Roberto Mancini’s side joined Belgium in the draw for next year’s finals, where Italy will play their first two group games at the Stadio Olimpico. read more

Norwegian investments in India are estimated to be $14 billion, including the State Pension Fund Global’s investments of almost $10 billion. Norwegian businesses have generated at least 15,000 jobs in India. read more

The Yashin Trophy will be named after the Soviet international, Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to have won the Ballon d’Or itself. read more

Oscar Lundahl nearly jumped out of his boat once he saw the creature he caught. read more

Some svelte and muscular, others paunchy and tattooed, nearly all the competitors are Norwegian, apart from a few from Sweden, Spain, Denmark and Finland. read more

A study has revealed that sitting for 9.5 hours or more a day -- excluding sleeping time -- is associated with an increased risk of death. read more

Philip Manshaus, 21, is suspected of murdering his 17-year-old step sister Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen, before entering the Al-Noor mosque in an affluent Oslo suburb and opening fire before he was overpowered by a 65-year-old man. read more

“After battling myself to the best I could during these past seven months, I can finally say that I have won against cancer,” the 25-year-old said in an Instagram post. read more

This comes in the backdrop of NITI Aayog’s proposal of making it mandatory for all commercial cars to be electric-powered from April 2026 amid criticism by the automobile lobby. read more

The Norwegian Polar Institute reported the young female fox left her birth place on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago on March 1, 2018 and reached Canada’s Ellesmere Island by way of Greenland on July 1, 2018. read more

Anand was at the top of his game against Carlsen in the second round wherein the reigning world champion left no stones unturned to inflict second defeat in a row to Anand. read more

People on the island of Sommaroey are pushing to get rid of traditional business hours and “conventional time-keeping” during the midnight sun period. read more

The tournament is expected to be the strongest Swiss-system tournament in the history of chess, FIDE, the world chess body, said in a statement. read more

Five comics reveal the prickliest topics they’ve touched upon in their routine read more

Last year, the iPhone-maker had sued Henrik Huseby - the owner of an independent phone repair shop called PCKompaniet in Ski, Norway. read more