https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Tree rings and forest composition provide unlikely evidence of a WWII battle which sought refuge off Norway's northern coast. https://www.thelocal.no/20180412/how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:18:41 +0200 how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys Norway has chosen Germany's Thyssenkrupp (TKMS) to deliver four submarines to its navy, its defence minister said Friday, amid concerns over Russia's military activities in the far north. https://www.thelocal.no/20170203/norway-bulks-up-on-german-subs-after-unpredictable-russia-stalks-the-border Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:29:40 +0100 norway-bulks-up-on-german-subs-after-unpredictable-russia-stalks-the-border After completing their investigation, Norwegian police still have no idea how a iron gate stolen from the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau in Germany two years ago ended up in the countryside near a small village some 20km outside of Bergen. https://www.thelocal.no/20170111/police-have-no-idea-how-stolen-dachau-camp-gate-turned-up-in-norway Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:23:04 +0100 police-have-no-idea-how-stolen-dachau-camp-gate-turned-up-in-norway An autopsy on the 58-year-old German man who died ‘suspiciously’ in a Norwegian fishing hut over the weekend revealed no reason to suspect that a crime has been committed, police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160927/norwegian-police-no-crime-in-german-fishermans-death Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:11:43 +0200 norwegian-police-no-crime-in-german-fishermans-death A 55-year-old German man will be held on remand after his friend and countryman died on the island of Ombo in southwestern Norway over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.no/20160926/norwegian-police-charge-german-man-for-friends-death Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:26:49 +0200 norwegian-police-charge-german-man-for-friends-death A pensioner from Norway has finally found his car after he parked it in Hanover three weeks ago and then forgot what street it was on. https://www.thelocal.no/20150825/retiree-finds-parked-car-after-three-week-search Tue, 25 Aug 2015 23:31:36 +0200 retiree-finds-parked-car-after-three-week-search Norway put up a much stiffer fight against Nazi Germany than it has been given credit for, the historian who heads the Norwegian Nobel Committee has argued, as the country commemorates the 75th anniversary of the invasion. https://www.thelocal.no/20150409/norway-too-down-on-nazi-defence-nobel-chief Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:18:17 +0200 norway-too-down-on-nazi-defence-nobel-chief A German doctor convicted of sexually abusing four female patients while working in Norway is now working full-time as a doctor in Germany, Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20140610/sex-crime-doctor-now-working-in-germany Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:20:00 +0200 sex-crime-doctor-now-working-in-germany Norway-based Islamic militant Mullah Krekar was questioned by German police on Monday over his role in forming an international terrorist network, Norway's TV2 channel has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20140401/german-police-grill-krekar-in-oslo-court-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:59:00 +0200 german-police-grill-krekar-in-oslo-court-2 Norway's King Haakon VII went against almost the whole of Norway's business and political class when he rejected a Nazi demand that he appoint Vidkun Quisling, the country's wartime fascist leader as Prime Minister and then abdicate, a new biography has revealed. https://www.thelocal.no/20131025/norways-king-saved-norway-from-nazi-collaboration-biography Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:01:00 +0200 norways-king-saved-norway-from-nazi-collaboration-biography A hand-crafted replica of the plane which took Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on the first airborne mission to the North Pole will be unveiled in Germany on Wednesday after two years of painstaking work to create it. https://www.thelocal.no/20120725/replica-of-amundsens-seaplane-goes-on-show Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:27:00 +0200 replica-of-amundsens-seaplane-goes-on-show A German woman expressing support for Anders Behring Breivik was denied entry to his trial and has been deported, police said on Thursday, amid reports she claimed to be his lover. https://www.thelocal.no/20120419/norway-deports-breiviks-german-lover Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:11:32 +0200 norway-deports-breiviks-german-lover