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municipalities of Norway
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Open Democracy
March 5, 2018
Talking to Geir Lippestad, then Vice-Mayor of Oslo, at an Intercultural Cities Milestone Event last November, about hatred of multiculturalism, diversity .... We saw when we had the refugee crisis, how small villages in Norway who set up refugee camps reacted when they started closing down because thereÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
March 5, 2018
Oslo: Norway's fjords have long inspired the country's artists and drawn streams of tourists. In winter, their ice-laced surfaces shimmer beside snow-capped mountains: a vision of natural beauty, blissfully untouched. But lost in the depths of the fjord in Oslo, stretching out from the capital, is a trove that wouldÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
March 5, 2018
OSLO (NYTIMES) - Norway's fjords have long inspired the country's artists and drawn streams of tourists. ... Ambitious plans to clean up the city's industrial waste and sewage have been in the works for decades, along with a proposal for a car-free city centre and a ban on using oil to heat buildings that is toÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 5, 2018
Ambitious plans to clean up the city's industrial waste and sewage have been in the works for decades, along with a proposal for a car-free city center and a ban on using oil to heat buildings that is to go into effect in 2020. Campaigns like these won Oslo the European Green Capital Award for 2019.
Huntington Herald Dispatch
March 2, 2018
"The city will not be held liable if you go and the hillside continues to slip and they end up over the hill injured or, even worse, dead," Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said during a Huntington City Council meeting Monday. "It's time that individuals start showing a little bit of sense ... We're doing what weÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
February 24, 2018
Of all the right chords Norway's capital strikes, Saturday sundown is probably best. We're sailing through the island labyrinth of Oslofjord as a buffet of prawns is laid out below decks. A Nordic singsong breaks out. As views and beer hit the sweet spot, it strikes me that there's a grand stretch in the evenings.
Salt Lake Tribune
February 23, 2018
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Views and News from Norway
February 13, 2018
South Korean officials built a modern yet traditional Olympic Village to house athletes competing in the Winter Olympics but Norwegian skiers and biathlon athletes aren't staying there. They have their own exclusive accommodation aimed at helping them win medals, and their haul increased on Tuesday.
Kansas City Star
December 31, 1999
Norway is moving to ban semi-automatic firearms as of 2021, which will mark a decade since Anders Behring Breivik used such weapons to kill 69 people, most of them teenagers, before surrendering to police, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Peter Frolich of the Norwegian Parliament's judicial affairsÃÂ ...
Bundaberg News Mail
February 23, 2018
The Burnett Heads born and raised property manager recently went on an all-expenses paid trip to Norway thanks to Corona. ... his wife Tracie and as temperatures reached above 30 degrees in the rum city a few weeks ago he messaged Stephanie saying "oh Norway where are you, I'm so over this heat”.
Lewiston Sun Journal
February 22, 2018
OXFORD — Norway, Oxford, Paris and Poland could save 75 to 80 percent on streetlights if they switch to energy-saving LEDs, a representative of ... Paul Vesel of RealTerm Energy of Annapolis, Maryland, explained to managers and selectmen of the four towns steps to convert the streetlights, which wouldÃÂ ...
Variety
February 22, 2018
In town for the Berlin Film Festival, Norwegian prod-co Motlys world premiered their Norwegian soccer drama “Home Ground,” on Tuesday Feb. 20. A day later, Norwegian broadcaster NRK announced they had recommissioned the series for a second season. Originally produced by Motlys for NRK, and setÃÂ ...
The Ringer (blog)
February 22, 2018
The Olympics are supposed to be the purest distillation of the athletic ideal: Competitors from across the world meet in one city to vie for world domination, or something like that. After a week and a half of the Pyeongchang Games, our new sports overlords come from Norway. Norway! Norway is far from aÃÂ ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
February 19, 2018
NORWAY — Officer John Lewis and his police dog Bolo were not hurt when a deer ran in front of the cruiser in Woodstock this month, Town Manager Dennis Lajoie told selectmen last week. According to the crash report by Oxford County Deputy James McLamb, Lewis was driving south on Gore RoadÃÂ ...
The Independent Barents Observer
February 19, 2018
Zaozerk is the westernmost naval town basing Russia's Northern Fleet submarines. Located about 60 kilometres from the border to Norway, the town is home for submarine crews and their families. The base is homeport for Russia's most advanced 4th generation nuclear powered multi-purpose submarine,ÃÂ ...
The Local Norway
February 19, 2018
The man, a 37-year-old Polish citizen, was in November last year sentenced to seven years in prison by Bergen City Court for planning to burn down the Lune Huler hotel, which was slated to be used as asylum accommodation, in December 2015. He was found guilty under Norway's arson paragraph.
Vogue.com
February 19, 2018
The area is home to the northernmost towns in the world and more polar bears than people, while still playing host to a growing number of design hotels and ... Located in the Arctic ocean halfway between Norway and the North Pole, it's accessible via Scandinavian Airlines (through the Norwegian townÃÂ ...
Treehugger
February 17, 2018
Yet another "World's tallest timber tower" going up in Norway. Lloyd Alter lloydalter. February 16, 2018 ... Here is the latest- an 18 story building in Brumunddal, a small town in Norway. Brumunddal from water .... I described it as "the built form that defines great European cities." base of building é Moeleven Limtre viaà...
Lewiston Sun Journal
February 17, 2018
SOUTH PARIS — The Norway and Oxford Republican caucuses will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the South Paris Fire Hall, 137 Western Ave. “Every two years, town committees caucus to select delegates and alternates for the upcoming Republican Convention, Norway Chairman PeterÃÂ ...
The Local Norway
February 17, 2018
Meanwhile, the Progress Party, the populist party that is the third-largest in Norway's parliament, has confirmed that four complaints have been made against a former representative with its youth branch, the Progress Party's Youth. The individual subject to the complaints has confirmed that he sentÃÂ ...
MinnPost (blog)
February 17, 2018
A Minneapolis city council committee has rejected a neighborhood appeal of the approval for an apartment and office complex at the Sons of Norway site in Uptown. The city's Zoning and Planning Committee made the decision at its regular meeting Thursday, and while much of the testimony about theÃÂ ...
Rappler
February 16, 2018
COMMITTED TO PEACE. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte welcomes Norwegian Special Envoy to the Peace Process Between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Idun Tvedt at the Presidential Guest House in Davao City on February 15, 2018. Photo byÃÂ ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
February 16, 2018
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to allow the Norway Farmers' Market to use the park beside Norway Savings Bank for the coming season. Pat Martin, speaking for the market, said it would be the “same market that's always been in town. We're just looking for a betterÃÂ ...
Views and News from Norway
February 14, 2018
South Korean officials built a modern yet traditional Olympic Village to house athletes competing in the Winter Olympics but Norwegian skiers and biathlon athletes aren't staying there. They have their own exclusive accommodation aimed at helping them win medals, and their haul increased on Tuesday.
CTV News
February 11, 2018
Inside a giant igloo in a snowy Norwegian village, the sound of a horn rings out, warming the mood of a freezing audience, huddled together in -24 Celsius. But the four musicians performing are even colder: the instruments they are playing are all made of ice. The xylophone, claves and wind instrumentsÃÂ ...
Kansas City Star
February 11, 2018
The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):. 10 p.m.. World Cup leader Maren Lundby had a minor crash during training for the women's ski jumping normal hill final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The Norwegian jumper nailed the longest jump of 111 meters on her second attempt SundayÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
February 9, 2018
Plans for a large development in Uptown are moving forward at Minneapolis City Hall despite vigorous opposition from neighbors. The developers — Ryan Companies and Wiedner Apartment Homes — want to replace the Sons of Norway building and surface parking lots on W. Lake Street with twoÃÂ ...
artnet News
January 29, 2018
Norway. The city of Oslo has announced that it will establish its own international art show. The inaugural edition is scheduled to debut in May 2019. ... the industry's relentless carousel of airports, white cubes, and convention centers offers little opportunity to meaningfully interact with cities and local artÃÂ ...
City Pages
January 15, 2018
He'd really like to see more immigrants from Norway, President Trump recently announced to fellow lawmakers, and fewer guys from "shithole countries" like Haiti, El Salvador, and Africa (a continent). There's a small problem with his logic. People usually don't uproot themselves from their homelands,ÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
November 18, 2017
Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen on Friday ... that took place during a NATO exercise in the Norwegian city of Stavanger.
