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Magdi Omar Ytreeide Abdelmaguid and Chirag Patel are the artists behind Karpe, a Norwegian rap duo whose latest hit "PAF.no," has gotten people across the country talking about Norwegianess and belonging. 

This Norwegian chart-topper speaks to Norway’s immigration story

The song “PAF.no,” one of the biggest hits in Norway this year, features a chorus in Arabic that has everyone singing along — and also discussing what it means to be Norwegian. 

This Norwegian chart-topper speaks to Norway’s immigration story
landscape with blue sky

Green-conscious Norway will dig a new copper mine in the Arctic

Green-conscious Norway will dig a new copper mine in the Arctic
A police officer is shown bending down to walk under yellow caution tape outside of a set of glass doors.

Bow-and-arrow suspect arrested in attack that killed 5 in Norway

Bow-and-arrow suspect arrested in attack that killed 5 in Norway
People ride their bicycles at the marina port in Oslo, Norway

Norway has one of the world's most ambitious climate change targets. But it's also a major oil producer and exporter.

Norway has one of the world's most ambitious climate change targets. But it's also a major oil producer and exporter.
Israeli border police officers and Palestinians clash during a protest against the expansion of Israeli Jewish settlements near the West Bank town of Salfit. 

The word ‘apartheid’ is used to describe Israel’s control over Palestinians. Why is it so loaded? 

The word ‘apartheid’ is used to describe Israel’s control over Palestinians. Why is it so loaded? 
Men in orange and yellow jackets lift a box of vaccines from COVAX off of a truck bed

Norway's minister calls on others to follow his country's lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines

Just a few months into its rollout, COVAX is now short tens of millions of doses. It has shipped some 50 million vaccines to low- and middle-income countries. It’s a fraction of what it had hoped to get out by now, and an even tinier fraction of what’s actually needed.

Norway's minister calls on others to follow his country's lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines
Tromsø Norway aerial

Norway's vanishing winter

Scandinavia is nearly synonymous with cold and snow, but a recent study from Norway shows that’s beginning to change.

Norway's vanishing winter
An electric car is charged at a parking lot in Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2017.

Over half of new car sales in Norway are electric or hybrid vehicles

Norway is leading the charge in terms of national share of electric vehicles, and generous government incentives have helped.

Over half of new car sales in Norway are electric or hybrid vehicles
A sign is placed on a table for members of the Oslo 2022 delegation at the start of the Executive Board meeting at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne July 7, 2014. Oslo withdrew its Olympic bid in October, 2014.

Why Norway is glad it's NOT hosting the 2022 Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China — and that's good news for Stockholm, Krakow and Olso. All three cities withdrew their bids for the games.

Why Norway is glad it's NOT hosting the 2022 Olympics
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he arrives for his terrorism and murder trial in a courtroom in Oslo April 16, 2012.

How Norway threw away the term 'lone wolf'

Norwegians watching news out of Charleston, South Carolina are reminded of another mass shooting, in July 2011. An Oslo newspaper columnist recalls that her colleagues were unequivocal about calling Anders Behring Breivik a terrorist, and she thinks American media should not be shy about calling the Charleston church shooting an act of terrorism.

How Norway threw away the term 'lone wolf'
Stian Westerhus

Norway's Stian Westerhus provides a spacey guitar soundtrack for Scandanavian spring

Norway's Stian Westerhus does things with instruments you won't hear from anyone else.

Norway's Stian Westerhus provides a spacey guitar soundtrack for Scandanavian spring
Sweet Paul's Almond Buns.

Why coffee and almond buns mean childhood for this Norwegian author

Paul Lowe grew up in Oslo, Norway baking cakes with his grandmother and great aunt. Now, he lives in New York and is famous for his baked treats, like his almond bun recipe. In fact, he's known online as "Sweet Paul."

Why coffee and almond buns mean childhood for this Norwegian author

This Canadian artist prefers to snap sounds — not photos

The next time you travel, try recording sounds instead of taking pictures. That's a friendly tip from Toronto-based sound artist Jorge Ayala who came up with our flash Geo Quiz.

This Canadian artist prefers to snap sounds — not photos
World music II

Here's the music you should have heard in 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, PRI's The World is offering the favorite music picks of the year from our DJs around the globe.

Here's the music you should have heard in 2013
Duo Amal

Dueling pianists make peace in the Middle East

Israeli-Palestinian collaboration is rare enough in the fractious Middle East. But harmony? Two pianists are showing personal peace is possible, along with world-class performance in Europe and the Middle East.

Dueling pianists make peace in the Middle East