Norway

European country

Norway ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose mainland territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; Mainland Norway and the remote island of Jan Mayen as well as the archipelago of Svalbard form Metropolitan Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of the Kingdom of Norway. Norway also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.

0 shares	Share Tweet Save Post Send



Sunken WW2 cruiser found off Norway The wreckage of a major German warship has been discovered off the coast of Norway some 80 years after it was sunk in a World War Two battle, Norwegian power grid operator Statnett and a maritime.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:17Published 2 weeks ago

Sunken WW2 battleship found off Norway The wreckage of a major German warship has been discovered off the coast of Norway some 80 years after it was sunk in a World War Two battle, Norwegian power grid operator Statnett and a maritime.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:17Published 2 weeks ago

Anti-Islam protests in Sweden and Norway spark debate on free speech What are the limits of free speech and freedom of expression? That's a question authorities in Sweden and Norway are still trying to answer after anti-Islam protests.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:25Published 3 weeks ago

Bird Photographer Of The Year Competition Announces 2020 Winners Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) has announced its 2020 winners of the prestigious competition. The winning entry is an image of a European Shag taken at Vardø in Norway by Majed Alza’abi from.. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 00:58Published on August 17, 2020

You Might Like

'For me whale meat is my childhood, my memories' Sales of whale meat rise in Norway, helped by more Norwegians going on staycations. BBC News - Published 6 days ago
Haaland stars as Norway thrash Northern Ireland Erling Haaland and Alexander Sorloth both score twice as Northern Ireland suffer a 5-1 humbling by Norway in their Nations League game in Belfast. BBC News - Published 2 weeks ago
Haaland scores first goal for Norway - Nations League round-up Erling Braut Haaland scores his first senior goal for Norway but it is not enough to save his side from losing at home to Austria in the Nations League. BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago

Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide More than 20 people were hospitalised after attending the party in the Norwegian capital Oslo. BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago
Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard islands The bear is shot dead after a foreign national is attacked in a campsite near Longyearbye. BBC News - Published on August 28, 2020
Norway stabbings: Woman killed and two more injured in Sarpsborg Police arrest a man in Sarpsborg, south-east of the capital Oslo, after three women were attacked. BBC News - Published on July 15, 2020

First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway Just three other well-preserved vessels from the period have been discovered in the Scandinavian country. BBC News - Published on June 27, 2020
Canada loses out to Ireland and Norway in Security Council vote Canada has lost its latest bid for a seat on the UN Security Council despite an expensive campaign. BBC News - Published on June 17, 2020
Mexico, India, Ireland, Norway elected to U.N. Security Council, one seat still open Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway were elected to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, but the 193 U.N. member states must return on Thursday to continue voting to fill one more vacant.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
Norway says its salmon did not cause virus at Beijing market Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded salmon from Norway was not the source of the coronavirus found on cutting boards at a Beijing wholesale food market, Norway's fisheries and seafood.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020

