Tag: Corona virus

NATO chief also working from home

NATO's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has first-hand experience in dealing with a crisis that forced him out of his office. Now he's been working...

Curtain falls for Eurovision entry

Ulrikke Brandstorp was supposed to be Norway's entry in this year's annual Eurovision song contest that was cancelled  because of the Corona virus threat....

Government acts to bail out businesses

Four Norwegian business and labour organizations that normally would be quarreling in annual wage negotiations at this time of year have instead teamed up,...

Corona pits region against region

Norwegians have been pulling together in recent weeks to limit the spread of the Corona virus, with one new survey showing that 90 percent...

Drama flies around Norwegian Air

With most of its fleet parked at the airport in Stavanger, an intense effort to rescue Norwegian Air was swirling Wednesday afternoon in several...

Equinor cuts costs as oil price dives

Norway's state oil company Equinor announced NOK 33 billion worth of budget cuts on Wednesday, just before oil prices fell again. CEO Eldar Sætre...

Norway cancels written exams

Norway's Ministry of Education has decided to cancel all written exams at the junior high- and high school level. It remained unclear whether oral...

Distillery moves from aquavit to Antibac

A small distillery in the southern coastal town of Grimstad has responded to the Corona crisis by shifting from production of a local brand...

Virus rules under ‘constant evaluation’

Norwegian health officials still don't really know whether the government's strict Corona containment measures are working. The measures have shut down most of the...

More charged with illegal partying

A man from the Kongsvinger area northeast of Oslo went straight to a party over the weekend after landing back in Norway after a...
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