish was our command. One of the country's most popular tourist excursions, "Norway in a Nutshell," starts in the north-western city of Bergen: it's a nine.hour trip by rail and ferry from the flat coast into the mountains via some of the country's most spectacular fjords.
Germany seek 2013 Euro title
A tight affair looms in the decider of the 2013 women's European Championship final, as Germany vies for a sixth consecutive title. Revenge will be the motivation for opponents Norway.
Norway to face Germany in final
Norway have advanced to the final of the Women’s Euro after beating Denmark in a penalty shoot out. The Norwegians are to face title holders Germany in the final in the Swedish city of Solna on Sunday.
Dubai rape case woman pardoned
A Norwegian woman, sentenced to 16 months in prison in Dubai after reporting she had been raped, has been pardoned. Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24, had been convicted on three charges including extramarital sex.
Nowegian Freed in Dubai
Norwegian Marte Dalelv filed rape charges in Dubai, and was herself sentenced to 16 months herself for extramarital sex. She has now been pardoned and can leave the country.
Two years on, Norway mourns
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has laid a wreath to commemorate the second anniversary of Norway’s bomb and shooting attacks. A court sentenced a right-wing extremist to 21 years for the 2011 attacks, which killed 77.
Rare loss for German women
Germany have missed out on topping their group in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but advance to the knockout stage. The 1-0 loss to Norway is the first time Germany have been beaten in the finals in two decades.
Border relations
A town in Norway's Arctic north benefits from an influx of Russian workers and visitors.
Norway to conscript women
Norway has voted to extend mandatory military conscription to all citizens, regardless of gender, the first peacetime European or NATO country to do so. Women will now likely face one year of military service as of 2015.
Shift Ranking of June 10: The world's wealthiest countries
1. Qatar (GDP: 88.000 USD)│ 2. Luxembourg (GDP: 81.000 USD)│ 3. Singapore (GDP: 56.000 USD)│ 4. Norway (GDP: 51.000 USD)│ 5. Brunei (GDP: 48.000 USD)│ Source: Reuters
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