World Sep 13 Norway’s center-left heads to victory in general elections Official projections indicate the governing Conservatives will lose power after a campaign dominated by climate change and the future of the Scandinavian country's oil and gas exploration industry.
World Jun 21 Swedish Prime Minister loses confidence vote, sparking uncertainty Stefan Lofven, Sweden’s Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, has lost a confidence vote in parliament.
Health Jan 15 Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion vaccine doses per year.
World Sep 09 Far-right Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize A far-right Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East.
World May 07 Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ’emergency justice’ A Norwegian man suspected of killing his ethnic Chinese stepsister and then opening fire in an Oslo mosque says he acted out of “emergency justice.”…
Arts Mar 09 Max von Sydow, ‘Exorcist’ actor and Bergman film collaborator, dies at age 90 Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor who played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90. He was known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
Economy Oct 14 Nobel awarded to 3 economists for work to alleviate poverty The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their studies on poverty. Duflo is the second woman to win the economics prize.
Health Oct 07 Nobel Medicine prize awarded to 3 scientists for learning how cells use oxygen The prize winners' work has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases.
World Aug 21 Danes criticize Trump for canceling visit over Greenland Former Danish officials and ordinary Danes said Trump's decision to cancel a trip to Denmark next month because the country dismissed his idea of buying Greenland is 'immature' and 'insulting.'…
World May 20 Sweden requests detention order for WikiLeaks’ Assange Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says if the Swedish court decided to detain Assange she would issue a European arrest warrant.