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Norway's Bjorn Daehlie on his way 12 February to win the Olympics' gold medal in the men's 10Km cross country race at the Nagano games. Daehlie became the greatest winter Olympian of all time after winning his sixth Olympic gold medal.
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Given the size and importance of the UK economy, it is unlikely that the UK could negotiate the same access to the EU single market that Switzerland and Norway have achieved ... In particular, the UK’s ability to conduct business in financial services across the European Union is likely to be severely compromised by a departure from the EU.
Mr. Sjøtveit should step down immediately for unduly favouring the Taib family and also his superior, the Chief Minister’s cousin. We are calling on the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission, MACC, and on Norway’s Økokrim to investigate these contracts and expect prosecutors to implement the relevant anti-corruption legislation.
There are some who say that we could retain access to the single market without being a member of the EU; that the UK could withdraw and have a relationship with the EU more akin to Norway's or Switzerland's. I'd urge them to really look at the detail.More quotes »
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Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament
-- Russia's Sergey Karjakin has won the 100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess tournament after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.Karjakin needed only a draw against Topalov to take the top prize after the world's No. 1 player, Magnus Carlsen, failed to Read more »
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EU probes oil companies for possible price-fixing
launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain 's BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norway 's Statoil confirmed they are subject to the inquiry announced Tuesday by the European Union 's executive arm, the Commission.Statoil Read more »
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Wideroe crew strike grounds flights in Norway
its cabin crew has gone on strike after labor negotiations broke down, grounding all aircraft and stranding 11,000 passengers in Norway and northern Europe.The airline says 312 flight attendants went on strike Wednesday to get their pension program in line Read more »
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More outdoor NHL games could be on the way
-- When he played on Norway 's national team, Mats Zuccarello skated in an outdoor game in Augsburg, Germany, in 2008. "It wasn't totally outdoors. There were no walls, just a roof on the rink," Zuccarello said. "I remember leaves would blow in on the ice."There Read more »
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Justin Bieber concert prompts Norway schools to reschedule exams
in the Alesund region located some 230 miles (375 kilometers) northwest of Oslo have rescheduled exams. Kristin Halvorsen , Norway's education minister, said she did not intend to intervene with the schools' decisions."I am concerned that students should be Read more »
Around the web
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103-Pound Atlantic Cod Caught in Norway is Pending World Record
he said it was the biggest cod he’d ever seen. An hour later, we weighed the fish and learned it was the biggest fish caught in Norway. It wasn’t until sometime after that, that we looked up the IGFA record and saw that is was the biggest [cod] caught by any 2:27 PM from Field and Stream Read more »
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Norway crime novelist talks his way to live interview record
and Tom Conroy, who set the mark in a marathon radio broadcast last year - told VG on Thursday they aim to take the record back. Norway, a pioneer in slow programming, has spawned several lengthy television hits in recent years, and public broadcaster NRK 1:41 PM from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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VTB CFO: China Construction Bank Bought $100 Million VTB Shares at SPO
Construction Bank Corp. (0939.HK) joined sovereign funds from Azerbaijan, Qatar and Norway in buying shares of Russia's second largest bank, state-controlled VTB Group (VTBR.RS), at the secondary public offering of its stock, the bank's deputy head and chief 11:52 AM from FOX Business Read more »
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Orkla, Royal Unibrew, Nordic vie for Heineken's Hartwall-sources
May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity firm Nordic Capital have proceeded to the second round of bidding for Heineken's Finnish division Hartwall, three people familiar with the matter said. The sources, who put the 10:56 AM from Reuters Read more »
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Flooding forces people from homes in Norway
of people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in southeastern Norway. In Nesbyen, a mudslide reached properties, filling some basements with water. A river overflowed its banks in Kvam, sending water through the centre of 10:53 AM from Euronews Read more »
