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Alipay deal enables Chinese mobile payments in Nordics

NordicpaymentserviceproviderNetsGroupsaidThursdayithasstartedcooperatingwithChineseonlinepaymentplatformAlipaytoenablestoresinNorwayandtherestofScandinaviatoacc

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Aviation aims to turn green to combat global warming

Willwesomedaybeabletoflywithouttheguiltofcausingenvironmentaldamage?Ahandfuloffirmsandregulatorshopethattheelectricrevolutionincarswillalsotaketotheskies,helpin

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Norway win record 38th medal as Switzerland take team alpine skiing gold

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Norway breaks United States' Winter Olympics medal record with 38 medals

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Conservatives claim narrow victory in Norway's parliamentary election

Norway'stax-cuttingConservativePrimeMinisterErnaSolberghasdeclaredvictoryafteraparliamentaryelection,narrowlydefeatingaLabour-ledoppositionwithherpromisesofstea

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Is this the world's greatest commute?

Oneofthemostbeautifulroadsintheworldcannowbeexperiencedfromthecomfortofyourarmchair.Norway’sreveredAtlanticOceanRoad(or“Atlanterhavsveien”)offersascenicjourneyt

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Report: Norway has world's fastest mobile Internet

AccordingtoOokla,globalproviderofInternettestingandanalysis,NorwayhasthefastestmobileInternetintheworld,financialnewspaperDNreportedFriday.Inonly13months,Norway

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Norway proposes ban on full-face veils in schools

Norway aims to ban face-covering Muslim veils in kindergartens, schools and universities, the government said on Monday, the latest European nation to propose restrictions on wearing burqas and niqabs.

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Norway proposes ban on full-face veils in schools

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Norwegian industry welcomes normalization of ties with China

Businesses and other bodies in Norway are expecting more cooperation with China as the two countries have decided to normalize relations after six years of frustrated ties.

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China, Norway agree on normalization of ties

China and Norway issued a statement in Beijing on Monday on normalization of ties.

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Self-driving grocery vehicles introduced in Norway

"It looks like a toy car!" "It's a bit slow though..." "Could we get on this one instead of the school bus?"

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Norway's security agency worried about possible radicalization of prisoners

Norway's police security agency has expressed worry that convicted fighters who returned from foreign conflict zones could radicalize other prisoners in the Nordic country, daily newspaper Aftenposten reported on Thursday.

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Norway's mass murderer Breivik sues gov't for violating human rights

​Norway's mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the government for violating his human rights by exposing him to extreme isolation in prison, local newspaper VG reported on Wednesday.

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Norway says Russian deputy PM's visit to Svalbard "regrettable"

Norway said it is "regrettable" Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is on EU and Norway's list of individuals not allowed entry because of the Crimea issue, paid a visit to Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago, media reports said on Sunday.

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Norway must be prepared for possible terrorist attacks: intelligence service

​Norway's intelligence service said Monday it must be prepared for possible terrorist attacks as more people have traveled from the Nordic country to fight in Syria and Iraq than it knows, local news media VG reported.

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China: Norway violates rights of Chinese scholar

​China on Tuesday accused Norway of violating the rights of a Chinese scholar, who was ordered by Norwegian police to leave Norway before Jan. 23.