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A total of 12 Norwegian police officers have been killed on the job since World War II. The latest casualty occurred over weekend, and has renewed debate over whether Norway's usually unarmed police should be armed at all times. Police... Oslo's Airport Express Train, better known as Flytoget, has ...
Three killed in bus crash in Northern Norway
Dec 26, 2024 · UPDATED: Three passengers on board a bus bound for Lofoten in Northern Norway were killed and 11 sent to hospital after the bus ran off the E10 highway in stormy weather on Thursday. Several of the nearly 60 passengers on the bus were visitors from China, Singapore, India, Malysia, the Netherlands and France. That made […]
Police officer’s death revives calls for permanent arming
Dec 29, 2024 · A total of 12 Norwegian police officers have been killed on the job since World War II. The latest casualty occurred over weekend, and has renewed debate over whether Norway’s usually unarmed police should be armed at all times. Police were in mourning nationwide after news broke Saturday that one of their young colleagues had […]
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Dec 12, 2024 · A total of 12 Norwegian police officers have been killed on the job since World War II. The latest casualty occurred over weekend, and has renewed debate over whether Norway's usually unarmed police should be armed at all times.
Norwegians urged to prepare for crisis
Nov 3, 2024 · Just as more extreme weather swept over Norway’s west coast last week, a new brochure was landing in Norwegians’ mailboxes. It’s part of further efforts to boost individual preparedness for various disasters, and thereby improve civil defense. The brochures arrived just before another large allied naval force sailed into the Norwegian capital. It illustrated how […]
Heavy rain causes more trouble - Norway's News in English — …
Sep 10, 2024 · Roads were closed, train service disrupted and homes flooded after more heavy rain swept through much of central Norway this week. A landslide Tuesday spread mud, rocks and floodwaters over the main E6 highway near Ringebu, closing it in both directions. The Dovrebanen train line between Oslo and Trondheim was also halted, after the state […]
Security heightened nationwide - Norway's News in English — …
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Dec 12, 2024 · A KLM flight from Oslo to Amsterdam on Saturday evening landed instead at the Torp airport in Sandefjord, around a two-hour drive south of the Norwegian capital. The emergency landing comes just a week after a Norwegian Air flight... UPDATED: Three passengers on board a bus bound for Lofoten in ...
Threat levels highest in decades - Norway's News in English
Feb 12, 2024 · Norway’s national security- and intelligence agencies released their evaluations of threats against Norway on Monday, and they’re the highest and most serious in decades. China and Norway’s neighbouring Russia still pose the biggest threats, they claim, while the threat of terrorist attacks is “moderate.” The evaluations come from Norway’s foreign- and military intelligence agency ...
Norway boosts crisis preparedness - Norway's News in English — …
May 29, 2024 · War in Europe, digital threats and climate change have prompted Norwegian officials to expand their crisis preparedness guidelines and even cooperate more closely with the EU. Everyone in the country should now be able to get along without water, electricity, digital communications and electronic payment systems for at least seven days. That’s up …