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Favourites work hard ahead of winter break...FYR Macedonia on 27 March, when the Netherlands face Slovakia. Three days later Norway visit Belarus and on 1 April, Slovakia take on the Netherlands at home. The top two were not in action in November, with Denmark having seven... In this article: Northern Ireland, Finland, England, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and Turkey |
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Independent.co.uk - Business | November 10, 2009
Pound under new attack as agency says it will cut UK's credit rating
...are exceptions. S&P's AAA list comprises Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the UK and the US. * Britain is the...
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
India signs climate change MoU with 5 countries
New Delhi, Nov 25 : India has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on climate change with Governments of Italy, Canada, Denmark, Norway and China regarding cooperation on climate change including clean development mechanism projects.
In this article: Climate change, India, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon, and European Union
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 18, 2009
Gates to join new security forum
...in Afghanistan. The Canadian delegation in Halifax will also measure responses to its claims to the Northwest Passage and vast swaths of Arctic seabed also claimed by the United States, Russia, Norway and Denmark. "We plan to reiterate...
In this article: NATO, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Europe, Canada, and United States
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
...Gates said. Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway have been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic, which is believed to contain as much as 25 percent of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas. Russia, in...
In this article: Robert Gates, United States, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Global warming, Canada, NATO, and Russia
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thestar.com | 2 days ago
Will Harper follow Obama to climate summit?
...Minister Stephen Harper will follow. The White House said on Wednesday that Obama will attend the opening days of the Copenhagen summit before travelling to Norway to receive the Nobel Prize. "The President's decision to go is a sign...
In this article: Barack Obama, Stephen Harper, Copenhagen, Dalton McGuinty, Climate change, Ontario, White House, John Gerretsen, Ottawa, and Canada
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Seattle Times | November 18, 2009
Breast-cancer guidelines touch off firestorm
...said that making the screening biennial would halve the exposure. That's the schedule followed by most European nations, including Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. Those countries also recommend routine mammograms starting at age...
In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, American Cancer Society, Biopsy, and Mastectomy
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Centre Daily Times | 3 days ago
Mannatech’s Educational Web Site Receives Web Health Merit Award
...Associates around the globe including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and the Republic of Korea.
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 27, 2009
Australia 'sixth happiest nation'
...the United States and New Zealand. The survey by the Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank, found Finland was the happiest nation followed by Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Canada finished just behind Australia in...
In this article: Australia, United States, New Zealand, North America, Europe, London, Sweden, and Finland
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Norway (pronounced: /en-us-Norway.ogg/; Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk) or Norga (North Sami)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east. The United Kingdom and Faroe Islands lie to its west across the North Sea, Iceland and Greenland lie to its west across the Norwegian Sea, and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait.
Bouvet Island and Peter I Island are dependent territories (biland) of Norway, but not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land, a claim that has been recognised by Australia, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
After the Second World War, the country experienced rapid economic growth, particularly as a result of large oil deposits discovered in the early 1970s. Today it ranks amongst the wealthiest countries in the world, with the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation. In August 2009 the nation's sovereign wealth fund announced that it owned approximately 1% of all the stocks in the world, presumably referring to publicly traded stocks. Norway is the world’s seventh largest oil exporter and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of its GDP.
Following the ongoing financial crisis of 2007-2009, bankers have deemed the Norwegian krone to be one of the most solid currencies in the world.
- Name:
- Norway
- Conventional Long Name:
- Kingdom of Norway
- Local Name:
- Kongeriket Norge / Kongeriket Noreg
- Capital:
- Oslo
- Language:
- Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)
- Motto:
- Royal: Alt for Norge'Alt for Noreg
- Largest City:
- Oslo
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- The Storting
- Founding Date:
- May 17, 1814
- Formations:
- Constitution
- Area:
- 148,746
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $256.523 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $456.226 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $70,643
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Norwegian krone
- Demonym:
- Norwegian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- NOK
- Country Calling Code:
- 47
- ccTLD:
- .no, .sj and .bv
- Anthem:
- Kongesangen
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