The Local Norway
November 18, 2017
An unrelated file photo showing the Northern Lights over the town of Karasjok in Finnmark county. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix.
HuffPost
November 18, 2017
As part of my new series titled the “Exodus of Silicon Valley”, i'll explore startup cities outside of Silicon Valley, the companies and founders ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2017
Katharina Andresen is reportedly Norway's richest woman, with a fortune ... Newspaper Finansavisen reported that Oslo City Court said the ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
November 17, 2017
From left, Selectmen Bruce Cook, Thomas Curtis and Town Manager Dennis Lajoie review two bids submitted for a 2002 Mack plow truck at ...
The Local Norway
November 16, 2017
Norway's Sinnataggen and Monolitten fair game for copycats: ruling ... are free to be copied for profit, after the city's municipality lost a bid to reserve rights to ... Oslo Municipality has unsuccessfully attempted to prevent this resulting in ... Lonely Planet names Oslo one of world's top ten cities to visit in 2018Â ...
Manchester City
November 8, 2017
City jetted off to Norway, ahead of Thursday night's Champions League clash at LSK Kvinner. The Blues face the Toppserien champions in the ...
Journal Times
November 8, 2017
TOWN OF NORWAY — Nobody was injured when a fire in a clothes dryer filled a rural Norway residence with smoke Tuesday night. The Wind ...
The Local Norway
November 1, 2017
Norway's fish farming industry says it is determined to resolve ... as much fish by 2050": in a posh hotel in the Norwegian town of Trondheim, ...
Xinhua
November 1, 2017
Norway, on the other hand, does not allow fishermen from the EU to ... the EU, which are to take place in western Norwegian city of Bergen from ...
DNAinfo
November 1, 2017
Donated by Darlene Dorfler of Grayslake, the city's Christmas tree is a ... the 62-foot tall Norway Spruce has a 37-foot base, city officials said.
The Local Norway
October 31, 2017
Norway's Telemark County wants to host the Winter Olympics in 2026. ... been kept secret by the county municipality prior to Monday's confirmation. ... event after Austrian city Innsbruck decided not to bid, according to NRK.
The Independent
October 25, 2017
The name, Under, is a play on words - in Norwegian, "under" can also ... a town about three hours from Kristiansand, Norway's fifth-largest city.
UpperMichigansSource.com
October 23, 2017
NORWAY, Mich. (WLUC) - There's been an issue recently with cars passing activated school buses. The city of Norway is trying to resolve the ...
ChesterChronicle.co.uk
October 23, 2017
Northwich business district earns high praise from Norway visitors ... praise from European visitors after delegates from Norway visited the town ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 21, 2017
Along the way, the cruise took in many of Norway's fjords. ... The city itself didn't seem to have enough activities to keep us occupied for ... on a day trip to Skudeneshavn, a picturesque historic fishing village about 24 miles ... us a brochure with a self-guided walking tour of the old town that took us through ...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
October 15, 2017
Oslo is the largest city in Norway, with a population of slightly more ... This small municipality was the inspiration for the village in the hit ... discovery of offshore oil in the late 1960s changed the town forever. .... JetBlue will provide a total of three daily round-trip flights between the two cities effective May 3.
U.S. News & World Report
October 5, 2017
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A delegation from a Norwegian city is visiting Portland in hopes of boosting trade between the two cities.
City Pages
October 3, 2017
In Norway, Somali immigrants who fled civil war in the 1990s and 2000s ... on how to replicate the success of the Twin Cities' Somali immigrants. ... East African community better than any other city in the West," Ahmed says.
Journal Times
September 25, 2017
TOWN OF NORWAY — Ongoing dry conditions and hot weather have resulted in a burning ban in the Norway/Wind Lake area until further ...
New York Times
January 4, 2017
It's also a world unto itself, with cosmopolitan cities, barely explored .... With its limestone-paved streets and 80-foot-high walls surrounding Old Town, this star of the ... This summer, the city is starting an electric-scooter sharing program, .... Mostly national parkland, the car-free island has one idyllic village ...
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