AlQa'dah 26, 1432, Oct 24, 2011, SPA -- In his own name and on behalf of the staff of Saudi Embassy, Saudi Ambassador to Norway Khalid Abdulrazaq Al-Nafisi expressed condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1432, Oct 10, 2011, SPA -- Upcoming elections in Egypt must be "democratic and credible," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday during a visit to Norway.
"Egypt and Tunisia are two countries where the people were able to achieve (...)
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik complained at a court hearing on Monday that keeping him in solitary confinement in prison was a form of "torture" after a judge ordered that he remains in isolation for another four weeks, according to (...)
Norway will recognize a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Sunday as Palestinians prepared to seek statehood recognition from the United Nations.
"Only negotiations can solve matters between Israel and the Palestinians, and (...)
Officials said that the Norwegian cruise ship that caught fire last week is no longer in danger of capsizing, according to AP.
Ragnar Norum, a spokesman for the Hurtigruten shipping line, told Norwegian broadcaster TV2 that divers inspected the (...)
"Freedom is stronger than fear," King Harald told Norwegians on Sunday, hoping to unite a nation shattered by an anti-immigration zealot who killed 77, mostly young, people in two attacks, Reuters reported.
The King spoke, often in a trembling (...)
The chilling images of Anders Behring Breivik simulating shots into the water at the island where he killed 69 people at a youth camp were broadcast around the world Sunday after police brought him back there, AP reported.
Restrained by a harness, (...)
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Friday
announced the members of a panel tasked to review the country's
response to twin attacks that claimed 77 lives last month, according to dpa.
The July 22 commission was formed in "broad (...)
A polar bear attacked a group of tourists on Friday, killing one person and seriously injuring four, in the Norwegian Arctic island group of Svalbard, an official said, according to Reuters.
"We know it was a British group," said Liv Asta (...)
A 17-year-old Briton was killed and four were injured Friday in a polar bear attack off northern Norway, the governor of Svalbard said, dpa reported.
The victims were members of a group from the British Schools Exploring Society, which organizes (...)
It's unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation (...)
Police in Norway on Friday published the rest of the names of people killed in last week's bombing in Oslo and shooting on Utoya island, putting the official death toll at 77, dpa reported.
The death toll in the shooting at Utoya was raised by one (...)
Police investigators were Friday not putting "new"
questions to Anders Behring Breivik, the man suspected of last week's
attacks in Norway, a prosecutor said, according to dpa.
Prosecutor Pal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby said Breivik was brought int (...)
Norwegian police said on Sunday
that a British police expert was aiding a probe of attacks that
killed at least 93 people as part of cooperation with foreign
forces, according to Reuters.
"We have received help from the Metropolitan police in (...)
The estranged father of the Norwegian man charged with two attacks that claimed at least 93 lives in Norway said he was "deeply shocked," a Swedish newspaper said Sunday, dpa reported.
The unnamed father whose 32-year-old son has been named in (...)
The near-sinking of a police boat and a decision to await a specially armed unit from Oslo some 45 km (28 miles) away delayed the Norwegian police response to an island where a gunman killed 86 people, Reuters reported.
"When so many people and (...)
At least 84 people were killed in a shooting attack Friday on a youth camp near Oslo, police said Saturday.
Oslo deputy police chief Roger Andresen said it was defined as a terror attack, adding that it could be punishable with a maximum of 21-year (...)
Police arrived at an island massacre about 1.5 hours after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn't have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn't find a boat to make their way to the scene just several hundred yards (meters) (...)
Several people were killed in Friday's massive bomb
blast in central Oslo outside government offices and media buildings, Norweigan police said according to dpa.
Police urged people to stay away from the centre of the capital and to refrain from (...)
A double terrorist attack in Norway on Friday claimed at least 17 people, with many more injured, after a bomb exploded in central Oslo followed shortly afterwards by a shooting spree at a political youth camp 10 kilomteres outside the capital, dpa (...)
Nine people suffered smoke inhalation injuries in a
fire which broke out in a tunnel beneath a fjord south of the Norwegian capital Oslo on Thursday, dpa quoted broadcaster NRK as reporting.
The fire apparently originated with a lorry carrying a (...)
Iceland aims to open its waters for exploration to oil firms this autumn, its energy minister said, as part of a drive to make use of the country's rich energy resources and boost its debt-ridden economy, according to Reuters.
Iceland plunged into (...)
Norway backed Indonesia's drive to slow deforestation on Thursday under a $1 billion deal with Oslo even though Jakarta said it faced a "maze" of reforms and lacks maps to pin down exact conservation areas, Reuters reported.
"Any nation can do (...)
Washington expressed concerns on Wednesday about European Union plans to demand carbon emissions permits for all flights as the two sides sought to end a standoff about fighting climate change, according to Reuters.
"We are exchanging positions," (...)
The Norwegian parliament has approved the purchase of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for training purposes ahead of a final decision set for next year on buying up to 52 additional jets, according to Reuters.
Norway's Labour-led (...)