Tag: accidents

Critics blast Telenor after latest phone failure

Telenor, Norway's dominant telecoms firm, remained in trouble over the weekend after its mobile network broke down for several hours on Thursday evening. Not...

Grounded cruiseship freed itself

The grounding on Saturday of a cruiseship off scenic Lofoten in Northern Norway was never considered very dramatic and many of its passengers used...

Residents wait for mountain to fall

After being on alert for weeks, if not months, the now-evacuated residents of a deep valley in Norway's mountainous area of Romsdal were literally waiting...

Pedestrians warned after tram fatality

An Oslo tram's fatal collision with a pedestrian over the weekend has raised concerns of the hazards both trams and pedestrians face on crowded city...

Drunk driver rams cyclists, kills one

A 45-year-old drunk driver from Nannestad collided with a group of young men out cycling on a two-lane road in the countryside near Oslo's main...

‘Ashamed’ skier sentenced to jail

Norway's champion skier Petter Northug was ordered to spend 50 days in jail and fined NOK 185,000 after he confessed in court on Thursday to...

Tourist killed by fall into river

A German tourist in his 20s was killed when he fell into a river in Aurland Monday afternoon. Police say he fell into the...

Fire destroys parked bus fleet

Thirteen buses parked at a bus yard at Borgeskogen in Stokke, Vestfold County, were destroyed and two more damaged by fire during the night. An investigation...

Thousands lose phone service

Nearly 800,000 customers of several mobile telephone firms in Norway were without service on Sunday because of a technical error in Oslo. State broadcaster NRK...

Thousands lose power in Oslo

Thousands of households and businesses in Oslo were without electricity on Wednesday after an excavation accident led to a fires in several transformer stations....
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