Norway RSS feed

White out in the wild of Sweden

2009-10-22T08:53:55Z

Sweden�s frozen north is a dramatic, untouched wilderness in which your only companions are polar bears and reindeer, says Kate Eshelby

London groom held after his Indian wedding turns into riot

2009-10-07T08:30:03Z

London man and eight of his relatives arrested and jailed in India after his wedding descended into a riot

Cowdery is no Quaker, but Montague has done his best

2009-10-05T06:04:39Z

When I visited the office of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius recently, he proudly showed me a corridor, the walls of which were covered with portraits of the bank�s founders. Quakers.

Mark Cavendish keeps up his pace in Missouri

2009-09-09T08:50:34Z

Mark Cavendish won his second consecutive sprint finish to claim stage two of cycling's Tour of Missouri

Whale of a feast

2009-09-07T14:24:30Z

Four huge male polar bears fight over a whale carcass at Svalbard in the Arctic

It's crunch time for worried Scotland, insists Kris Commons

2009-09-04T08:35:04Z

Kris Commons has no doubt it is "crunch time" in Scotland's World Cup qualifying bid

Darren Fletcher: Chris Iwelumo has the backing of Scotland team

2009-09-04T15:19:37Z

Darren Fletcher has absolved Chris Iwelumo of any blame for Scotland's ailing World Cup qualifying campaign after the Wolves striker was thrust back into the spotligh

Sorry Scotland are planning to recall David Weir

2009-08-13T08:09:30Z

Scotland manager George Burley is ready to hand David Weir an international recall after seeing his side's World Cup hopes hit by a 4-0 hammering in Norway

Burley issues rally cry for Norway test

2009-08-12T08:55:34Z

George Burley has warned Scotland to expect an onslaught from a desperate Norway in their World Cup qualifier

Ibsen's Ghosts is thrilling and chilling to watch

2009-07-30T23:00:00Z

In Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaption of Ibsen's Ghosts, the mention of syphilis holds no bars, as the sins of the father are visited.

Fulham clinch signing of Riise

2009-07-22T12:20:53Z

Fulham have completed the signing of Norway midfielder Bjorn Helge Riise on a three-year contract

Shell's hopes grow for a vast find in oilfield

2009-06-19T13:35:43Z

Hopes are rising for a major North Sea gas find by Shell - the biggest ever in the Norwegian sector of the depleting oil & gas-rich region

Rise of the capital's golden skirts

2009-06-18T08:35:09Z

With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick of plum boardroom jobs � and can make a fortune juggling up to six at a time

Max Manus looks like a palpable hit

2009-06-04T23:00:00Z

Max Manus has the largest budget ever for a Norwegian production and the money has been spent with some flair.

Happy Brede Hangeland set to snub Arsenal

2009-05-26T08:45:38Z

Football: Brede Hangeland hasrevealed he is prepared to snub Arsenal and pledge his future to Fulham after the club reached Europe for only the second time

Armchair marathon is the real endurance test

2009-04-27T10:05:40Z

London Marathon: On and on and on it goes, yard after yard, mile after mile, minute after insufferable minute, the boredom relentless, the pain remorseless, every split second an ordeal by excruciation

Mecom is facing a shortfall in funding

2009-03-06T14:40:44Z

Former Daily Mirror editor David Montgomery has warned his pan-European newspaper publisher Mecom could breach its borrowing terms this month

Solberg is back in action as he launches own team

2009-02-12T09:55:08Z

Rallying: Petter Solberg has set up his own team after Subaru's decision to quit the world rally championship left the Norwegian without a drive

Market report: RBS climbs but it's a long haul ahead

2008-12-23T11:23:37Z

Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland will no doubt be hoping things can only get better in 2009

Ferguson�s renaissance shows why fans must keep faith in Wenger

2008-11-07T11:56:02Z

Arsenal must keep faith in Arsene Wenger, Bjorn Borg praise for Andy Murray should set alarm bells ringing, Bernie Ecclestone is a raging imbecile and Joe Calzaghe should beat Roy Jones Jnr, says Matthew Norman

Attacking style suits boss Burley

2008-10-09T10:03:39Z

Scotland manager George Burley is optimistic Norway's stuttering start to their World Cup qualification campaign can help his own team flourish when they meet at Hampden.

Cable drops line on fuel levy

2008-09-15T08:05:41Z

Vince Cable ditched part of his speech which praised Norway for increasing fuel by 20p a litre more than in Britain

Talks to bring back playboy wanted over Martine killing

2008-07-31T09:32:48Z

David Miliband is leading high-level talks to bring the prime suspect in the murder of a Norwegian student in London back to Britain

After her £130,000 Bentley gift, Fergie's finally stopped wearing Andrew's ring... has she been hooked by the Fish Finger King?

2008-07-13T21:15:42Z

She's been wined and dined at a series of romantic dinners, enjoyed holidays with the children and given a �130,000 Bentley. Has Sarah Ferguson found love in the shape of frozen food boss Geir Frantzen?

Tour stage made for sprint kings

2008-07-07T15:48:01Z

Sprinters will be on their favourite terrain in 208km run from St Malo to Nantes

Gas bills set to top �1,000

2008-05-28T12:56:23Z

Gas bills will rocket from an average of �600 to more than �1,000 a year within months

EastEnders 'chic' for Fergie as she wraps up in a Bianca-style coat

2008-04-08T16:46:19Z

Sarah Ferguson appears to be taking style tips from EastEnders character Bianca Jackson as she wraps up against the cold in Norway. The Duchess of York, 48, who was holidaying with Findus frozen food boss Gier Frantzen in chilly Lofoten, located in the Arctic Circle

Ambitious but only half alive

2007-09-11T23:00:00Z

Fragile! is a chopped-together play that overdoses on smothered angst, says Maxie Szalwinska.

A performance worth bothering with

2007-05-23T23:00:00Z

Tidily made Norwegian comedy The Bothersome Man is watchable if only for Trond Fausa Aurv�g's baffled performance as a man who finds himself stuck in a bland, benign world.

Off the record: David Smyth's column

2007-01-26T16:18:07Z

David Smyth takes a look at what's happening in the world of music, ranging from a Norwegian ruling against iPods to a moustachioed Swede's bonkers tribute to Manuel from Faulty Towers.