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Dramatic end to NATO exercises

LATEST UPDATE: A major maritime drama unfolded Thursday morning as rescue crews desperately tried to save one of Norway's expensive and relatively new frigates...

Norwegians urged to ‘be prepared’

Norway's state directorate in charge of security and preparedness (DSB) has launched a campaign urging Norwegians to be prepared for a crisis. Last summer's...

Mountain still moving, warnings maintained

State geologists were reporting "enormous speed" on Monday in the movement of an unstable mountainside at Rauma in Romsdal. The portion of the mountain...

Flash floods sweep through valleys

UPDATED: Torrential rains and a freak rise in temperatures that rapidly melted snow in Western Norway led to flash flooding during the weekend, forcing...

Mountain threatens to crash down again

Never before has a long unstable mountainside towering over a valley in Romsdal been so threatening as this week. The few residents still living...

Cyclists still afraid, but also ‘egoistic’

A white "ghost cycle" memorial was recently set up near the scene of a collision that killed a cyclist in downtown Oslo last month....

Residents still waiting for mountain to fall

A small group of hardy Norwegians were evacuated once again this week from their homes at the bottom of the unstable mountainside known as...

Latest disaster film shakes up geologists

Norwegians were streaming to cinemas all over the country this weekend, to see the latest film about a natural disaster on home turf in Oslo....

Two killed on board tanker

Two seafarers working on board a chemical tanker were killed while cleaning out tanks on board the vessel during the weekend. The men, one...

Women skiers in sorrow again

Norway's national women's ski team was in sorrow once again this week, after learning that former racer Ida Eide, a good friend of star...

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