Tag: Corona virus

Cash support wins Parliament’s nod

Business owners all over Norway heaved a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday, after Parliament approved its largest package of expenditures ever. They involve...

Hurtigruten extends its halt in cruise operations

Norway's famed coastal voyage firm Hurtigruten announced Monday that it's extending its cruise operation shutdown to six weeks. "The consequences of the Corona virus...

Norwegian Air fires hundreds in Sweden

Around 800 Norwegian Air employees based in Sweden were all given notice on Monday that they've lost their jobs. It's the latest dramatic news...

‘Corona epidemic under control’

Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie announced at the government's daily afternoon press conference on Monday that new statistics show a major decline in infection...

Norway flunked in preparedness

A professor emeritus at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim has unleashed a torrent of criticism against both state and...

Officials change their minds about masks

Norway's public health institute FHI has "updated" its recommendations about face masks. It's now asking everyone either suspected of or confirmed as being infected...

Oslo to keep schools and day care closed

Oslo parents' hopes of being able to work from home in peace after Easter have been dashed by the city's top political leaders. They...

International Summer School disrupted

Norway's popular International Summer School (ISS) at the University of Oslo has become another casualty of the Corona virus crisis. It's been cancelled this year for...

Royals send some encouraging words

King Harald V and Queen Sonja dressed themselves in casual outdoor clothing and sat outside their timber lodge in the hills above Oslo to...

Business booms at Vinmonopolet

After cross-border shopping in Sweden, tax-free stores and local bars and restaurants were all shut down in the Corona crisis, Norwegians have been flocking...
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