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Cars, trucks and busses slid out of control and slammed into one another on Wednesday, after heavy snow followed by rain in Southern Norway made roads unusually slick. There were several major accidents, from Kristiansand to Oslo and beyond. The major E18 highway through the Norwegian capital was snarled by accidents both in and out […]


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Norway’s foreign ministry raised its travel warning for Iran to the highest level on Tuesday, urging all Norwegian citizens to leave the country immediately. The ministry cited danger from the massive demonstrations in the country and high political tension. Norwegian officials warned that consular assistance would be extremely limited for any Norwegians needing help. The ...


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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv early this week when Russian forces resumed their relentless bombing in the dead of winter. Eide had to seek refuge in his hotel’s cellar, shortly after delivering a new emergency aid package to Ukraine worth around NOK 4 billion (USD […]


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Routine excavation work on a road in Sandnes, western Norway, revealed a black plastic bag stuffed with cash. The honest excavator called police, who have now determined that the cash amounted to just over NOK 2 million (USD 200,000). Speculation quickly went to the millions of still-unfound cash stolen in the notorious robbery of a […]


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A hunting expedition last fall ended badly when a man out for the first time shot a cow that he thought was a large deer. He’s now been fined NOK 10,000 (USD 1,000) and it would have been worse if he’d had more experience. “There would have been a stronger reaction,” local prosecutor Arnt Erik […]


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