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NEWS & POLITICS ESA sues Norway for high levels of air pollution A new report shows that the air in Oslo is so polluted at times that people with heart and lung diseases die shortly after days with when the quality of the air is very poor. On Thursday afternoon it became known that&nb... Read more Norway condemns the school massacre in Peshawar Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Børge Brende (photo) have both reacte Read more PST to investigate reports of surveillance The Norwegian secret police (PST) has decided to start investigations into the reports by newspaper Read more Norway intensifies efforts to promote human rights ‘Human rights are under pressure internationally. Norway will therefore step up its efforts to pro Read more BUSINESS Statoil adds new permits in New Zealand Norwegian energy provider Statoil has been awarded four new exploration permits offshore New Zealand, building on its existing position. Read more Historic drop for the Norwegian Krone The value of Norwegian Krone has not fallen this much against the Euro since the common European cur Read more Aker Solutions wins major UK contract Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Read more Economist questions the "Nordic model" French economist and author Thomas Piketty warned Norway that the "Nordic" model looks strong, but i Read more SPORT Women Handball: Hungary - Norway 29-25 Norway's women lost 25-29 to Hungary in their last match of the group play in the European Women Handball Championship on Wednesday. Hungary led 15-11 at half-time. Read more Norway lifts the ban on professional boxing The Norwegian Parliament (Storting) has voted to lift the ban on professional boxing in Norway. Th Read more Women handball: Norway ready for semifinals Norway's women are ready for the European Women Handball Championship semifinals, after defeating Po Read more Cross Country: Clean sweep by Norway Norway's cross country athletes Finn Haagen Krogh and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg recorded their f Read more TRAVEL Lonely Planet: - Northern Norway will blow your mind According to the magazine Lonely Planet, Northern Norway will "blow your mind" The famous travel guide has named the region one of the world's top ten regions to visit in 2015. Read more The New York Times explores "Norway the Slow Way" "To study the Norwegian coast, with hundreds of thousands of islands, is like studying the country's Read more Tourism to Norway is on the rise After several years without much increase, the number of tourists to Norway is now going up. 20 Read more The blue whale is back in the Barents Sea After being gone for almost a century, a record-high number of blue whales have been spotted in the Read more CULTURE, ARTS & LIVING Visit the National Museum five years before opening Even though Oslo's new National Museum will not be completed for another five years, you can now take a virtual tour of what will be Norway's largest cultural building.  Read more Norway's Christmas tree lights up Trafalgar Square The traditional Norwegian Christmas tree which adorns Trafalgar Square in London each year, was Read more 21 Munch paintings discovered in Germany Two years ago, police discovered 1,400 artworks in Germany that had been stolen by the Nazis. Now it Read more Queen Latifah to host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert The American artist Queen Latifah will be the host of this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo Read more