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Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway.
2024-10-29

Two people are killed and 21 others injured during mass shootings at three separate sites in central Oslo, Norway, including a gay nightclub. An Iranian-Norwegian man is arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. The motive is suspected to be Islamic extremism.
2022-06-25

A man threatens passers-by with a knife in Bislett, Oslo, Norway, before being shot dead by police. The motive behind the perpetrator's act is currently unknown, but is under investigation.
2021-11-9

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms it has expelled a diplomat from the Russian embassy in Oslo for alleged espionage. The embassy claims the expelled individual was their deputy trade representative who was arrested by Norwegian police on August 20 during a meeting with a suspected spy. The embassy protested to the Norwegian foreign ministry, calling the arrest "a violation of the diplomat status." The ministry, however, has not disclosed the identity of the Russian diplomat nor that of the suspected spy.
2020-08-19

Police in Oslo, Norway, say that the FBI is assisting in the investigation into two forged nominations of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The impersonator allegedly used the same stolen identity twice.
2018-03-1

Oslo's city council announces plans to ban cars from the Norwegian capital's central city by 2019.
2015-10-20

Pakistani children's rights activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi receive their Nobel Peace Prizes in Oslo.
2014-12-10

Police in Norway evacuate the area surrounding the U.S. embassy in the capital Oslo after a suspicious package was discovered. It is later confirmed as a false alarm.
2012-07-31

The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway.
2011-02-15

China cancels a meeting with Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen after the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to him.
2010-10-11