Tag: accidents

Party leader released from hospital

Siv Jensen, leader of Norway's most conservative political party, was back on her feet and released from hospital by Wednesday. She's still officially on...

Trampoline gone with the wind

Stormy weather in Bergen this week left a family needing to file an unusual insurance claim, after the trampoline they'd had in their yard...

Gales disrupt other traffic as well

Unusually strong, gale-force winds were still sweeping over much of central and southern Norway on Tuesday, bringing with them more problems in addition to...

Accidents knocked out phone service

Large portions of Norway were without mobile (cell) phone service on Monday afternoon, after two accidents occurring within eight minutes of each other disrupted...

Missing professor found dead

A Norwegian professor who had been living and working in Hawaii for the past year disappeared while running on trails in the steep, often...

Vadsø in mourning after teens’ deaths

The northern city of Vadsø was in mourning this week, after the car in which four persons aged 17 to 21 were sitting rolled...

Forest fire danger tops the charts

UPDATED: Firefighters in southern Norway continued to battle a blaze that was threatening homes near Flekkefjord on Monday. They finally brought it under control...

Maryland sues Statoil after accident

The state of Maryland in the USA will sue Norway's part state-owned oil and gas entreprise Statoil for alleged contamination of drinking water, in...

Sellafield terror worries minister

The Norwegian environment and international development minister has expressed concern over the fallout for Norway of a potential terror attack on the British nuclear...

Burned church lacked sprinklers

The 250 year-old Østre Porsgrunn church, which burned down on April 11 2011, should have had a sprinkler installed after a change to the...
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