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NEWS & POLITICS Weather warning for the North Strong wind and driving snow have led to difficult driving conditions in the counties of Nordland and Troms. Several roads were closed Saturday morning. Read more Christmas shopping sets new record Norwegians used their credit or debit cards to shop for more than NOK 50 billion between December 1s Read more Extended Christmas holidays Friday, the 26th of December is Second Day Christmas in Norway. It is a Church holiday as well Read more We wish all our readers "God Jul"! We here at the Norway Post send our best wishes to all our readers around the world this Christmas, Read more BUSINESS Analysts: Norway best prepared to handle the low oil price Norway is most likely the country that is the best prepared to handle a lower oil price, according to a recent analysis. Read more The World's first Sub-sea Compression System Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions is set to deliver the modules for the world's first subsea Read more SAS announces extensive efficiency measures Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a pre-tax loss of NOK 450 million for Q4, and has proposed ne Read more Statoil adds new permits in New Zealand Norwegian energy provider Statoil has been awarded four new exploration permits offshore New Zealand Read more SPORT Women Handball: Euro Gold for Norway - again Norway's women defeated Spain 28-25 in the final of the European Handball Championship 2014, to become champions of Europe for a sixth time since 1994.Read more Another cross country win for Bjørgen Norway's Marit Bjørgen won the women's cross country  World Cup sprint event in Davos on S Read more Biahlon victory for Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen won the men's World Cup Biathlon pursuit race at Pokljuka, Slovenia on Saturda Read more Alpine skiing: Super-G win for Jansrud Norway's Kjetil Jansrud extended his World Cup overall lead in the World Cup after a comfortable w Read more TRAVEL Falling Krone can boost Norwegian tourism "It has recently become much cheaper to travel to Norway. This will have an effect for us in 2015, says Market Strategist John Linløkken in Northen Norway Tourist Board.  Read more Lonely Planet: - Northern Norway will blow your mind According to the magazine Lonely Planet, Northern Norway will "blow your mind" The famous travel gui 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 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

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