Crossing Antarctica solo – Børge Ousland's lonely journey across the ice
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 5 - songs and results
Tonight was the fifth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that...
Tonight was the fifth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Tonight four songs from Northern Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
The qualifier was Liza Vassilieva with her song I Am Gay, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers was also presented during the show:
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
Semi-final 2 (Eastern Norway) - songs and results
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Norway, western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, announced on Friday it was increasing its ambition to cut carbon emissions
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard
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Mayhem and mishaps during Norway's gruelling Femund dog sled race – Robert Sørlie won the race and captured his thirteenth title
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Norwegian company sues state over risky spy recruitment in Russia – intelligence agencies' clumsy approach to recruiting informants had caused the company financial loss
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 4 - songs and results
Last night was the fourth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that...
Last night was the fourth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last night four songs from Western Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
Oda Loves You - Love Who We Love
Nordic Tenors - In This Special Place
The qualifier was Magnus Bokn with his song Over The Sea, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
Ulrikke Brandstorp - Attention
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
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Teenage sensation Erling Haaland continued his incredible record for new club Borussia Dortmund after he netted a brace in the team's 5-0 thrashing of Union Berlin
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Norwegian Dag Johan Haugerud's 'Beware Of Children' came away the biggest winner at the 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, scoring the best Nordic film prize
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Norway's modern-day drama Ragnarok is now streaming on Netflix
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The launch of the Green Flyway research project between Røros, Norway and Östersund, Sweden marks a world-first test area for electric flights
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The opening of the long-awaited Munch Museum in Oslo has been postponed until the autumn due to delays in the building process
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Match on dating app Tinder helps rescue camper trapped in ice in northern Norway
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Toyota has a history of creating misleading electric vehicle ads, especially with its 'self-charging hybrid' ad campaign – Norway has now banned the campaign
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Svalbard: Minute By Minute – Norway's state-owned NRK is about to air its longest and most ambitious show yet
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 3 - songs and results
(For the previous two semi-finals, it didn't occure to me that the Danish national selection is also named Melodi Grand Prix, so from now on I'll be adding the country to the title.) Last night...
(For the previous two semi-finals, it didn't occure to me that the Danish national selection is also named Melodi Grand Prix, so from now on I'll be adding the country to the title.)
Last night was the third semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last night four songs from Middle Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
The qualifier was Kristin Husøy with her song Pray For Me, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
Semi-final 2 (Eastern Norway) - songs and results
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Found a better video of Sie Gubba.
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Oslo may see just fifty days of snow deeper than 30cm in 2050, down from eighty days today and 140 days in 1900
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Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic
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Tencent announces offer to acquire full ownership of Funcom
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Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month
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Erling Haaland became the Bundesliga's second-youngest hat-trick scorer, and the first substitute to score three times
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Gloomy Van Gogh self-portrait in Oslo gallery confirmed authentic – only known painting by Dutch master while he had psychosis is unmistakably his work
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Norway made an outspoken right-wing lawmaker who once called wind turbines 'white monsters' its oil and energy minister
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Norway says its new giant oil field is actually good for the environment – critics call it climate hypocrisy
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær is not the right manager for Manchester United
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 2 - songs and results
Last night was the second semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that...
Last night was the second semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last week's semi-final was for Southern Norway, and last night four songs from Eastern Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
Tore Petterson - The Start of Something New
Kim Wigaard & Maria Mohn - Fool For Love
Rein Alexander - One Last Time
The qualifier was Rein Alexander with his song One Last Time, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
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A mayor in Norway's Arctic looks to China to reinvent his frontier town
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Oslo to introduce electric ferries from next year – five newly-built electric boats will ply their way around the Inner Oslofjord
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Train driver's view: "Stormy" winter conditions on the mountainpass (Bergen Line, Norway)
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Magnus Carlsen breaks record for longest unbeaten streak in chess history – world's number one chess player makes it 111 games without defeat
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 1 - songs and results
Eurovision season is finally here! Last night was the first semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the...
Eurovision season is finally here! Last night was the first semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last night four songs competed for a spot in the grand final:
The qualifier was Raylee with her song Wild, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
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Jo Nesbø: ‘We should talk about violence against women’
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Echoes of the City by Lars Saabye Christensen review – sacrifice and strength in postwar Oslo
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Magnus Carlsen: ‘You need to be very fortunate to be number one in fantasy football’
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Secret Alliances: Special Operations and Intelligence in Norway, 1940–1945 – Tony Insall
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New electric car sales in Norway rose by a third last year amid soaring demand for Tesla's vehicles – but the company will face a more competitive market in 2020
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Major fire at Stavanger airport on Norway's west coast destroyed hundreds of cars, grounded air traffic and led to the evacuation of the facilities
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Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019 – reducing the number of cars reduced the number of traffic fatalities
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Norway's Equinor plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its domestic operations by 40% this decade and to near zero by 2050
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Norway records warmest ever January day at 19C – the main cause for the record-breaking temperatures at this particular site was from a foehn wind
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How Germany reacted to Dortmund's coup – teenage sensation Erling Haaland's shock move to the Bundesliga is dominating the sports pages
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Martin Ødegaard poised for Real Madrid return in June 2020 – Norwegian has been one of the stand-out players in the first half of the 2019-20 LaLiga season
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Author and Norway princess's ex-husband Ari Behn dies aged 47
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Norway gives Sámi names to distant star and planet as part of the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union
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Telenor has picked Sweden's Ericsson as the key technology provider for its 5G telecoms network in Norway
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Magnus Carlsen, the world's best chess player for the last decade, is on the brink of reaching the top in another game – fantasy football
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'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay
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The world's biggest gingerbread city is on display in Bergen, adding a dash of sugar and spice to Norway's Christmas celebrations
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Norwegian convicted of spying in Moscow says he was wrong to trust an intelligence officer who recruited him to pass on payment for secrets about Russia's submarine fleet
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Only two road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Norway in 2019, making it the best-performing country for road safety
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