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While the natural beauty lured me, the culture of this magical land enticed me even more. Road trip views in Norway Photo: ...
For only the third time, a Norwegian city will be crowned as a European Capital of Culture. The city chosen to follow Bergen (2000) and Stavanger (2008) may surprise some, for its not the capital ...
Norway's black metal music first gained notoriety with murders and church burnings but has now earned its spot in the halls of culture with a new exhibit at Oslo's National Library. Bad Vibes ...
For a period it seemed likely that Norway's fabled open society would emerge intact from the massacre of 77 people last year by right-wing fanatic Anders Breivik. Yet cracks in the country's ...
A new book coming out this year from the publisher Kehrer Verlag, called “Slash & Burn,” tackles a unique subject — a mostly faded culture situated on the border between Norway and Sweden.
Norway's prison culture, Cambodia's war crimes, and training India's future leaders A look at Norway's approach to its prison system. In Cambodia, a major Khmer Rouge leader recently died while ...
The first ever Muslim minister in the Norwegian Cabinet is Hadia Tajik of Pakistani origin, who was handed the culture portfolio On Sunday, with no precedent in Norwegian history, Prime Minister ...
On UN day, UNESCO and Norway signed a new four-year agreement. I thank Norway for its support, which is more necessary than ever to promote peace and human rights in the world through heritage, ...
Oslo (AFP) – Norway's black metal music first gained notoriety with murders and church burnings but has now earned its spot in the halls of culture with a new exhibit at Oslo's National Library.