Norway

Norway

Elon Musk’s love for Norway as electric car sales hit record high

In total 18,375 new cars were sold in Norway last month and 58.4% of these were electric.

05/04/2019

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Disaster-dodging cruise ship's engines 'failed due to low oil levels'

The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday (March 23) failed because of relatively low levels of lubricating oil in the engines, the Norwegian Maritime Authority said on Wednesday (March 27).

28/03/2019

Norway

Disaster-dodging cruise ship’s engines ‘failed due to low oil levels’

The engines of a luxury cruise ship that became stranded in a storm failed because of low levels of lubricating oil, it's emerged.

27/03/2019

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More video emerges of chaos on board Norway ship

Passengers filmed their scary experience on the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway on Saturday (March 23) and Sunday (March 24).

26/03/2019

Norway

'Frightening' and 'surreal': Passengers recall cruise ship nightmare

'Frightening' and 'surreal': Passengers aboard the Norway cruise ship describe their terrifying experience.

24/03/2019

Destinations

Take a look inside this newly opened underwater restaurant

The sustainable seafood dinner is served with a unique view, 5 metres below the surface.

21/03/2019

Norway

Watch: Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway

Situated on the southern tip of Norway, the restaurant looks like a large concrete tube partly submerged in the North Sea. It is called Under, which also means "wonder" in Norwegian.

20/03/2019

Norway

American mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck becomes first woman to win Able Prize

Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin became the first woman to be awarded what many consider to be the “Nobel” of math, which is handed out annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

20/03/2019

Norway

Eat your heart out, Elon: Norway proposes underwater 'floating tunnel'

The submerged roadway would help speed travel along the nation's rugged west coast.

15/02/2019

Norway

Snowed under? Norway police race each other using shields as sledges

Police in Norway put themselves on a slippery slope by racing each other using their shields as sledges.

11/02/2019

Norway

Norway avalanche: four missing tourists 'believed to have died'

Four tourists, feared to have been swept away in an avalanche in Northern Norway, are "believed to have died," police said.

03/01/2019

Norway

Norway breaks electric car sales record

Norway broke the world record for electric vehicle sales in 2018 while sales of cars using traditional fuels plunged

02/01/2019

Norway

Would-be car thief 'gets trapped in Volvo and calls police for help'

A would-be thief in Norway called the police for help after being trapped inside the car he was suspected of trying to steal on Christmas Eve.

24/12/2018

Norway

Man with gun robs bank on remote Arctic archipelago Svalbard

A man with a gun robbed a bank in Svalbard. He was a visitor to the area, authorities said

23/12/2018

Eco-Innovation

Norway is leading the way in sustainable shipping

Autonomous and hybrid diesel-electric vessels can be the future of the shipping industry.

18/12/2018

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Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad speak after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad give speeches after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

10/12/2018

Norway

Norway opens Chinese-built bridge in Arctic Circle

The Halogaland Bridge in Norway is now the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle

10/12/2018

Norway

Former Norwegian minister charged with sexual abuse of asylum seekers

Former Norwegian fisheries minister Svein Ludvigsen has been charged with sexually assaulting three asylum seekers, prosecutors say

29/11/2018

Norway

Norwegians protest against power-clinch deal to restrict abortion

Thousands in cities across Norway have been protesting against proposals to restrict women’s access to abortion.

18/11/2018

World

NATO war exercises in Norway

NATO has begun its biggest military exercise since the Cold War. The operation involving all 50,000 troops from all 29 NATO countries, as well as Finland and Sweden simulates an invasion of Norway by a 'fictitious agressor'.

30/10/2018

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Soldiers train in NATO’s biggest military maneuver since the Cold War

The military exercise brings together some 50,000 personnel, 10,000 vehicles, 65 ships and 250 aircrafts from 31 NATO allies and partner nations.

28/10/2018

Norway

Norway’s future Queen suffering from chronic lung disease

Princess Mette-Marit to reduce official engagements

26/10/2018

Norway

Watch: NATO kicks off largest exercise since Cold War in Norway

Norway hosted NATO’s 2018 Trident Juncture war games. It involved 50,000 troops from all 29 member states, plus non-members Sweden and Finland.

25/10/2018

Norway

NATO begins ‘biggest military drills since end of Cold War’

The exercises stretching from the Baltic Sea to Iceland are designed to test NATO’s response to an attack on Norway.

25/10/2018

Norway

Norway apologises for post-WWII mistreatment of 'German Girls'

After the country was liberated in 1945, these 'German Girls' were accused of betraying their country, deprived of their civil rights, arrested, incarcerated without trial and even expelled from the country.

18/10/2018

World News

Viking ship discovered in Norway of 'great historical significance'

Archaeologists have found a Viking ship and a large number of burial mounds in Østfold County in Norway.

16/10/2018