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 Prime Minister Erna Solberg has declined attending the Chess World Championship in Sochi this November, it was announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140918/erna-solberg-in-stalemate-over-russian-chess-match Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:15:00 +0200 erna-solberg-in-stalemate-over-russian-chess-match Norwegian cross-country skiing star Petter Northug, a two-time Olympic champion in 2010, has admitted to lying to police when they first contacted him about crashing his car drunk on Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.no/20140506/norway-ski-star-under-investigation-police Tue, 06 May 2014 10:40:00 +0200 norway-ski-star-under-investigation-police Double Olympic gold-winning skier Petter Northug has admitted to drunk driving after crashing his Audi A7 into a road barrier at some 80 km/hr in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.no/20140505/norway-ski-star-totals-car-in-drink-driving-accident Mon, 05 May 2014 10:32:00 +0200 norway-ski-star-totals-car-in-drink-driving-accident Norway will send no official representation to the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games, authorities said on Tuesday, in response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.no/20140305/gay-norway-minister-pulls-sochi-trip-in-crimea-protest Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:13:00 +0100 gay-norway-minister-pulls-sochi-trip-in-crimea-protest Russia's three medals on Sunday gave it a clear lead over its main rival Norway, both in terms of golds and overall medals won, ending a successful Olympics for the host country. https://www.thelocal.no/20140224/norway-ends-winter-olympics-second-to Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:59:00 +0100 norway-ends-winter-olympics-second-to Petter Northug was awarded a 'consolation medal' by Sweden's Expressen newspaper outside the Olympic village in Sochi on Sunday, as the tabloid continued its merciless mockery of the Norwegian cross-country ski star. https://www.thelocal.no/20140224/swedes-mock-northug-with-consolation-medal Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:30:00 +0100 swedes-mock-northug-with-consolation-medal You'd think Norwegian cross-country skiing ace Petter Northug would have enough on his plate, given his thus-far medalless Olympics. But now US magazine Slate has made it worse, rating him "certainly a jerk" in its really very funny Olympic Jerkwatch column. https://www.thelocal.no/20140221/northug-rated-certainly-a-jerk-by-slate-magazine Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:57:00 +0100 northug-rated-certainly-a-jerk-by-slate-magazine Norway's cross country skiing superstar Marit Bjørgen on Wednesday took her country to victory in the women's team sprint race, the fifth Olympic gold of her career. https://www.thelocal.no/20140219/bjrgen-wins-new-gold-in-team-sprint Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:32:20 +0100 bjrgen-wins-new-gold-in-team-sprint Norway on Tuesday took gold and silver in the large hill nordic combined at the Sochi Olympics, with the medallists saying the bleak and rainy conditions reminded them of home. https://www.thelocal.no/20140219/rain-helps-norway-take-new-sochi-gold Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:11:29 +0100 rain-helps-norway-take-new-sochi-gold Russian president Vladmir Putin has told the head of Norway's sports federation that with sixteen medals, the country already has enough and should go home. https://www.thelocal.no/20140218/go-home-you-have-enough-medals-putin-tells-norway Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:42:00 +0100 go-home-you-have-enough-medals-putin-tells-norway Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen on Tuesday held off a desperate late charge from the fast-finishing Martin Fourcade of France to take gold in the men's 15km biathlon mass start after a photo finish. https://www.thelocal.no/20140218/svendsen-takes-biathlon-gold Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:02:00 +0100 svendsen-takes-biathlon-gold Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, the Norwegian cross country skier whose brother died on the eve of the Winter Olympics, has returned home to Norway, a team official said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140218/brothers-death-too-much-for-cross-country-star Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:55:55 +0100 brothers-death-too-much-for-cross-country-star Norwegian alpine skiing star Aksel Lund Svindal will leave the Winter Olympics prematurely on Tuesday, missing the giant slalom, the Norwegian Ski Federation said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140217/ski-star-svindal-to-come-home-early-citing-illness Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:37:00 +0100 ski-star-svindal-to-come-home-early-citing-illness If you thought the Winter Olympics are just about the Cold War-style ice hockey rivalry between North America and Russia then think again. The enmity between Nordic neighbours Sweden and Norway on the supposedly placid tracks of the cross country skiing can barely be matched for bad blood. https://www.thelocal.no/20140217/norway-troubles-fuel-bitter-rivalry-with-sweden Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:30:00 +0100 norway-troubles-fuel-bitter-rivalry-with-sweden Norway, the most successful country in Winter Olympics history, is now sitting a humiliating third in the medal count at Sochi 2014. The Local lists the top ten medal fails that made this happen. https://www.thelocal.no/20140217/gallery-norways-top-ten-sochi-medal-fails Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:33:00 +0100 gallery-norways-top-ten-sochi-medal-fails Norway's chief ski-wax technician on Monday accused an unnamed supplier of denying Norway's ski team the most technologically advanced new products in order to give its rivals an Olympic edge. https://www.thelocal.no/20140217/suppliers-denied-norway-high-tech-wax-to-help-rivals Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:43:00 +0100 suppliers-denied-norway-high-tech-wax-to-help-rivals Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud caused a sensational upset in the demanding men's super-G on Sunday, pipping Olympic favourites including US ski star Bode Miller for the gold https://www.thelocal.no/20140216/norways-jansrud-pips-favourites-for-gold Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:02:00 +0100 norways-jansrud-pips-favourites-for-gold Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg hailed Kjetil Jansrud as an "idol" after he stormed to a stunning victory in the men's Olympic super-G on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140216/pm-hails-olympic-idol-champion-jansrud Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:53:00 +0100 pm-hails-olympic-idol-champion-jansrud Norway's formerly world-beating men's cross country team disappointed once again on Friday, failing to pick up a single medal in the men's classic 15km race. https://www.thelocal.no/20140214/norway-misses-medals-in-15km-cross-country Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:32:00 +0100 norway-misses-medals-in-15km-cross-country Norway's Magnus Krog's defeat by Germany's Eric Frenzel in the Nordic Combined race on Wednesday brought Germany its fifth Olympic gold, putting it ahead of Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20140212/frenzel-gold-put-germany-ahead-of-norway-on-golds Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:17:00 +0100 frenzel-gold-put-germany-ahead-of-norway-on-golds