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Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland form an international police hub in Stockholm to prevent escalating Swedish gang activity and criminal networks from spreading to other Nordic countries.
2024-08-14

The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce that they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state beginning on May 28, and also call for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries.
2024-05-22

After several days of heavy rain in Norway, a dam collapses into the Glomma river in Braskereidfoss. Locals are evacuated.
2023-08-9

Norway lifts almost all remaining COVID-19-related restrictions except for face mask rules due to the country's high vaccination rate.
2022-02-1

Iran bans all travellers from the United Kingdom, France, Denmark and Norway for 15 days and indefinitely suspends all land travel to Turkey due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2021-12-26

Norway and Ireland win seats in the United Nations Security Council, joining new members India and Mexico. Canada, which was considered a favorite, and had strongly campaigned for a seat for four years on the council, fails to get enough votes. Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he is proud of the campaign but declines to comment on the reasons for their loss.
2020-06-17

Trond Giske announces his permanent resignation as deputy leader of Norway's Labour Party after several sexual assault accusations. He also gives up his position in the Norwegian parliament's finance committee.
2018-01-7

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos receives his award in Oslo, Norway.
2016-12-10

A ceremony is held in Norway to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo "in absentia".
2010-12-10

Mohammad Mostafaei seeks asylum in Norway after his escape from Iran to Turkey by car, horse and foot.
2010-08-8