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2,000 now ill from contaminated water

A holding pool for drinking water in Askøy outside Bergen hadn't been inspected for several years. Around 2,000 local residents had fallen ill as...

Collision spurred oil platform evacuation

More than 200 people on board Equinor's Statfjord A oil platform in the North Sea were evacuated during the night after a supply vessel...

Child’s death tied to drinking water scare

UPDATED: Norway is known for having some of the best drinking water in the world, but thousands of residents of Askøy near Bergen were...

Speculation swirls after cruise tragedy

Speculation and accusations continued to swirl on Friday following a collision on the Danube between a Hungarian sightseeing boat and a river cruise vessel...

Man lost arm in 17th of May salute

A man in his 50s had to have his arm amputated at the elbow, after explosives he was loading into a canon for a...

New probe sought into oil rig disaster

Calls are going out for a new investigation into Norway's worst offshore rig accident ever, and they're getting support from a former prime minister...

Polish researchers killed on Svalbard

Two Polish researchers out skiing on Svalbard were found dead on Sunday, apparently after getting caught atop an avalanche in the southern region of...

Once-proud frigate set to be scrapped

It will cost more to repair the ill-fated frigate KNM Helge Ingstad than to build a new one, Norwegian defense officials have confirmed. Both...

US law firm sues after cruise drama

An American law firm is mounting a class-action suit against Norwegian shipowner Torstein Hagen's Viking Ocean cruise line and all its affiliated companies. It...

Oil platform smoke set off alarms

An investigation was underway Thursday into what caused a separator to start smoking on board one of state oil company Equinor's oil platforms in...
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