Election campaign heads home
August 11, 2009
Politicians from all of Norway’s various parties have now started reaching out directly to voters, and many aim to ring thousands of doorbells in the weeks running up to the September 14 election. Campaign promises and proposals, meanwhile, are running thick. The politicians and their campaign workers freely admit they’re borrowing tactics from the successful [...]
Norway Cup tackles swine flu
July 28, 2009
It was, perhaps, inevitable. Nearly 30,000 youngsters from all over the world are in Oslo this week for the huge, international Norway Cup football (soccer) tournament. Now six of them have confirmed cases of swine flu, and tournament officials are doing all they can to stop the illness from spreading. It’s not easy at an [...]
Swine flu cases mounting quickly
July 16, 2009
Confirmed cases of the swine flu virus are suddenly spreading at a much more rapid rate all over Norway. Emergency rooms are packed and health authorities are referring patients to their own doctors and advising them to stay home. Oslo’s main emergency hospital, Legevakt , was full this week of Norwegians worried they’d been infected [...]
Health experts warn of new swine flu outbreak this fall
June 8, 2009
Nearly a quarter of Norway’s population may fall ill this autumn when a new outbreak of swine flu is expected to hit Europe. It’s not clear whether it will be a less-aggressive or more-aggressive strain of the virus that struck thousands this spring. Norwegian health authorities aren’t sounding any major alarms, but they’re bracing for [...]
Swine flu reaches Norway, without major drama
May 11, 2009
Norwegian health officials recorded their first cases of swine flu over the weekend, but only two cases have been confirmed and neither was serious enough to warrant a hospital stay. Treatment began immediately and precautions were taken against any threat of further infection. No dramatic measures were planned. “It’s important to stress that (the reported [...]
