Russia admits nuclear weaknesses

Russia’s atomic energy agency Rosatom has admitted that Russia’s nuclear power plants are seriously underprepared to deal with a natural disaster on the scale of the recent earthquake in Japan – confirming Norwegian fears over northern Russian power stations considered a threat to Norway. Newspaper Aftenposten reported over the weekend that a report authored by [...]

Chile relief efforts underway

Norway has long had close ties with Chile, and the devastating earthquake that hit the South American country is mobilizing relief efforts by Norwegians and Chilean immigrants in Norway as well. Several groups made up of immigrants from Chile have been holding emergency meetings to organize aid for the stricken country. One group told Norwegian [...]