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Major power cut hit western Norway

More than 100,000 residents of western Norway were without electricity for several hours on Thursday evening, because of an error in a transformer station...

Avalanche and rockslide danger rises

Geologists were putting out new warnings of avalanches and rockslides in mountainous areas this week, as the spring thaw creates more hazards. Nine persons...

Woman admits to arson in Bergen, ‘wanted people to die’

A court in Bergen on Norway's west coast ordered that a 45-year-old woman who's admitted setting a series of fires be held in custody...

Survivors hail new willingness to reexamine ‘Scandinavian Star’ fire

Survivors of the deadly fire on board the passenger- and car ferry Scandinavian Star 23 years ago are relieved that the Oslo Police now agree...

Man charged with negligent homicide

A man who was arrested after fleeing the scene of a huge, fatal collision involving several vehicles on the E18 highway west of Oslo...

Deadly mass crash closed highway

UPDATED: Five cars and at least one truck were involved in a dramatic collision on the heavily trafficked E18 highway west of Oslo Thursday...

Police to meet ferry disaster panel

Leaders of the Oslo Police have agreed to meet members of an expert panel who are demanding a new investigation into the deadly fire on...

Search crews recover body of third avalanche victim

UPDATED: Search crews aided by the Norwegian military have finally found the bodies of all three men caught in an avalanche on Senja during...

Royal Palace evacuated

King Harald and Queen Sonja were among the 82 persons evacuated from the Royal Palace in Oslo on Monday after fire alarms started ringing...

New theories emerge into tragedy on board the ferry ‘Scandinavian Star’

Persons other than the truck driver accused of setting a fire on board the cruise ferry Scandinavian Star may have been responsible for the...

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