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Severe storm hammered western Norway

Police in Bergen and Stavanger were warning residents against going outdoors on Wednesday, after extremely strong winds ripped the roofs off garages and several...

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...

Road and weather warnings up again

UPDATED: A major storm in Northern Norway forced the closure of 25 roads on Friday, while another round of dramatically shifting temperatures accompanied by...

Critics blast new climate tax report

A so-called "green tax commission" has met a torrent of criticism after presenting a long list of proposals for new taxes and fees aimed...

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...

Ferry sale fires up feud over Fjord1

Norway's largest ferry company, Fjord1, faces a new wave of conflict after a divided county board in Sogn og Fjordane voted to sell its stake in...

Tesla announces recall of its popular Model S

The California-based electric car producer Tesla Motors announced on Friday that it was recalling 90,000 of its Model S sedans. Several thousand of them...

Police halted an Uber taxi in Oslo

Norwegian police warned they'd crack down on personal transport services that lack regulatory approval, and last weekend they did just that. They stopped cars...

Delays plagued Oslo-Stockholm train line

The new high-speed express train line running between the Norwegian and Swedish capitals had a sluggish start to its first few weeks of service. Newspaper Dagsavisen...

Critics blast plans for Ringerike rail

It didn't take long for environmental activists, who normally hail new railway projects, to bash the government's recently announced plans to improve the train...

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