MARK LEWIS | The Seattle Times

October 6, 2019 at 6:08 am

Controversy stalks Nobel Peace, Literature prizes

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Controversy stalks the Nobel prizes for peace and literature in a way it rarely does for science. The revamped panel at...

Business

March 8, 2019 at 3:26 am

Norway’s $1 trillion fund to dump oil and gas shares

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas...

Business

January 11, 2019 at 6:52 am

Norway: Private tycoon goes public with wife’s disappearance

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Tom Hagen and his wife expected to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 2019. Today, one of Norway's wealthiest men just...

December 19, 2018 at 1:46 am

Norway sees boom in electric cars, fueled by the government

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A silent revolution has transformed driving in Norway. Eerily quiet vehicles are ubiquitous on the fjord-side roads and mountain passes of...

October 4, 2018 at 9:02 pm

Nobel Peace laureates demand end to sexual violence in war VIEW

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Raped after being forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group, Nadia Murad did not succumb to shame or despair...

Nation & World

July 25, 2018 at 3:43 am

No break for KitKat in Europe as trademark request rejected

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — KitKat is not getting its break. The maker of the chocolate bar has for 16 years tried to trademark its four-finger...

Business

March 20, 2018 at 1:41 am

Norwegian minister resigns after Facebook post uproar

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A potential collapse of the minority Norwegian government was averted Tuesday after a senior minister resigned for writing a Facebook post...

Nation & World

January 13, 2018 at 12:14 am

Who’d prefer their country to Trump’s US? Norwegians would

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegians generally live longer than Americans. There's a generous safety net of health care and pensions. And although it's pricey, the...

Nation & World

January 12, 2018 at 12:16 pm

Who’d prefer their country to Trump’s US? Norwegians would

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegians generally live longer than Americans. There's a generous safety net of health care and pensions. And although it's pricey, the...

Nation & World

November 26, 2017 at 1:41 pm

106 Norwegian reindeer killed by freight trains in 3 days

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian reindeer herder says that freight trains have killed more than 100 of the animals on the tracks in three...

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