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Neustadt: Neue Vertretung. Ab Herbst soll der neue Diplomat im Bürogebäude am ABC-Bogen seinen Arbeitsplatz beziehen. Er wird diesen Monat ernannt. Norwegen eröffnet wieder ein Generalkonsulat in Hamburg - so plötzlich, wie Ende März 2003 am Neuen Jungfernstieg das einzige Generalkonsulat des Königreiches in Deutschland geschlossen worden war. Die neue Vertretung...

In den kommenden Wochen sollen in Witvlei wieder Rinder geschlachtet werden, nachdem namibische und norwegische Investoren gestern einen zweijährigen Pachtvertrag mit der Agribank unterschrieben haben. Seit Juni 2004 stand der neu gebaute Schlachthof nach wenigen Monaten der Produktion still. Windhoek - Zukünftig als Witvlei Meat (Pty) Ltd bekannt, soll zu...

Norway will keep its ceasefire monitors in Sri Lanka and stay engaged as a peace facilitator despite resurgent violence and the expulsion of EU members from the monitoring mission, Norway's aid minister said on Wednesday. Norway mediated a 2002 ceasefire between rebel Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government. The deal still exists on paper but lies in tatters...

The first oil production from East Azeri, part of the huge Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) group of fields in the Caspian Sea, is expected towards the end of 2006, months ahead of plan, ACG Norwegian partner Statoil said. The BP-led consortium began pumping oil from Western Azeri in Azerbaijan's sector of the Caspian in January, four months earlier than planned. Norway's...

Norway has led the way in developing a viable network for hydrogen cars, by not only hosting the debut of a hydrogen-powered vehicle, but also a hydrogen refuelling station. The Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE will make its on-road debut outside Japan at the opening of Norway's first hydrogen filling station near Stavanger on August 22nd. Brage Johansen, manager of the hydrogen...

Wer nach dem Krieg in der Bundesrepublik aufwuchs, der kannte Rut Brandt. Er kannte sie, schon bevor er sie das erste Mal in der Fox' tönenden Wochenschau - es gab eine Zeit, da prägte sie und nicht das Fernsehen das Bild, das wir von unseren Politikern hatten - gesehen hatte.

La titular del MAPA, Elena Espinosa, también negó las declaraciones a un periódico gallego del embajador de Noruega en las que se señalaba que el Gobierno español no había tenido ningún contacto con los tripulantes acusados de pesca ilegal.

Norway's Statoil ASA on Monday said its second quarter earnings rose 44 percent, driven by strong oil markets and despite a decline in oil production. The state-controlled oil company posted a net profit of 9.75 billion kroner(euro1.2 billion; US$1.5 billion) or 4.5 kroner (euro0.57: US$0.71) per share in the April-June quarter, up from the 6.75 billion kroner...

Telenor ASA, Norway's largest phone company, won the auction for Serbian mobile-phone operator Mobi 63 for 1.51 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the Balkan country's biggest state-owned asset sale. The Norwegian company, beating Telekom Austria AG and Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding SAE in an auction in Belgrade today, will gain more than 2 million wireless...

Verängstigt klammert sich ein schmächtiger Mann (Per Christian Ellefsen) an seinem Stuhl fest. Der verzweifelte Versuch des Sozialarbeiters (Jörgen Langhelle), ihn zum Verlassen der Wohnung zu bewegen, scheitert an seiner krankhaften Paranoia. Denn alltägliche Dinge wie Telefonieren oder Einkaufen stellen für ihn ein unüberwindbares Hindernis dar. Im Mittelpunkt von...

Paul Kittelson, a retired English teacher, is in his 11th year as mayor of this west-central Minnesota town. A fifth-generation Norwegian-American, he's proud of his heritage. But he carries a card in his wallet to remind himself where in Norway his ancestors were from. "Setesdal," he says after fishing out the card. His wife, Janice, is Norwegian, too, "so all...

A student who last October threw a cake at Norway's new finance minister may face up to 15 years in prison for assaulting a government official, a state prosecutor said Friday. On her first day in the job, Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen, from the Socialist Left Party, was hit with the cake by a young man as she arrived at the ministry in Oslo. The man approached...

La société pétrolière et de gaz de la Norvège "Statoil" a investi au cours des dernières années, plus de 2,2 millirads de dollars pour les travaux d'offshore(mer) angolais, a-t-on appris de source sûre. Selon les responsables de l'entreprise, le montant a été investi dans les projets sociaux en Angola, à travers des groupes de partenaires des trois blocs...

Israël is woedend over een spotprent in de Noorse krant Dagbladet. Daarop is de Israëlische premier Ehud Olmert afgebeeld als nazi-commandant...

«Os nórdicos tratáronnos como piratas, os piratas do bacallau actuaron coma unha pandilla de sinvergüenzas porque nós traballamos de xeito legal» afirma Modesto Pastoriza...

ExxonMobil has drilled a dry exploration well at its Kogge prospect in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, Norwegian energy authorities said on Thursday. The well in production licence 315 was drilled to a total depth of 5,837 metres (19,150 feet). "This is the deepest well ever drilled on the Norwegian shelf," the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said in...

Israel's ambassador to Norway has complained to press regulators about a cartoon showing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert as a Nazi concentration camp commander. Miryam Shomrat told the BBC the caricature in Oslo's Dagbladet newspaper went beyond free speech. Ms Shomrat said it would be open to prosecution in some European countries. Dagbladet's editor said the...

El secretario de CIG-Mar, Xabier Aboi, considera que es "muy delicada" la situación económica y psicológica de los casi 80 marineros gallegos retenidos en Noruega bajo la acusación de pesca ilegal y de haber sobrepasado la cuota...

Een collega emigreerde twee jaar gelden met zijn vriendin naar Noorwegen. Een andere wil met zijn hele familie binnenkort de overstap maken. Noorwegen maakt de grootste bloeiperiode na de Vikingen door en kent alleen maar luxeproblemen...

Invoking a scene from the film Schindler's List, one of Norway's largest newspapers recently published a political cartoon comparing Prime Minster Ehud Olmert to the infamous commander of a Nazi death camp who indiscriminately murdered Jews by firing at them at random from his balcony. The caricature by political cartoonist Finn Graff appeared on July 10 in...