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Floodwaters recede, roads reopening

Pouring rain and melting snow suddenly set off flooding in many areas of southern Norway this week, especially in Hedmark and Oppland counties. Several...

Snow halted traffic in southern Norway

An unseasonably late and heavy snowfall created a traffic nightmare along Norway's southern coast Monday morning. It continued to snow heavily along the coast of...

Roadblocks ahead for transport plan

NEWS ANALYSIS: As hundreds of thousands of Norwegians hit the road this week, to spend the country's long Easter holiday weekend at mountain cabins or...

Bergen drivers face huge new road tolls

City government officials in Bergen approved whopping tolls on commuters who opt to drive into the city on days when air pollution levels are...

Accidents caused traffic nightmares

Hundreds of vehicles were stuck for hours in a cold traffic jam over the Norwegian mountains on Sunday, after accidents closed the main E134...

Solvik-Olsen now set to sail

Norway's transport minister, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has avoided being called into a disciplinary hearing in Parliament, for allegedly forcing the ministry's communications out of her...

Popular minister runs into trouble

One of the most popular and highly rated ministers in Norway's conservative government coalition has become embroiled in what he dismisses as a personnel...

Storms close some mountain passes

After announcing earlier in the week that most all mountain passes were open for holiday traffic, state highway officials were hoping on Thursday that most...

Most mountain roads open for holiday traffic

Norway's state highway department (Statens vegvesen) reported Tuesday that nearly all the main roads over the mountains of southern Norway were open, making it easier...

Flooded highway cut off Stavanger

It was impossible to drive the main E39 highway between the cities of Kristiansand and Stavanger during much of the weekend, after the extreme...
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