Tag: accidents

Mountain never fell, media blamed for drama

Geologists who predicted that a mountainside in central Norway would crash down on the valley below withdrew their warnings this week, and local officials...

Researchers survive Antarctic crash

Three Norwegian polar researchers from Tromsø were on board a Hercules military transport plane that crashed after developing trouble just after takeoff from a base...

Foreign truck drivers face new restrictions

Norwegian officials have lost patience with foreign truck drivers who lack experience driving on the country's often slick, wintry roads. Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen...

Flooded hospital cancels surgery

The main hospital in southern Norway, Sørlandet Sykehus in Kristiansand, had to cancel all planned operations on Monday and send emergency patients elsewhere. Heavy...

10 evacuated in apartment house fire

Flames were spouting out of an apartment in the congested Majorstuen area Tuesday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of 10 residents. Three of them were...

Missing woman found dead in fjord

The body of a woman found in a fjord near the mountain town of Sogndal on Friday was confirmed on Sunday to be that of...

Still no sign of missing woman

Police in Sogndal in the mountains of central Norway received funding on Thursday to launch another underwater search for a 22-year-old woman missing for...

Bus-tram collision left many injured

An investigation was underway into a serious collision involving public transportation in Oslo at the end of the Tuesday evening commuter rush. Four persons...

Hurtigruten ship latest to run aground

The coastal voyage Hurtigruten ship Nord Norge was still tied up at Skjervøy in Northern Norway on Tuesday after it grounded just after its...

Flood victims cry out for rebuilding help

Prime Minister Erna Solberg spent much of her weekend visiting flood-ravaged areas in the mountains of southern Norway, many of them extremely popular tourist magnets....
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