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Norway
The Kingdom of Norway lies on the Scandinavian Peninsula and is not part of the European Union.
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The 'human zoo' returns
A new art project in Oslo is meant to provoke a deeper discussion on colonialism and racism.
Inside Europe produced 01.05.2014
On this week's show: The militias fanning the flames in eastern Ukraine - Will Latvia reveal who spied for the KGB? - Secular Norway grapples with circumcision - High drama at Austria's national theater - A deal over disused pipeline - The countdown's on for Eurovision - Can a helmet solve clinical depression? - Climate change provides boost for English wine - Europe's most prolific sperm donor
Norway grapples with circumcision
Lars Bevanger reports on Norway's proposal to offer male circumcision on the public health service.
Circumcision row
A Norwegian proposal to offer male circumcision in public hospitals has met with fierce oppositon.
Penguins need protection
On World Penguin Day, campaigners called on Antarctic nations to save the global penguin population.
How to remember a massacre?
Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks nearly three years ago caused both a very public, national trauma and untold stories of personal grief in Norway. Now plans for a national memorial for the 69 who died on the Utoya island are being met with protests from people who say they don’t want a daily reminder of what they witnessed on 22 July 2011. Lars Bevanger reports.
Norwegian memorial divides
A national memorial to victims of a 2011 mass shooting in Norway has met severe opposition.
Shift Ranking of April 4: Countries in which people feel most secure at night
1. Indonesia (89,7 %)/ 2. Norway (88,9 %)/ 3. Slowenia (85,8 %)/ 4. Austria (85,2 %)/ 5. Island (84,6 %)/ Source: OECD
Stoltenberg named NATO chief
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been named the new secretary general of NATO, the military alliance confirmed. He replaces the outgoing Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Norwegian Skrei with Risotto and Mushroom Crème (serves 4)
This recipe comes to us courtesy of Esteban Villapando, Head Chef at the Lofoten Fish Restaurant, Oslo
Russia still alive on ice
Russia's push for gold in the men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics remains alive, despite another uncomfortable match. The host nation's under-pressure side overcame a slow start to eliminate Norway 4-0.
Dog Sledding in Norway
Dog Sledding in Norway Silvia Furtwängler and her family emigrated from Germany to Norway five years ago. Her passion is sled dog racíng and she has become one of the world's top mushers. In January 2013, she took part in the "Grande Odyssée" around Mont Blanc, one of the toughest and most spectacular sled dog races in the world.
Tragedy - and controversy - grips the Norwegian team
The Norwegian women's cross country ski team was criticized by the IOC this week after they wore black ribbons to commemorate the death of the brother of one of their teammates. The Norwegian ski federation has pretty much blown off the criticism, but the IOC is sticking to its guns. Lars Bevanger reports.
Dog Sledding in Norway
Silvia Furtwängler and her family emigrated from Germany to Norway five years ago. Her passion is sled dog racíng and she has become one of the world's top mushers. In January 2013, she took part in the "Grande Odyssée" around Mont Blanc, one of the toughest and most spectacular sled dog races in the world.
Olympic medals record tied
The first official day of competition at the Winter Games in Sochi has seen several big performances. This included Ole Einar Bjoerndalen equaling the record for the most Olympic medals in a career.
First medals in Sochi
Sage Kotsenburg has won the Sochi Winter Olympics' first gold medal in the individual slopestyle snowboarding event. Norwegian Staale Sandbech bagged silver while Canada's Mark McMorris rounded out the podium.
The truth about the Nordic countries
Is there a 'Scandi-utopia' and should we all be following this model? Inside Europe explores
Norway's national dish
The search is on for a new national dish for Norway. Lars Bevanger reports.
Inside Europe
We go behind the barricades in Kyiv - The true cost of Sochi - The price of being an EU outsider - Norway seeks to spice up its national dish - Is Italy's unemployment problem all to do with age? - Will France phase out the First Lady? - The Turkish prime minister sends his avatar to a political rally - And the project that gives something back to Berlin
Norwegian electric
We often talk about the technological challenges of electric cars - like battery life and access to charge points. But while Norway is one of the world's largest producers of oil, it also has more electric cars per capita than any other country.
Kicksled safari in Norway
Join us on a old-school kicksled tour through Geilo in Norway.
Hot topic
The Arctic Frontiers conference has become a key annual event in the polar calendar.
Fire ravages historic village
A large blaze has raged through the historic Norwegian village of Laerdalsoyri, famed for its well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses. Dozens of residents have been hospitalized.
South Sudan mediation
International mediators are involved in the search for a solution to the crisis in South Sudan.
