An exact count of the number of injured or dead from Wednesday’s incident has not yet been released. There is no suspicion that anyone else was involved. A large area close to Kongsburg and Nybura have reportedly been evacuated and cordoned off after the attacker allegedly shot multiple people in …
Read More »I’m fighting an election in Norway next week to stop equality before the law and freedom of speech being stolen from us by stealth
Principles have been relegated to the far corner of the room in the hyper-commercial neo-liberalist age. A general discussion on the guiding principles by which we should govern our lives is a rare occurrence. I would like to make a case for self-preservation right now. Self-preservation is a legitimate instinct …
Read More »10 years post-Breivik: Norway’s still dealing with aftermath of its deadliest massacre since World War 2 (PHOTOS)
Carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, the attacks on July 22, 2011 killed 77 people, mostly teenagers, making it the worst mass casualty event in Norway since World War II. On that fateful July day, Breivik detonated a fertilizer bomb outside a government office in Oslo, killing eight …
Read More »‘No good reason’: Norway beach handball stars vent frustrations after being slapped with fines for not wearing bikini bottoms
Tonya Lurstaad and Julia Bird both featured on the popular ‘Lorraine’ program on ITV, explaining how they had wanted to make the move “for a long time” and wished to “make a statement and change the regulation.” The Norwegian team had voiced opposition to their uniforms for the tournament held in …
Read More »Norway reduces interval between Covid-19 doses as vaccinations speed up, govt confident on supply
“We have very good access to vaccines in the future. The vaccination is now so fast that we can already shorten the interval,” Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Hoie said in a statement on Monday, noting that the interval between jabs would be set at nine weeks instead …
Read More »Spying on allies ‘unacceptable,’ Norway tells US as Oslo reportedly summons top American embassy official
“The Ministry of Defense has had a meeting with the American embassy in Oslo today where we have made it clear that intelligence against allies is unacceptable and unnecessary,” Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen said in a statement on Thursday. Norway has also reportedly summoned the US embassy’s top official in Oslo, …
Read More »Investigation launched as 2 people die in Norway nursing home days after receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
“We have to assess whether the vaccine is the cause of death, or if it is a coincidence that it happened soon after vaccination,” Medical Director Steiner Madsen said in a statement about the deaths. He also noted that, because people of advanced age are receiving the vaccine first, it …
Read More »Norway to lift UK travel ban but will keep special quarantine & testing rules amid concerns over new Covid-19 strain
The Norweigan government released a statement on Friday in which it explained that the decision to bar direct flights from the United Kingdom will be lifted, starting on Saturday at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT), but that strict health guidelines for people coming from the UK will continue. Under the …
Read More »Teachers in Norway say they’re afraid to show Prophet Mohammed cartoons to students, and worry about personal consequences
The anxieties among Norwegian teachers were reported by the industry publication Utdanningsnytt, which surveyed people in the aftermath of last month’s beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Some teachers had earlier spoken publicly about their fears and the outlet wanted to probe how widespread those sentiments were. Of the 2,000 …
Read More »Norway questioned the feasibility of the Northern sea route
Norway doubts the economic feasibility of the Northern sea route (NSR) and will be checking for compliance with environmental standards. This “Izvestia”said the foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen. She noted that the NSR there are problems in relation to search and rescue operations and inadequate infrastructure. “This greatly complicates the …
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