Norway

Norwegian foreign ministry official heads for Myanmar

Oslo  - A ranking Norwegian foreign ministry official was Tuesday to head for Myanmar and will try to meet with its military rulers, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store told parliament.

Strike continues at Norwegian airports

Oslo  - Striking Norwegian civil aviation employees caused a further six Norwegian airports to close Tuesday, bringing the total of airport closures to 12 and impacting some 31,000 passengers.

Norway's Schibsted group buys stake in Swedish free newspaper Metro

Stockholm/Oslo - Norwegian media group Schibsted said Monday it planned to buy 35 per cent of the free Swedish newspaper Metro for 350 million kronor (58 million dollars) and immediately cease publ

Strike continues at Norwegian airports

Oslo  - A strike by Norwegian civil aviation employees expanded Monday to partly impact Oslo's Gardermoen airport, the country's largest airport.

Strikes close five airports in Norway, passengers stranded

Oslo  - An estimated 17,000 airline passengers were stranded Friday due to labour action by employees of Norwegian civil aviation authority Avinor.

Recovered Munch paintings to be exhibited in Oslo

NorwayOslo  - On the eve of a special exhibition showing the painstaking work to restore two paintings by

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