Norway: King Crabs save Jobs
Many Norwegians used to leave the villages in the north of the country because there were no jobs. Now they're coming back. Thanks to king crabs, the fishermen, at least, can count on a lucrative business.
Bid for Norway’s Algeta
Norway's cancer drug maker Algeta is in the focus of a preliminary offer by Bayer.
New chess king crowned
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has secured the chess world championship, beating longstanding champion Viswanathan Anand with two games to spare. The decisive match was a grueling 65-move marathon.
Women prying boardrooms open
Women are to take on more leadership roles in Germany's biggest companies. In coalition talks conservatives and social democrats have agreed a 30% quota for women on Germany's supervisory boards.
Electric car heaven
Generous incentives have helped establish Norway as the world’s leader in electric car usage.
The populist alliance
Can European populist parties work together to bring down the EU from within?
Under control
Norwegians don't share international concerns linking the populist Progress Party to the far right.
Is tragedy being used for political gain in Norway?
This week a failed asylum seeker killed three people on a regional bus in Norway, and all eyes are now on Norway’s fresh government and how it will handle the fallout of the tragedy. The junior coalition partner, the Progress Party, had campaigned hard on closed asylum centres as part of their immigration policy. Our correspondent Lars Bevanger sends us this postcard.
Deadly attack on Norway bus
An attack on a bus in western Norway by a man wielding a knife has left three people dead, including the driver. The motive of the attacker was not immediately clear.
And there was light...
In the Norwegian valley town of Rjukan, giant mirrors have been erected to reflect the sun into the town's main square, which is normally into darkness in October. The idea was first thought up a century ago.
And there was light...
In the Norwegian valley town of Rjukan, giant mirrors have been erected to reflect the sun into the town's main square, which is normally into darkness in October. The idea was first thought up a century ago.
Zip through Norway in an electric car
Norway is one of the world's largest producers of oil - but it also has more electric cars per capita than any other country. So how did a petrol nation become the world's hub for alternative energy transport?
There shall be light - and mirrors
The Norwegian town of Rjukan has launched its sun mirror project to deflect sunrays into the valley.
Norway's 'slow TV'
Norway’s ‘slow TV’ movement’s latest outing: a 12 hour live show about knitting.
Norway coy on Syria
Norway has opted out of a US plan to destroy Syrian chemical weapons components on Norwegian soil, saying the timetable is too tight and it lacks resources. The UN wants Syria's entire arsenal destroyed by next June.
Norwegian link to Kenya gunmen
One of the gunmen who killed dozens of people in a Kenyan mall has been tentatively identified as a man of Norwegian-Somali descent. Bodies that could belong to the gunmen have been recovered from the rubble in Nairobi.
Solberg takes reins in Norway
A new government has taken office in Norway. The right-wing coalition of incoming Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservatives and the Progress Party ousted a center-left government in last month's election.
Realpolitik behind Norway's shift right
Norway's Conservative Party has agreed to form a minority coalition with the right-wing Progress Party, after a Labour-led center-left coalition lost general elections last month. So why have Norwegian voters turned right, two years after extreme-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks on the Labour Party government and its youth camp? Lars Bevanger sends us this postcard from Oslo.
Making 'Progress'
Lars Bevanger comments on why Norwegians have shifted right two years after Breivik's attacks.
World urged to help the elderly
A UN-backed study has found that most countries are not ready to support their aging populations and changing demographics. The study judged Sweden, Norway and Germany to be the best places for older people to live.
Northern countries race for the Arctic
Russia's president Vladimir Putin said a group of Greenpeace activists who tried to board an offshore drilling platform broke the law but are not pirates. His comments came at a forum on the Arctic in Siberia. Russia views its huge fossil fuel deposits under the Arctic as vital to its economic future. Russian investigators want to charge the 30 Greenpeace activists with piracy for their protest.
Shift to the right
Despite a strong economy and low unemployment, Norway's Labour government has been ousted.
Norway voters swing right
Norway's center-right alliance, led by Conservative Erna Solberg, has claimed victory in the national election. Incumbent Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has conceded defeat after eight years in office.
Polls close in Norway
Voting has closed in Norway's parliamentary elections. Early exit polls suggest that the opposition center-right coalition will take over from Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, as was widely expected before the ballot.
Norway looks to shift right
Polls have opened in Norway for parliamentary elections that could lead to the first change of power since 2005. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's center-left coalition has trailed in polls for months.
Norwegian dilemma
As Norwegians head to the polls they wonder what the country's wealth should be used for.
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