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Ukrainians, Norwegians, and Russians hold a joint anti-war protest in Kirkenes, Norway, calling for Vladimir Putin to be tried at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands.
2022-02-25

The man accused of killing five people and injuring three more yesterday in the streets of Kongsberg, Viken, Norway, using a bow and arrow, is identified as a 37-year-old Norwegian man and convert to Islam with Danish citizenship, who police had been concerned about regarding radicalization.
2021-10-14

Norway lifts its social distancing rules and capacity limits on business, sport, and cultural venues, and other COVID-19-related restrictions, and also allows the reopening of nightclubs, as 67% of people have been fully vaccinated.
2021-09-25

The Norwegian government announces that phase two of easing COVID-19 restrictions will begin on May 27, allowing bars to serve alcohol until midnight and raise the maximum number of guests in one's home to 10 people as the number of cases declined.
2021-05-21

Around 100 people are evacuated from Breivika port in Tromsø, Norway, after Russian trawler FV "Bukhta Naezdnik" catches fire and develops a heavy list. The burning ship has a tank of ammonia and 200,000 litres of diesel oil on board. The ship is purposely capsized to reduce the risk of the ammonia tank exploding.
2019-09-26

An Airbus AS350 helicopter crashes in northern Norway, killing all five Norwegian passengers and the Swedish pilot.
2019-08-31

Norwegian police raid the offices of the Catholic Church’s diocese in Oslo, charging the church administration with serious fraud under the suspicion of wrongfully claiming as much as NOK 50 million in state support by presenting fraudulent membership statistics.
2015-02-26

Residents of the historic Norwegian village of Lærdalsøyri are evacuated due to a fire that has destroyed at least 10 homes.
2014-01-19

Solberg's Cabinet is appointed as the 61st cabinet of Norway by the King following the parliamentary election on 9 September.
2013-10-16

A court in Bangladesh clears Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of misappropriating Norwegian aid money at a micro-finance bank he founded.
2011-04-25