Norway

2022 - 9 - 25

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Glass Key Award: The Best of Nordic Crime Novels (Life in Norway)

Without a doubt, crime is the best-loved literary genre in Scandinavia and the Nordic region. Walk into any bookshop and the genre will dominate the shelves.

(Don't Look Back) and Jo Nesbø's Flaggermusmannen (The Bat) were popular winners in the following two years. [Wisting series](https://www.lifeinnorway.net/wisting-nordic-noir/). His book Mördare utan ansikte (Faceless Murders) was the first in the hit Wallander series. Two years later, Fredrik Skagen won the award with his book Nattsug, the first in a run of three consecutive wins for Norway. Here's what you need to know about the Glass Key Award. Crime writers are household names across the region.

Norway's Vaar gears up for two-well exploration campaign at Goliat ... (Upstream Online)

Top-tier Norwegian operator Vaar Energi has received approvals from the national regulator to drill two offshore exploration wells within close proximity of ...

Tehran Rebukes Britain, Norway Over Commentary on Protests (Voice of America)

FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by AP and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of ...

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, told ABC’s “This Week” show on Sunday that the Iranian protests “reflect a widespread belief that [the demonstrators] deserve their dignity and rights” and that the U.S. Raisi did not mention the Amini case during a speech last week at the United Nations General Assembly. Demonstrations erupted more than a week ago across Iran, with protesters angered by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Summons UK, Norway Envoys Over Protests (Iran International)

Iran's foreign ministry has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over what it calls “a hostile atmosphere” created by London-based Persian media ...

On Saturday night, two motorcycle-riding men threw a bottle of Molotov cocktail at the building of Iran’s embassy in the Greek capital Athens. The official website of Iran’s government IRNA reported on Sunday that Simon Shercliff was called in by the ministry on Saturday to convey Tehran’s protest to the UK government for hosting the media channels. During the meeting, the British envoy was told that by hosting these media outlets, London is interfering in Iran’s affairs, and that Tehran considers this an action against the national sovereignty of our country.

Iran summons ambassadors of UK, Norway amid protests (The Hill)

Iran's foreign ministry summoned the ambassadors of the U.K. and Norway over issues it argued constitute meddling in the country's ongoing unrest, ...