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Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has described Donald Trump as an embarrassment to the United States.

The city council will quintuple road tolls on days with high levels of air pollution.

• Norway's sovereign fund bars US firm Duke over pollution
• Oslo elites given public money to buy bicycles

Kjartan Sekkingstad returned to Norway on Friday after a year of captivity in the Philippines.

• Filipino militants got ransom for Norwegian: analysts
• 'I am so very happy and lucky to be alive': Freed Norwegian
• Norway hostage freed by Filipino militants

"When you notice that you didn't get what you paid for you feel cheated."

• No, Norway isn’t banning diesel and petrol cars – yet
• Norway's green cars win biggest market share

The world's largest Viking dragon ship in modern times is moored in New York this week.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has posted a video to Facebook showing her performing some rather unusual work in the name of green energy.

• Norway first developed nation to ratify Paris Agreement
• Norway MPs approve 2030 carbon-neutral goal
• PM: Norway’s cows fart too much

Americans looking to fly to Norway on Norwegian or take a cruise on Hurtigruten are being charged much higher prices than customers in Norway.

• Norwegian doubles profits in second quarter
• Hillary Clinton wants to block Norwegian in US
• Norwegian loses one billion kroner in three months
• Norwegian raises ticket prices to counter new fee

Police believe a Tromsø man used the internet to sexually exploit around 60 children and abused some of them in real life.

• Norway teacher sexually assaulted 108 children
• Norway man admits more daycare sex assaults
• Norway police warn parents about Facebook Live

Ubaydullah Hussain, an Islamist who has had numerous run-ins with the law, is the first person in Norway to be officially charged with recruiting terrorists.

• PST: Every fifth extremist in Norway is a Muslim convert
• Norway man who joined Isis: 'It was contrary to Islam'
• Norway Islamist recruited Isis fighters: PST

They sweat together, they sleep together: Norway has introduced compulsory military service for women, even bunking them in mixed dorms with their brothers-in-arms.

Proponents for dual citizenship tell The Local that “the political winds are definitely changing”.

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A 45-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker has been arrested for attempted murder in Vienna after stabbing a 27-year-old Syrian man who he claims drugged and raped him.

The Muslim schoolboys at the centre of a furore over handshaking earlier this year have had their appeal quashed.

Germany is set to host the world's first zero-emission, hydrogen passenger train when it gets into gear next year.

"When you see that clip, you can’t help but to smile.”

Tourists may flock to Spain during the summer months in search of sun, sea and sangria but autumn is actually the best season to spend in Spain. The Local tells you why: