Norway News
|
By AFP
Oslo -
"I believe I'll never see her alive again": Bettina Wintermark worries that her adopted country Norway's pandemic travel ban means she won't be able to make one last visit to her dying mother in France.
|
|
By AFP
Paris -
More than 660,000 people have been displaced from their homes in conflict zones around the world since March, despite a UN call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic, a top international aid group said Friday.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Face masks are rare and social distances vary but the human chain spreads out, braving the risk of infection, as activists in Oslo make a last-ditch bid to save a building adorned by Spanish master painter Pablo Picasso.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A Norwegian man who admitted to killing his step-sister before opening fire in a mosque near Oslo last year pleaded not guilty as his trial started on Thursday.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Most were itching to meet their friends, others a little wary about leaving their parents: the youngest Norwegians started returning to pre-schools on Monday, a month after being sent home over the new coronavirus.
|
|
By AFP
One at a time, the elderly lady places her empties into the gaping hole of a machine at the entrance to an Oslo supermarket. With a well-functioning deposit system, Norway recycles almost all of its plastic bottles.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norway's populist Progress Party said Monday it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of a suspected Islamic State member and her two children last week.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norway's populist Progress Party said Monday it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of an alleged Islamic State member and her two children last week.
|
|
By AFP
Norway -
Under yellow metal legs stretching beneath the sea, billions of dollars lie buried. As the world tries hard to halt global warming, a huge oil field breathes new life into Norway's oil sector."Massive!
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Two adventurers have successfully crossed the Arctic Ocean on skis after persevering through brutal conditions, briefly running out of food, and struggling to traverse thin ice caused by global warming, their team said on Sunday.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A Norwegian man freed by Moscow from an espionage jail term as part of a spy swap between Lithuania and Russia said on Tuesday he felt "deceived" by his country's intelligence service.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norwegian police said they arrested an armed man who stole an ambulance in Oslo on Tuesday then ran down and slightly injured four pedestrians, including twin babies.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norwegian police said they arrested an armed man who stole an ambulance in Oslo on Tuesday then ran down and slightly injured four pedestrians, including twin babies.
|
|
By AFP
Bejing -
China called for foreign governments not to interfere in its affairs Thursday, after a Norwegian politician nominated the "people of Hong Kong" for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
|
|
By AFP
New York -
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a first of its kind five-way climate trade initiative that would remove tariffs on green technology and cut fossil fuel subsidies.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A Norwegian man accused of killing his step-sister before opening fire in a mosque near Oslo in August had racist motives, police said Tuesday, confirming he shot her because of her Chinese origin.
|
|
Oslo -
Norwegian veterinary authorities fear a mysterious and potentially fatal dog illness is spreading quickly around the country. Several hundred dogs are believed to have been infected and even died before their owners could get them to a vet.
|
|
By AFP
Tabriquet -
The appeal opened Wednesday in the case of 24 men convicted over the beheadings of two young Scandinavian women on a hiking trip in Morocco's High Atlas mountains last December.
|
|
By AFP
Tabriquet -
An appeal opens Wednesday in the case of 24 men convicted over the beheadings of two young Scandinavian women on a hiking trip in Morocco's High Atlas mountains last December.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norway said Thursday it would halt Amazon protection subsidies worth 30 million euros ($33 million) to Brazil, which it accused of turning its back on the fight against deforestation.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A Norwegian man suspected of killing his step sister and opening fire in a mosque near Oslo last weekend, has admitted to the crimes though he has not officially entered a plea, police said Friday.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and opening fire at a mosque near Oslo rejects allegations of murder and attempted murder, his lawyer said Monday.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
Norwegian police said Sunday that a shooting at a mosque near Oslo is being treated as an "attempted act of terror" and that the suspected gunman harbours far-right, anti-immigrant views.
|
|
By AFP
Oslo -
A gunman armed with multiple weapons opened fire in a mosque near Oslo on Saturday, injuring one person before being overpowered by an elderly worshipper and arrested, Norwegian police and witnesses said.
|
|
By AFP
Caracas -
Representatives for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido reopened talks in Barbados on Wednesday to resolve the country's political crisis.
|
|
By AFP
Tabriquet -
A Moroccan court on Thursday condemned three Islamic State group supporters to death for the murder of two Scandinavian women beheaded while on a hiking trip in the High Atlas mountains.
|
|
By AFP
Tabriquet -
Three Islamic State group supporters were sentenced to death by a court in Morocco on Thursday over the beheadings of two Scandinavian women on a hiking trip in the High Atlas Mountains.
|
|
By AFP
Caracas -
Representatives for Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido have arrived in Barbados to continue talks to resolve the country's political crisis.
|
|
By AFP
Tabriquet -
The mother of a Danish student beheaded along with another Scandinavian woman while hiking in Morocco's High Atlas mountains called Thursday for the suspected jihadist killers to face the death penalty as their trial neared its end.
|
|
Norwegian researchers have detected a possible radiation leak at the site where the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank 30 years ago.
|
apis-420422 apis-418670 apis-418272 apis-417899 apis-416987 apis-413228 apis-411753 apis-411739 apis-409471 apis-409208 apis-408048 apis-406176 apis-406162 apis-405831 apis-404465 apis-403789 apis-403147 apis-402473 apis-402440 apis-401655 apis-401393 apis-401389 apis-401346 apis-401310 apis-400644 apis-399762 apis-399710 apis-399540 apis-399272 apis-399158
Norway Image
.JPG)
Section of Bergen, Norway with buildings from the time of the historic Hanseatic League. This area was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.
Canada's Drew Doughty (L) and Norway's Jonas Holos fight for the puck during the third period of their men's preliminary round ice hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 13, 2014 © Reuters / Gary Hershorn
Drying slime on the shore. havforskningen
Svalbard Global Seed Vault, tunnel down to the vault. Dag Endresen
The city of Alesund seen from Aksla Hill, shortly before sunset. Micha221
.JPG)
Bergen, Norway, seen from the top of Mount Fløyen.
Reindeer in Norway Arnstein Rønning
Vegard Ylvisåker (left) & Bård Ylvisåker (right) - Ylvis on their Norwegian talk show. Pssmidi
Lærdalsøyri - Heritage village in Norway G.Lanting
The Norwegian State Railway (NSB) Station in Bergen is the starting point for the scenic Bergen Line to Oslo, a 4.5 hour train ride through the mountains.
The Norwegian State Railways' Bergen-Oslo train, ready for departure. This is considered one of the most exciting and beautiful train rides in the world.
Rjukan in Norway is to get sunlight this winter from giant mirrors. Video screengrab
Memorial for two massacre victims in Norway. jkfjellestad
A camel escaped from a circus in Norway. Video screengrab
Jumping Polar Bear in its natural environment, in Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sunset over the mountains near Tromso, Norway P J Hansen
Memorial in Norway. Agnar Kaarbø
From Maude Returns Home Facebook page: "The impact of Maud rising slowly out of the sea moves us all,
and we feel as if times has stood still for 100 years.
Worn and torn but still so full of life and beauty. Maude Returns Home
|
|
