In oil-rich Norway, petrol prices most expensive in Europe (Muzi)

23 July 2008, 8:12 am

OSLO (AFP) - In Norway, many motorists are up in arms over why they have to pay the highest petrol (gasoline) prices in Europe when the country is the world's fifth-largest oil exporter and a recent tax hike has done little to cool tempers.... read more

Muskego-Norway has deal on 57 acres (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

23 July 2008, 2:32 am

Muskego - The Muskego-Norway School District is planning to spend more than $1 million on a parcel of land, though...... read more

Environment Eco-friendly renovations take hold in Norway 22/07 18:45 CET (Euronews)

22 July 2008, 11:14 pm

From a classified church to a seventies concrete community centre, Norway is developing new ways of renovating buildings saving both money and the planet.... read more

Photos: Annie / Stereolab [Tønsberg, Norway; 07/18/08] (Pitchfork)

22 July 2008, 3:01 pm

Photos by Eirik Lande Norway's Slottsfjellfestivalen twisted up non-natives' tongues in the town of Tønsberg this past weekend-- good thing the language of hip-shaking grooves is universal, eh? On Friday, July 18, festivalgoers were treated to Malian grooves courtesy of husband-and-wife... read more

Norway wants out of U.N. military brigade (Moldova.org)

22 July 2008, 10:08 am

Norwegian military officials say they want out of a U.N. rapid-deployment force known as the Multiple Standby High Readiness Brigade.Known by the acronym SHIRBRIG, the force, based in Copenhagen, was established in the 1990s to be a standby brigade of 5,500 soldiers ready to be deployed in an emerge... read more

Norway wants out of U.N. military brigade (UPI)

22 July 2008, 10:04 am

OSLO, Norway, July 22 (UPI) -- Norwegian military officials say they want out of a U.N. rapid-deployment force known as the Multiple Standby High Readiness Brigade.... read more