Tag: Corona virus
Operators cancel cruises and ferries
Color Line has cancelled its cruise-ferry service between Oslo and Kiel, Germany for the next two weeks, the company announced on Friday. The decision...
Layoffs take off at Norwegian Air
Oslo-based Norwegian Air has set off what's likely to be a flood of layoffs in Norway, after a government economic crisis package meant to...
Two new ministers stride into crisis
NEWS ANALYSIS: Right in the middle of Norway's biggest crisis in years, Prime Minister Erna Solberg also had to formally name two new cabinet...
Internet put to the test, too
Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor, which controls much of Norway's communications infrastructure, had to admit on Friday that online services were a bit slower than...
Interest rates cut, shares rebounded
After another terrible day for the Oslo Stock Exchange on Thursday, its main index bounced back Friday morning, up more than 2 percent as...
Ports turn away cruise passengers
Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger have all begun refusing to allow cruise passengers to disembark, for fear they'll spread the Corona virus. On Thursday, Norway's...
Ski resorts shut down immediately
Four of Norway's biggest and most popular alpine skiing resorts (Hemsedal, Trysil, Hafjell and Kvitfjell) shut down all their ski lifts on Thursday. The...
Norway logs first Corona death
Prime Minister Erna Solberg had the dubious honour of announcing the first death in Norway linked to the Corona virus Thursday evening. After a...
Norway shuts down to control Corona
Restaurants, cafés, bars, schools, day care centers and many companies all over Norway were being urged if not ordered to close or dramatically limit...
Royal appeal from quarantined king
UPDATED: "Our country is in a serious situation that is striking individuals and our entire society," warned King Harald V on Thursday. As Corona...
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