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Høie blasted over imported infection

Health Minister Bent Høie has played a heroic role during Norway's battle against the Corona virus, but now he and the government are accused...

Long-term jobless ‘alarmingly high’

Closed restaurants and empty streets have added to the November gloom, and sent Norway's numbers of "long-term unemployed" up nearly 72 percent so far...

Christmas tree on its way to London

Oslo's mayor and the British ambassador to Norway ceremoniously helped chop down a large Norwegian spruce tree on the outskirts of the capital this...

OSL closes off terminal areas

Norway's gateway airport in Oslo, OSL Gardermoen, has lost so much traffic and business during the Corona crisis that it's closing off large areas...

Norwegian Air files for reorganization

Crisis-hit Norwegian Air launched a bankruptcy process on Wednesday, filing for protection from creditors in Ireland where some of its main subsidiaries are based....

Economists hail restrictions now

Several Norwegian economists have come out strongly in favour of the stricter Corona containment measures now in effect nationwide, no matter how painful they...

State offers more Corona crisis aid

The Norwegian government rolled out more proposals for billions in financial aid on Tuesday, to those struggling under the latest round of Corona virus...

No bailout for Norwegian Air

Norwegian Air was back on the brink of bankruptcy Monday after the Norwegian government refused the ailing airline's latest demand for financial aid. The...

Oslo orders a new ‘social shutdown’

City government leaders in Oslo are literally turning off the taps in the Norwegian capital, ordering a halt to the serving of alcoholic drinks...

Norwegians told to just ‘stay home’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg addressed Parliament Thursday morning with a serious and sobering message to all Norwegians: "Stay home as much as possible and...

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