Obama meets with Norwegian leaders
UPI - Thu Dec 10, 8:03 am ETOSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Oslo, Norway, early Thursday to meet with Norwegian dignitaries and accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
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OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Oslo, Norway, early Thursday to meet with Norwegian dignitaries and accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
A strange light phenomenon is seen in the night sky above Skjervoy in northern Norway early Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. According to some reports, the unexplained light may have been caused by the failure of a new Russian anti-submarine-based intercontinental missile which was being tested across the Norwegian-Russian border.
Norwegian national investment company Investinor AS (Trondheim, Norway) is investing NOK51.7 million (about $9.0 million) in the solar cell and module maker Innotech Solar AS (Narvik, Norway). Employees joining the company have also invested NOK2.3 million (about $400,000). Norway - Solar cell - Narvik - Company - Trondheim
A strange light phenomenon is seen in the night sky above Skjervoy in northern Norway early Wednesday Dec. 9. According to some reports, the unexplained light may have been caused by the failure of a new Russian anti-submarine-based intercontinental missile which was being tested across the Norwegian-Russian border.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama departed Oslo, Norway, for Washington Friday morning after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize the night before.
The Norway spiral. A strange light phenomenon is seen in the night sky above Skjervoy in northern Norway early Wednesday.
After watching the Norway spiral video, a US rocket scientist is convinced it was a missile. That blue plume? "Tiny sapphires," he says.
That Norway spiral video? There was speculation that it was a UFO arriving to congratulate President Barack Obama, but the Russian Defense Ministry has a more plausible explanation.
The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday.
Ole Einar Bjorndalen has won a biathlon World Cup 10-kilometer sprint race for his 91st career victory. The 35-year-old Norwegian had no penalty laps and finished in 26 minutes, 14.0 seconds on Friday. Nikolay Kruglov of Russia was 6.7 seconds behind, while Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia was third. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway, who finished ninth, leads the overall standings with 146 points.
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia and Norway plan to jointly explore and produce hydrocarbons in the transborder areas of the continental shelf, Russia's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry said in a statement Friday, according to the Prime-Tass news agency.
The Swedish Football Federation says the Swedish and Norwegian governments won't fund the countries' joint bid to host the 2016 European Championship. The football federation said late Wednesday the governments had declined to help municipalities fund the necessary arena investments. The decision is expected to be formalized by the governments at a date yet to be set.
A light appearing high in the Arctic sky early Wednesday morning baffled many people who saw it, and sparked lots of comments. Just before dawn, the small blue light appeared over Norway. Small at first, the light grew into a spiral, then disappeared into what appeared to be a black hole.
MOSCOW | The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday. Russia's Defense Ministry said a Bulava missile was launched Wednesday by a nuclear submarine submerged in the White Sea and its third stage suffered an unspecified failure. Photographs and amateur ...
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Norway have criticized Iranian authorities for their treatment of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Russia admitted on Thursday another failed test of its much-touted Bulava intercontinental missile, after unusual lights were spotted in Norway across the border from the launch site.