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WEBTighter asylum rules for Ukrainians spark both praise and criticism. The Norwegian government's decision to tighten asylum and immigration rules for Ukrainian refugees is drawing both praise and criticism from opposition parties. Some were "shocked," while others think Ukrainians from "safer" areas of the country can travel home. Norway's ...
Security heightened nationwide - Norway's News in English — …
WEB22 hours ago · Security heightened nationwide. October 8, 2024. Norway’s police intelligence agency PST officially raised the country’s threat level Tuesday afternoon because of an “uncertain situation” involving possible Israeli- and Jewish-related targets. The threat level was boosted from moderate to high. This synagogue in Oslo is …
Threat levels highest in decades - Norway's News in English
WEBFebruary 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.”.
New storm cuts Norway in two - Norway's News in English
WEBJanuary 31, 2024. Northern- and Southern Norway were cut off from each other Wednesday evening, after yet another extreme storm slammed into the central portions of the country. The E6 highway that runs from the border to Sweden in the south to the border to Russia in the far north was closed over the mountains of Saltfjellet in Nordland, and ...
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WEBSep 29, 2024 · Tighter asylum rules for Ukrainians spark both praise and criticism. September 30, 2024. The Norwegian government's decision to tighten asylum and immigration rules for Ukrainian refugees is drawing both praise and criticism from opposition parties. Some were "shocked," while others think Ukrainians from "safer" areas of the country can travel ...
Covid-19 shown to damage memory - Norway's News in English
WEBMarch 29, 2024. Norwegian researchers now claim there’s no doubt that the Covid-19 virus has caused memory loss for those infected by it. Their survey of memory problems among 112,000 Norwegians both before and after contracting the virus shows poorer memory after the illness than before. The survey, published in The New England Journal of ...
Remaining Corona rules extended - Norway's News in English
WEBOct 28, 2021 · Remaining Corona rules extended. October 28, 2021. Norway’s new health minister held her first Corona press conference on Thursday, amidst a sudden and ongoing rise in Covid-19 infection in Norway. Ingvild Kjerkol of the Labour Party called the situation “manageable,” but announced that the government has …
Norway waking up to security needs - Norway's News in English
WEBMay 27, 2023 · NEWS ANALYSIS/UPDATED: New security controls at Oslo’s City Hall, armed police on the 17th of May, planned installation of upgraded radar defense and the world’s largest warship anchored off Oslo just before NATO gathers its foreign ministers in Oslo: It all shows how Norway, often accused of being naive, is waking up after decades of post-Cold War peace and prosperity to the threats it ...
Norway boosts crisis preparedness - Norway's News in English — …
WEBMay 29, 2024 · Norway boosts crisis preparedness. 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 ...
Earlier Corona-related updates - Norway's News in English
WEBJan 5, 2023 · (Here’s a compilation of Corona news in brief dating from November 2022 back to January 2021.) ***A new wave of Corona infection in Norway may have already crested, reported the national public health institute FHI on Friday (November 25, 2022).The number of new hospital admissions has flattened out after several weeks of increases, good news as the holiday party season gets underway.