The wedding procession will follow Karl Johans gate from the Palace to the Cathedral where the ceremony will take place on 25 August. Head of Chancellery Egil Vindorum has presented the Palace s list of recommendations for the big day in a letter to the Oslo City Council. As a result Oslo s main street could be dry for the day, to the despair of the restaurant owners. At issue was the Government s Middle East policy, Norwegian support for India as a permanent member of an expanded UN Security Council, and the Government s handling of the current dispute with Russia over Svalbard. Mr Jagland strongly rejected any criticism of the Government s actions and accused the Opposition of blatant electioneering.
Medical scientists are to be forced to carry out research into women s health.
The aim is to avoid discrimination and gain knowledge of health issues relating to both sexes. Five former psychiatric patients have written to the Council of Europe s Committee on Torture, detailing what they claim to be abuses at Norwegian psychiatric hospitals. Norwegian salmon farmers are losing market share in Europe, despite the fact that export volumes are rising. This was one of the objectives of the EU s salmon agreement with Norway. A number of MPs have also taken issue with Mr Kosmo s memo-writing on a matter of procedure because he wrote his unflattering comments on his ministry s headed notepaper.