Norway: powered by nature
From the spectacular northern lights to the great fjords, wherever you look in Norway nature is making herself felt.
Day: January 31, 2012
Norway
Norway
Video: hiking to Preikestolen
Preikestolen, or the Pulpit Rock, is one of the most spectacular natural sights in Norway. Just outside Stavanger, the hike is a must-do for many visitors to Norway.
Sweden
Man dead after new Malmö shooting
Malmö was rocked by another fatal shooting on Tuesday night after a man was gunned down in a car and later died in hospital, marking the city's third gun fatality since the start of the year.
Norway
Experience the marvel: the northern lights
Watch nature's own theatre unfold above you as the most spectacular light show takes centre stage: The northern lights with you in the front row.
Norway
Land of the Midnight Sun
During summer, the sun never sets. Capture this magnificent experience on a midnight sun cruise or safari before the darkness of winter arrives.
Norway
Jo Nesbø’s Oslo
Walk in the footsteps of Harry Hole, the main character in Jo Nesbø's criminal novels. Join a guided walk to visit important places from the books.
Norway
Green travel in Norway
We have made it easier for you to travel green. Find the most environmentally friendly hotels and activities in Norway.
Norway
Norway on a budget
Travelling in Norway can be done on an affordable budget. Find suggestions on cheap accommodation, activities and means of transportation.
Norway
Cross-country skiing in Norway
Beautiful landscapes, miles upon miles of prepared tracks and plenty of snow. We present some of the best cross-country skiing destinations in Norway.
Germany
Westerwelle demands ‘urgent’ action on Syria
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to act "urgently" on Syria, telling a Cairo news conference a strong text on the crisis was "absolutely important."
Norway
Quotas set for Norway’s lynx hunt
Norway’s environment ministry has given hunters the task of curbing the country’s lynx population when the hunting season starts on Wednesday.
Sweden
Pigeons ‘beheaded and eaten’ in Swede’s kitchen
Pigeon owners in southern Sweden were met with a gruesome sight when they found their pet birds decapitated and apparently eaten by a mystery intruder.
Germany
Language school grads ‘barely spoke German’
Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia are investigating a language school suspected of running fraudulent government-backed integration courses for immigrants that awarded language certificates while teaching no German at all.
France
French senators block Armenia genocide law
A group of French senators said on Tuesday they had asked the constitutional council to examine a new law that punishes denial of the Armenian genocide, effectively suspending the legislation.
Sweden
Premier League team reunites footballing twins
English Premier League strugglers Blackburn Rovers now have both Olsson brothers in their squad after signing Marcus, the twin of Martin, on Tuesday's January transfer deadline day.
Germany
Doctor accused of helping top athletes dope
A doctor considered well connected to several German Olympians is being investigated on suspicion of performing blood doping transfusions for nearly 30 elite athletes.
Sweden
Police raid 17 homes in Swedish child porn sting
Police have raided 17 homes across Sweden on the suspicion of child pornography crimes, following an investigation into internet chat conversations held between the suspects and a man arrested by police last year.
Norway
Norway numbed: Mercury drops to -37 degrees
Temperatures plunged to a perishing -37 degrees Celsius on Tuesday to give Telemark county in southern Norway its coldest day in more than three decades.
Sweden
Iranian opposition to attend Swedish meeting
Some 50 exiled members of the Iranian opposition and civil society will meet in Stockholm at the weekend to discuss how to help implement democracy in Iran, organisers said Tuesday.
Sweden
Fees bring flurry of ‘fake’ colleges to Sweden
After the introduction of tuition fees to Swedish universities, the country has been experiencing an influx of fictitious colleges requesting to establish themselves in Sweden.
Sweden
Swedish computer game in N-word shocker
Minecraft, a Swedish developed computer game that has taken the world by storm, shocked players across the globe recently by greeting them with a racially offensive term.
Switzerland
Switzerland girds for big freeze
After a relatively mild start to the winter, temperatures in Switzerland are set to plummet to as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius later this week.
