Oslo - Norwegian police said Wednesday they have recovered a painting by German master Lucas Carnach, the elder, stolen over the weekend.

The announcement was made hours after police said they had arrested a man on suspicion of involvement in the theft.

Initial inspection suggested the actual painting was not damaged even though there was some damage to the frame, police spokesman Magne Pedersen told public broadcaster NRK.

Oslo  - A man suspected of war crimes in Kosovo was ordered detained in custody for a month by an Oslo court on Wednesday, the day after he was arrested in central Norway.

The 39-year old man will initially to be held for four weeks, the Norwegian news agency NTB reported.

His defence lawyer said the man, who was not named, denied allegations that he took part in various crimes and set fire to homes in March 1999, as civilian Kosovan Albanians were expelled from their homes and in some cases forced to flee to Albania.

Oslo - Norwegian police have made an arrest in connection with the weekend theft of a painting by German master Lucas Carnach, the elder, news reports said Wednesday.

According to some estimates the painting was worth at least 15 million kroner (2.1 million dollars).

A Norwegian insurance company Tuesday posted a reward worth 500,000 kroner for information securing the safe return of the painting.

Oslo  - Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Wednesday said he believed the United Nations Millennium Development Goals can be achieved, while warning of the huge gaps between rich and poor.

In a speech at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, western Norway, the crown prince said that "most people in the world earn less than five dollars a day."

Oslo  - A 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in central Norway on suspicion of war crimes in Kosovo, reports said. A custody hearing was due Wednesday in an Oslo district court.