カテゴリー: Norway
Exclusive: Norway’s chief of defence Eirik Kristoffersen, who served in Afghanistan, was critical of Trump’s claim Nato troops stayed off frontlinesNorway’s army chief has said Oslo cannot exclude the possibility of a future Russian invasion of the cou…
Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systemsAuthorities in Denmark are urgently studying how to close an apparent security loophole in hundreds of Chinese-made electric buses that enables t…
Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearbyThe Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a sus…
Palace says King Harald had implant due to low heart rate after being admitted to hospital during holidayNorway’s King Harald V has had a temporary pacemaker implanted at a hospital in Malaysia after he became ill while on holiday there, the royal hous…
The 87-year-old, Europe’s oldest ruling monarch, has suffered from ill health in recent years, and it is unclear when he will return homeNorway’s King Harald V, aged 87 and in poor health, is “improving” from an infection that forced him to be hospital…
Kristin Harila completes ascents of highest mountains amid controversy over modern climbers’ use of helicoptersA Norwegian woman claims to have completed the fastest ascent of all of the world’s 14 highest mountains, completing the round in three month…
Adaptation of a nightmare true story about a woman whose children were removed by the Norwegian state gets passionate too lateThis epic Hindi-language testament to tenacious maternal love has been neatly timed for release over the UK Mother’s Day weeke…
Oslo meeting with Afghan rulers will include allies and ‘not represent legitimisation or recognition’A Taliban delegation is to hold talks with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo next week, the Norwegian foreign minist…
Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935The journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel peace prize on Friday at a ceremony that Ressa was almost blo…
Journalist permitted to receive peace prize in person after judge eases travel restrictionsThe Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel overseas so she can accept her Nobel peace prize in person after a court gave her permission to l…
Animals slaughtered and restrictions introduced in response to outbreaks of the virus in a number of countriesSeveral outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), i…
Norway extends UK travel ban; Japan refuses arrivals from South Africa; Turkey requires all arrivals to provide proof of negative test Japan and France report cases of coronavirus variant found in UKSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has poste…
The reassessment of China highlighted by Wang Yi’s trip has political, economic and security implicationsThe Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi did not exactly end his week-long European tour with his tail between his legs but he may have been chastened …
Protests against treatment of Hongkongers and Uighurs accompany foreign minister’s continental visitA network of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have disrupted a week-long European charm offensive by the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, by demandin…
UN says getting students safely back to classroom must be ‘top priority’; France says ‘situation is precarious’; record fines for isolation breaches in AustraliaTrump on the ropes in interview over US death tollSix months on, victories remain fragileUK…