Tag: accidents

Skiing tragedy in the mountains

A search continued on Friday for the body of a fourth skier missing and believed frozen to death in the mountains above Sirdal, in...

Two died after avalanche

Two men believed to be part of a group of off-piste skiers died after the group itself apparently set off an avalanche at a...

Statoil profits soar, safety worries too

Norway's state-controlled oil company Statoil reported a major jump in profits on Wednesday at a time when safety concerns are gushing as well, mostly...

Train crash victim finally wins compensation

A 33-year-old woman who was among those injured in one of Norway's worst train crashes ever has finally won compensation, 11 years after the...

Students in Australia told to stay calm

Around 500 Norwegian students are among the thousands hit by fatal flooding in Queensland, northeast Australia, and Norway's embassy in Sydney said Wednesday it...

Several killed in collision in Troms

UPDATED: Politicians were calling for a bipartisan effort to speed up highway improvements in Norway, following a fatal multi-vehicle collision in Troms that left...

T-bane struggles back into business

Oslo's underground transit system, the T-bane, was mostly back in service Thursday after a derailment on Wednesday shut down all operations through downtown. Commuters,...

Transit trouble after T-bane derailed

Commuters in the Oslo area faced even more challenges than normal on Wednesday, after a metro train known as the T-bane derailed at the...

Police start investigating Statoil

Norway's state police are launching an investigation into safety issues at state oil company Statoil, after state regulators confirmed Friday that the company risked...

Statoil narrowly avoided a blowout

Norway's state oil company Statoil has long nurtured a reputation of being a high-quality operator with a strong safety record, but now the regulators...
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