Norwegian salmon was not source of coronavirus at Beijing food market, says Norway minister Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded that Norwegian salmon was likely not the source of the novel coronavirus that was found at cutting boards in a Beijing food market, the Norwegian.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
The lengths countries go to for a seat at UN top table Canada, Norway and Ireland are in a tight race for two non-permanent seats on the security council. BBC News - Published on June 15, 2020
Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps face further hitches Norway has to halt use of its app and researchers report a major flaw in Australia's tool. BBC News - Published on June 15, 2020	Norway snubs COVID-19 hotspot Sweden in lifting travel curbs Norway will allow travel to and from Finland, Iceland and the Swedish island of Gotland from Monday, but maintain travel restrictions on mainland Sweden due to its higher level of COVID-19 cases, amid.. Reuters - Published on June 12, 2020
Norway allows airlines to fly full planes again- minister Norway will no longer require airlines to leave middle seats on planes empty, a measure previously introduced to reduce the risk of contamination with the novel coronavirus, the country's transport.. Reuters - Published on June 11, 2020	Norway mosque shooter jailed for 21 years for murder, anti-terrorism offence A far-right Norwegian man was jailed for 21 years on Thursday for the racially motivated murder of his Chinese-born stepsister and attempting to kill worshippers in a mosque shooting spree. Reuters - Published on June 11, 2020
Norway court jails mosque gunman Manshaus for 21 years Philip Manshaus murdered his teenage stepsister and opened fire at a mosque near Oslo. BBC News - Published on June 11, 2020	Norway landslide: Buildings swept away in Alta disaster Watch as land continues to collapse during the rescue effort. BBC News - Published on June 4, 2020
Germany to lift travel ban in Europe from June 15 Germany will lift a travel ban for European Union member states plus Britain, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland from 15 June as long as there are no entry bans or large-scale lockdowns in.. Reuters - Published on June 3, 2020	Norway urges Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank Norway, which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Reuters - Published on June 2, 2020
Coronavirus: Denmark and Norway exclude Sweden from tourism Danes and Norwegians can holiday in each other's country from mid-June, but Swedes are left out. BBC News - Published on May 29, 2020	Sweden excluded as neighbours Denmark and Norway ease travel restrictions Norway and Denmark said on Friday they would allow tourists to travel between the two countries, though border crossings with Sweden, where the number of COVID-19 infections is higher, will remain.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
Denmark, Norway create joint travel zone: Norway PM Norway and Denmark will resume free travel between the two Nordic countries from June 15, Norway's Prime Minister said on Friday. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020	Denmark and Norway create travel bubble, excluding Sweden: media Norway and Denmark will resume free travel between the two countries, three Norwegian media outlets reported on Friday, creating a travel bubble that excludes Scandinavian neighbour Sweden, where the.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
Norway eases Nordic business travel rules, including Sweden Norway will allow entry to business travellers from all the other Nordic countries from June 1, in a further easing of coronavirus restrictions, the government said on Thursday, making no distinction.. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020	Norway eases business travel from Nordic countries Norway will allow entry to business travellers from the other Nordic countries from June 1, in a further easing of coronavirus restrictions, the government said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on May 28, 2020
Norway likely to keep coronavirus travel curbs until August 20 Norway will likely keep travel restrictions in place until Aug. 20, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Friday, as it negotiates a path between restarting economic activity and preventing a new wave of.. Reuters - Published on May 15, 2020	Norway and Britain negotiators in Brexit talks Thursday: Norway Foreign Ministry Chief negotiators from Norway and Britain met for the first time since Britain's exit from the European Union to discuss the future relationship of the two countries, Norway's Foreign Ministry said on.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020
Norway to reopen high schools, bars and most of society by mid-June Norway aims to reopen by mid-June most of the public and private institutions that have been closed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020	Norway mosque attack and murder trial begins in Oslo Philip Manshaus appears in court in Oslo accused of shooting his sister before attacking a mosque. BBC News - Published on May 7, 2020
Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases Norway will give $1 billion to support the distribution worldwide of any vaccine developed against COVID-19 as well as for vaccines against other diseases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020	Nordic Islands seen in their 'surreal light' The breathtaking landscapes of Iceland, Greenland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. BBC News - Published on April 30, 2020
Norway tycoon Tom Hagen held over wife's disappearance Anne-Elisabeth Hagen vanished in 2018 and is now presumed dead. BBC News - Published on April 28, 2020	Arctic surfers ride out Norway's coronavirus blues The surfer in the black wetsuit rides the wave as it crests against a backdrop of snow-covered hills and leaden skies, wiping out close to shore before getting back on his board and trying again. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020
COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region The first person in Sadad Dakhare's two-bedroom apartment in Oslo, Norway, to show symptoms was his 4-year-old niece. Next, his mother, his sister and he himself fell ill. Then, about a week after his.. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020	Russia protests after Norway detains trawler near Svalbard Russia on Friday said it had filed a protest to Oslo after Norwegian coastguards detained a Russian trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic earlier this month. Reuters - Published on April 17, 2020
Norway PM tells children it will take time for life to return to normal Prime Minister Erna Solberg told Norwegian children on Wednesday it would take time for life to return to normal with the country, like others in Europe, preparing to reopen parts of society shut down.. Reuters - Published on April 15, 2020	Norway will announce oil output decision soon: minister Norway, Western Europe's largest oil producer, will announce its decision on whether to slash crude output soon, potentially adding its weight to a global push to shore up prices, the energy minister.. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020
Norway will soon decide on potential output cut: oil minister Norway, Western Europe's largest oil producer, will soon decide whether to slash its output and thus aid a global effort to shore up crude prices, the energy minister said on Monday. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020	Coronavirus: Mobile data helps Norway track cases A mobile operator is using anonymised phone location data to help track the virus. BBC News - Published on April 13, 2020
Norway to ease curbs 'little by little' after coronavirus lockdown: PM Norway, one of the first European countries to curb activities to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, will relax restrictions "little by little", the prime minister said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on April 7, 2020	Coronavirus epidemic 'under control' in Norway: health minister The coronavirus epidemic is "under control" in Norway, the health minister said on Monday, pointing to the low rate of transmission of the disease. Reuters - Published on April 6, 2020
Norway pleads for more aid to help Palestinians tackle coronavirus Norway called on Friday for more money to help the Palestinian Territories get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters - Published on April 3, 2020	Norway to admit non-resident Europeans working in oil, agriculture, easing some coronavirus curbs Norway will allow entry to certain European citizens for work in sectors critically short of labor including agriculture and the oil industry despite its lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the.. Reuters - Published on March 30, 2020
Norway extradites jihadist preacher Mullah Krekar to Italy Mullah Krekar’s lawyers say he is at high risk from coronavirus due to underlying health problems. BBC News - Published on March 26, 2020	Hedge fund manager to lead Norway sovereign fund after $124 billion loss Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, named a London-based hedge fund manager as its new chief executive on Thursday and said it had lost $124 billion this year as stock markets tanked.. Reuters - Published on March 26, 2020
Norway names Nicolai Tangen as new head of sovereign wealth fund The new chief executive for Norway's $930 billion sovereign wealth fund is Nicolai Tangen, until now chief executive of investment firm AKO Capital, which he established in 2005. Reuters - Published on March 26, 2020	Norway's sovereign fund loses $124 billion as markets crash Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has lost 1.33 trillion Norwegian crowns ($124 billion) so far this year as stock markets have plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic, it said on.. Reuters - Published on March 26, 2020
Norway wealth fund will bump stock portfolio back up to 70%, outgoing CEO says Norway's sovereign wealth fund will raise its stock market investments back to 70% of its portfolio from the current 65.3%, outgoing Chief Executive Yngve Slyngstad told a news conference on Thursday. Reuters - Published on March 26, 2020

