Norwegian Air’s Bjoern Kjos stepped down as chief executive of the airline he co-founded and turned into Europe’s third-biggest budget carrier by passenger numbers.

Thousands of passengers were stranded today as ash from an Icelandic volcanic eruption caused the grounding of flights.

THE head of Norway’s refereeing union, Rune Pedersen, is confident Tom Henning Ovrebo, the referee blamed for Chelsea’s Champions League exit, will ride out the storm of criticism and not cave in to demands that he quit his job.

Richard Collins on a remarkable Danish replica ship.

NORWAY continues to be a big success story with Topflight clients — with big increases in business each year since working in partnership with SAS Airlines and using direct flights to Oslo from Dublin.