Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to all of You!
And I wish you a great evening!
I'm going to a wedding tonight!

Threatened with spear

A heavy metal fan did not take kindly to being asked to turn down the volume on his music.
A court has now sentenced the heavy metal music lover to 42 days in jail after he threatened and terrified a neighbor.
A female student was studying for an exam but found it difficult to concentrate due to the music booming into her room from a neighbor.
She decided to knock on the door and complain. To her horror, the man who answered the door responded by going to get a spear.
After telling her that she had no right to ask him to turn his music down he cut her finger with the spear and then chased her into her room.
Kilde: Aftenposten

Carew makes Team of the Year

Norwegian soccer striker John Carew has won more recognition for his success in France.
Carew returned to Lyon from his Christmas holiday in Norway to find that he had won a spot on the French league's dream team picked by sports newspaper L'Equipe.This was nice - especially since it is for all of 2005 and I have only played here for half a year," Carew told.

Holmenkollen Ski Jump can be torn down

The Directorate of Cultural Heritage has approved the demolition of sporting and cultural icon 'Holmenkollbakken', the ski jump in Oslo's western hills.
The decision does not necessarily mean the end of the popular tourist attraction and traditional sporting venue. International skiing body FIS demands a new ski jumping facility if Oslo is to host the world championship in 2011.
Aftenposten(Norwegian)

Cold New Year's Eve predicted

State meteorologists were predicting a cold New Year over most of Norway, with strong winds along the coast but only a little new snow in the south and east.
The forecast called for cold, dry and fairly clear weather from the north to the south, with the exception of coastal areas. There, temperatures were expected to dip to -5 to -10C with strong winds and damp sea air adding to the chill.

Merry Christmas!

Cow flees Navivity scene

A local humanitarian group in Drammen, west of Oslo, wanted to display a classic scene of peace and goodwill this holiday season, but their effort instead led to a wild chase through town involving one of their Nativity scene's cows.
It all started when the urban mission group Kirkens Bymisjon tried to set up a special, living Nativity scene at the main town square in Drammen. The exhibit included a cow from a nearby farm, but just before the rather large animal was about to be tied up inside the stall, she spotted a chance to simply take off.
What ensued was a near comical chase through the town streets.
The cow was finally cornered about a kilometer away from where she took off. There were no reports of damage along the way.

Norway priciest of all

Most everyone living in Norway is already acutely aware of the country's high prices, and a new study confirms it once again. Income levels, though, are also among the highest.
The study, conducted by Eurostat to examine purchasing power in Europe's 31 countries, shows that prices in Norway are an average 38 percent higher than those in the 25 European countries that are members of the European Union.
Prices in Norway were fully 60 percent higher on average than in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, according to survey data from 2004.

Lost custody after paternity test

A single father lost custody of the boy he thought he was his three-year-old son, even though the claim of another man for parenthood proved invalid.
The 31-year-old man took custody of the then seven month old boy when his relationship to the child's mother ended over two years ago. But last autumn another man demanded parental rights, and a test was taken to determine who had sired the boy.
The test revealed that neither of the two men was the boy's father. The man caring for the boy then had custody revoked, and child services refused the mother rights, meaning the child is now in a foster home.
What a mess!!
Norwegians

Winter in Norway

Drunk and naked

A troublesome Finn who was arrested causing a disturbance on a Bergen bus on Wednesday turned out to be one of Norway's most annoying characters.
The man, who was arrested drunk and naked on a bus on Wednesday has apparently been fined 99 times and has yet to pay one.
According to police the Finn has a noticeable tendency to remove more and more clothing the higher his blood alcohol level gets.

Good chance for White Christmas

Statistics suggest there's more than a 50 percent chance that it will snow in my place over Christmas, adding to the holiday atmosphere and allowing skiers to hit the trails and slopes.

Salma Hayek lead Nobel concert

Mexican film star Salma Hayek and Julianne Moore host this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo Sunday.
Salma Hayek is one of my favorite actor.

Miss World 2006 from Iceland

Congratulations to Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir from Iceland, Miss World 2005
Congratulations also to our good neighbour in the west Iceland!

U2 and Human Rights

U2 and Bono gets the Amnesty's Human Rights Prize. Amnesty announced this Saturday.

The Nobel Peace Prize to Mohamed ElBaradei

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 was awarded Saturday to a man and an agency said to best symbolize the international cooperation needed to hinder the spread of nuclear weapons.
Rock musician and social activist Bob Geldof, a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize himself, was also there, sporting a pinstriped suit and spotted taking photos inside the elaborately decorated City Hall.
IAEA

Piercing

Paid for teen bride

A 67-year-old man has bought the future right to marry a teenaged girl. The down payment was made in April 2004 and the rest will come when the marriage takes place.
The senior citizen has promised a total of NOK 800,000 (USD 118,700) to marry the girl, now aged 17, and has already paid NOK 70,000 for this right.
Family members on both sides are shocked. The man's daughter wants the police to intervene. She believes what her 'obsessed' father is doing is illegal and also fears that the mother and daughter have milked him for over NOK 1 million.
Aftenposten

Wolf population in Norway

Wildlife experts say they have found signs of as many as 26 wolves in the southeastern forests of Hedmark County. Legal and illegal hunting have been threatening to wipe out the wolves in Norway once again.

Robbie Williams vs Norwegians girls

Robbie Williams said on Norwegian TV last night that he did not have had sex with the two girls Aylar Lie and Lene Alexandra Øien last year.
The girls have sold their history to a magazine.
This seems to be an easy way to make money.

Norwegian
Nettavisen

A prince is born

Crown Princess Mette-Marit gave birth to a son on Saturday morning. The boy becomes third in line to the Norwegian throne.
The boy was born at 10.45 CET (a.m.)
Norwegian

Weekend

Have a nice weekend to you all over the world!!