Tag: accidents

Probe begins into ill-fated polar expedition

Police in Tromsø have started their investigation into the disappearance of the Norwegian sailboat Berserk, which sent out a distress signal off Antarctica in...

Calamities galore on a sunny day

UPDATED: The sun was shining in the Oslo area on a typical spring day, but all was far from calm for local emergency crews....

Statoil slammed over gas leak

Norway's state-owned oil and gas enterprise Statoil has come in for more withering criticism, this time over an accident on another of its North...

DNV delivers report on Gulf spill

Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has delivered a report to the US government on the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the...

New storm batters western Norway

UPDATED: Another severe storm moved in over western Norway on Wednesday, forcing road closures, halting ferry traffic and knocking out power to thousands of...

Search underway for slide victims

Rescue crews were finally able to start searching Tuesday afternoon for the bodies of a couple believed to have been killed when their house...

Tokyo embassy staff moved south

Norway's foreign ministry heightened its warnings against staying in Japan, as new concerns of nuclear contamination gripped the northern part of the country including...

Ministry sets up flights from Japan

The Norwegian government was taking action on Friday to help its citizens who want to leave Japan, following last week's devastating earthquake, tsunami and...

Norwegians join exodus from Japan

Hundreds of Norwegians living and working in Japan were feeling forced to leave the earthquake-ravaged country on Tuesday, because of growing fears of radiation...

New repairs ordered for oil-spill ship

The Icelandic cargo vessel Godafoss, which grounded near the scenic islands of Hvaler in southeast Norway last month, now faces more problems with Danish...
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