Switzerland
Opposition mounts over planned asylum centre
The mayor of Turbenthal in northern Switzerland is anticipating widespread protests after the Federal Office for Migration announced plans to convert a disused missile base into a new asylum centre.
Sweden
ABB irked by link to Norwegian killer
Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has admitted it considered contacting newspaper editors to ask them to stop using the firm’s name as shorthand for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.
Germany
Bismarck recordings found in Edison’s lab
The only known recordings of Germany’s legendary Chancellor Otto von Bismarck have surfaced in the former laboratory of US inventor Thomas Edison.
Germany
Body of girl lost in Baltic landslide found
A girl’s body found Tuesday on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen is presumed to be that of 10-year-old Katharina, who went missing in December after a coastal landslide.
Sweden
Swedish hacker on FBI ‘most wanted’ list
A 33-year-old Swedish computer hacker, who is wanted by the FBI, has been discovered living in Ängelholm, southern Sweden, yet Swedish police can only keep an eye on him.
Norway
ABB irked by Breivik link
Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB has admitted it considered contacting newspaper editors to ask them to stop using the firm’s name as shorthand for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.
Germany
ThyssenKrupp sells stainless steel business
German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its stainless steel unit Inoxum to Finnish group Outokumpu in a deal which valued the business at €2.7 billion ($3.6 billion).
Germany
Bahn investing €800 mln to improve stations
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has announced that some €800 million will be invested this year to improve accessibility at sometimes dingy train stations and install technology to keep passengers better informed.
Sweden
Sweden gets a seat at the eurozone table
Sweden will join the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline, according to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt who claims that all Sweden's demands have been met.
Switzerland
Credit Suisse hands US millions of emails: report
After consultation with Credit Suisse and other Swiss banks, Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has offered the US tax authorities millions of internal client emails in an attempt to relieve pressure on banks, according to reports.
France
Pompidou Centre celebrates 35 years
Parisian modern art museum the Pompidou Centre celebrates its 35th birthday on January 31st.
Sweden
Fire ravages refugee housing facility
A violent fire erupted at a refugee housing facility in central Sweden early Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 80 residents and sending at least three people to hospital.
Germany
Robust economy leaves long-term jobless behind
Long-term unemployed people are still having difficulty finding a job despite Germany’s robust economy in recent years, according to a media report on Tuesday.
France
Train delays cost me my job says lawyer
A 25-year-old law graduate is pursuing train company SNCF for damages after claiming repeated delays on its trains led to her losing her job.
Sweden
Assange win would have ‘profound’ effects
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's two-day hearing at the UK Supreme Court gets underway Wednesday, in the latest stage of his lengthy battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
Germany
Merkel pushes through EU fiscal pact
Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU leaders attempted to solve Europe’s debt crisis on Monday evening with a German-driven treaty meant to end deficits.
France
Troubled retail giant Carrefour replaces CEO
Troubled French supermarket giant Carrefour, the world's second biggest retailer, said on Monday that Georges Plassat would take over as chief executive from outgoing chairman Lars Olofsson.
France
France and Italy plan high-speed rail link
France and Italy on Monday signed an agreement to build a high-speed rail link between Lyon and Turin, the largest such project in Europe, despite opposition on the Italian side of the border.
Sweden
Sweden stops deportations to Syria
Swedish immigration authorities said Monday they were temporarily halting all deportations to Syria due to growing violence as President Bashar al-Assad's regime continues its deadly crackdown.
France
Travel disruption after first snowfall
The south east of France was still on high alert for snow and ice on Tuesday as the first serious snowfall of the season hit the country.
Germany
Gritty Reeperbahn faces growing gentrification
With a four-star hotel soon joining the brothels on Hamburg’s legendary Reeperbahn strip, Stephen Lowman reports how the city’s “sinful mile” is changing.
France
French banks should come to Britain: Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron took a fresh dig at cross-channel rival France on Monday, warning that French banks would flee to Britain if Paris introduces a financial transactions tax.