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Norway

Norway mourns as memorial service for victims of Oslo shooting held

The suspect for the Friday night attack on LGBT-friendly bars in the Norwegian capital on the eve of the city's Pride event is in custody.

26/06/2022

Norway

Man charged with 'terrorism' after Oslo mass shooting

The late-night shooting led police to call off an LGBTQI+ pride march planned for Saturday in Oslo.

25/06/2022

Norway

Norway bow-and-arrow, knife attack perpetrator convicted

The suspect had pleaded guilty to killing five people and was sentenced to compulsory mental health care.

24/06/2022

Cult

Norway's national museum and new home for 'The Scream' opens in Oslo

Norway's new national museum gets a royal opening in Oslo and becomes the Nordic region's largest cultural building.

12/06/2022

Norway

Norway's energy sales growth spurs accusations of profiting from war

As Europe frantically searches for alternative energy suppliers, Norway's natural gas and oil are in high demand. But are remarks that it is profiting from the war in Ukraine fair?

28/05/2022

Norway

Man charged over Norway bow-and-arrow attack pleads guilty to murder

Five people were killed in the attack in Kongsberg in October.

18/05/2022

Green News

Norway turns its back on gas and oil to become a renewable superpower

Oil and gas firms have lined up to develop renewables in Norway.

13/05/2022

Travel News

SAS is cancelling 4,000 summer flights due to ‘staff shortages’

Scandinavian Airlines is the latest carrier to announce widespread disruptions over the summer.

11/05/2022

Norway

Norway's breeding programme sees arctic foxes return in high numbers

The initiative goes back to 2003 when there were probably no more than 50 arctic foxes left in the wild in Finland, Sweden and Norway combined.

24/04/2022

Norway

Man charged with murder over bow and arrow and knife attack in Norway

Five people died in the attack in Kongsberg.

22/04/2022

Norway

Norway issues apology 50 years after decriminalising homosexuality

According to the Norwegian government, 119 men were convicted for having sex with another man between 1902 and 1950.

21/04/2022

Norway

Huge crane ship partially capsizes in Norwegian port

The Saipem 7000 is one of the largest specialised crane ships in the world.

14/04/2022

Norway

Three French skiers killed in avalanche in northern Norway

An avalanche warning was issued in the region after several recent snowfalls.

07/04/2022

Norway

Norway appeals court increases sentence of ‘ambulance hijacker’

Two young children were injured when a man deliberately drove the vehicle into pedestrians in Oslo in 2019.

09/03/2022

Nature

Doomsday seed vault opens its doors for a rare deposit

The vault on Spitsbergen island halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole is only opened a few times a year.

17/02/2022

Norway

Jens Stoltenberg to become next governor of Norway's central bank

The NATO Secretary-General is set to take over the role in December.

04/02/2022

Norway

Anders Breivik: Norway court rejects mass killer's parole request

"There is a clear risk that (Breivik) will return to the behaviour that led to the July 22 terrorist attacks," the Telemark District Court ruled, rejecting the request for release.

01/02/2022

Norway

COVID was in Europe weeks before first confirmed cases, claims study

Researchers in Norway say COVID-19 was likely far more widespread in Europe -- and around the world -- before a first official diagnosis was made.

27/01/2022

Norway

Norway's PM says Russia build-up is 'a sign of weakness'

Norway’s prime minister, whose country borders Russia and is a founding member of NATO, said he believes it’s “a sign of weakness” that President Vladimir Putin has to express Moscow’s political views by an “extraordinary” military buildup.

27/01/2022

Norway

Afghan activists demand information on missing women from Taliban

Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhel were purportedly arrested last week after a protest against the Taliban reinstatement of the compulsory rule on wearing hijab.

24/01/2022

Norway

Talks between Taliban and Western officials get underway in Norway

Norway's foreign minister has stressed the visit is does not legitimise or recognise the Taliban, "but we must talk to those who in practice govern the country today".

23/01/2022

Norway

Taliban delegation's visit to Norway prompts protest in Oslo

A Taliban delegation is due to meet with Norwegian and international authorities in the first such visit to the West since the Afghan takeover last August.

22/01/2022

Norway

Norway mass killer poor candidate for prison release, prosecutor says

A psychiatrist who has observed him since 2012 testified Wednesday that Breivik can't be trusted and a prison official told the judges hearing the parole request “there is an imminent danger” that, if released, Breivik would again commit serious crimes.

21/01/2022

Norway

Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole

77 people were killed when Anders Behring Breivik set off a bomb in front of the government headquarters in Oslo and opened fire on the annual summer camp on the island of Utoya.

18/01/2022

Nature

A quarter of the soil on these Norwegian islands is plastic waste

A team of volunteers and researchers have unearthed 5.5 million litres of marine waste from the Trøndelag archipelago since 2017.

17/01/2022

Tech News

Norwegian police post suspect getting a drugs test on Snapchat

A Snapchat post by Norwegian police raised questions over privacy and power. Now the country's policing watchdog is investigating.

12/01/2022