Tag: Norway

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Double attack in Norway kills at least 87; one extreme-right extremist arrested

  

  Norwegian authorities early Saturday dramatically increased the death toll in a gun attack at a youth camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya to at least 80, bringing the total number dead in a pair of apparently related attacks Friday to 87.

• Monday, May 24th 2010 - 03:14 UTC

  German “Love Boat” catches fire in Norway: 607 passengers and crew evacuated

  

  A cruise ship made famous by a German “Love Boat” TV show caught fire Sunday, forcing 607 people aboard to evacuate in a western Norwegian port, rescue officials said.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:09 UTC

  Norway Takes Over Aluminium Business and Bauxite Deposits in Brazil

  

  Norway’s Norsk Hydro ASA (OSL: NHY), Europe’s third largest aluminum maker, agreed to buy mining and smelting assets from Vale (NYSE: VALE) in a deal valued at 4.9 billion US dollars, boosting its control over raw materials used in production.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Iceland Displeased with Whale Hunting Quota Threatens to Pull Out of IWC

  

  Twelve member countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)—an 88-country organization created in 1946 to monitor the whaling industry—have proposed catch quotas for the next ten years for countries that hunt whales.