Norway

European country

Norway ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

You Might Like

'For me whale meat is my childhood, my memories'

Haaland stars as Norway thrash Northern Ireland

Haaland scores first goal for Norway - Nations League round-up

Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide

Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard islands

Norway stabbings: Woman killed and two more injured in Sarpsborg

First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway

Canada loses out to Ireland and Norway in Security Council vote

Mexico, India, Ireland, Norway elected to U.N. Security Council, one seat still open

Norway says its salmon did not cause virus at Beijing market

Norwegian salmon was not source of coronavirus at Beijing food market, says Norway minister

The lengths countries go to for a seat at UN top table

Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps face further hitches

Norway snubs COVID-19 hotspot Sweden in lifting travel curbs

Norway allows airlines to fly full planes again- minister

Norway mosque shooter jailed for 21 years for murder, anti-terrorism offence

Norway court jails mosque gunman Manshaus for 21 years

Norway landslide: Buildings swept away in Alta disaster

Germany to lift travel ban in Europe from June 15

Norway urges Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank

Coronavirus: Denmark and Norway exclude Sweden from tourism

Sweden excluded as neighbours Denmark and Norway ease travel restrictions

Denmark, Norway create joint travel zone: Norway PM

Denmark and Norway create travel bubble, excluding Sweden: media

Norway eases Nordic business travel rules, including Sweden

Norway eases business travel from Nordic countries

Norway likely to keep coronavirus travel curbs until August 20

Norway and Britain negotiators in Brexit talks Thursday: Norway Foreign Ministry

Norway to reopen high schools, bars and most of society by mid-June

Norway mosque attack and murder trial begins in Oslo

Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases

Nordic Islands seen in their 'surreal light'

Norway tycoon Tom Hagen held over wife's disappearance

Arctic surfers ride out Norway's coronavirus blues

COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region

Russia protests after Norway detains trawler near Svalbard

Norway PM tells children it will take time for life to return to normal

Norway will announce oil output decision soon: minister

Norway will soon decide on potential output cut: oil minister

Coronavirus: Mobile data helps Norway track cases

Norway to ease curbs 'little by little' after coronavirus lockdown: PM

Coronavirus epidemic 'under control' in Norway: health minister

Norway pleads for more aid to help Palestinians tackle coronavirus

Norway to admit non-resident Europeans working in oil, agriculture, easing some coronavirus curbs

Norway extradites jihadist preacher Mullah Krekar to Italy

Hedge fund manager to lead Norway sovereign fund after $124 billion loss

Norway names Nicolai Tangen as new head of sovereign wealth fund

Norway's sovereign fund loses $124 billion as markets crash

Norway wealth fund will bump stock portfolio back up to 70%, outgoing CEO says