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Boat fatalities tied to recklessness

Two more persons were killed and one was missing and feared dead after another speedboating accident during the night off Norway's coast near Tjøme....

Man survived four days adrift at sea

A 53-year-old man from Stavanger was grateful to be alive this week, after a routine fishing trip during his summer holiday turned into a...

Commentator killed in boating accident

One of Norway's most high-profile political commentators, Olav Versto, was found dead in a marina in Farsund, southwestern Norway, on Thursday night. Details were...

Cabin owners still trapped in the mountains

More than 300 owners of cabins in the mountains of southern Norway remained without road connections heading into the weekend, after torrential rain earlier...

Icicles led to injury and prison

An Oslo court sent a powerful message to property owners on Thursday: Remove snow and icicles hanging off rooftops in winter, or risk going...

Bergen-Oslo train line closed again

More trouble hit the heavily trafficked train line between Bergen and Oslo (Bergensbanen), after several rock- and earthslides left entire portions of the tracks...

Telenor red-faced as problems grow

UPDATED: Beleaguered staff at Telenor's headquarters were left having to apologize for new, separate errors that affected customers across the country before and during...

Flood danger over for now

State officials at Norway's water and energy directorate NVE have reported that the danger of new, serious flood damage is over for now, following...

Russia admits nuclear weaknesses

Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom has admitted that Russia's nuclear power plants are seriously underprepared to deal with a natural disaster on the scale...

King to visit flooded areas

King Harald was planning to visit several areas hit by flooding during the past week, as residents still tried to come to grips with...

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