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PHOTO: School bus slides off the road in Tønsberg, five people escape through roof hatch
Four school children escaped unharmed, while the bus driver was slightly injured when a school bus drove off the road in Tønsberg on Thursday morning.
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PHOTO: Mass vaccination has started in Oslo
Mass vaccination in Oslo is underway. 85-year-old Arne Svein Jul Bekken received his first dose of the corona vaccine in Bydel Bjerke's premises on Thursday morning.
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Owners of undamaged homes near the Gjerdrum landslide site could be financially ruined, jurist warns
The owners of undamaged and “safe” homes near the Gjerdrum landslide could be financially ruined, a Norwegian jurist warns. “Fear of new landslides is not covered by…
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Oslo Municipality fined 2 million kroner for serious child welfare violation
Oslo's child welfare service did not do enough to prevent a girl from receiving drugs and being abused when she visited her mother and stepfather, the public prosecutor…
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One out of nine inhabitants of Oslo has been quarantined since June
Since June last year, one out of nine inhabitants of Oslo was quarantined as a close contact of a corona-infected person. “From June 1, we have registered 77,217 close…
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Norwegian Medicines Agency links 13 deaths to vaccine side effects. Those who died were frail and old
The Norwegian Medicines Agency linked 13 deaths to the corona vaccine's side effects. Those who died had two things in common - they were old and frail.
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Norway’s Progress Party: Vinmonopolet should have to offer locally produced alcohol
Vinmonopolet, the government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer and the only company allowed to sell beverages containing an alcohol content higher than 4.75% in Norway,…
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Norway’s Consumer Council reports Amazon for making it very difficult to cancel Amazon Prime subscription
The Consumer Council believes that Amazon is deliberately making it very difficult to cancel the subscription to Amazon Prime.
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Norway registers record number of corona cases in single week
A total of 4,413 Norwegians were diagnosed with the coronavirus last week.
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Norway decides to uphold ban on the sale of unpasteurized milk
All milk sold to Norwegian consumers must still be heat-treated. The Ministry of Health decided not to allow sales of unpasteurized milk for human consumption.
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Study: Chinese corona vaccine provides protection in 50% of cases
The Chinese-developed Coronavac vaccine has shown protection against COVID-19 in 50.4% of cases, new figures from tests in Brazil show.
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Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja have taken the corona vaccine
King Harald and Queen Sonja received the first of two doses of the corona vaccine on Wednesday.
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Norway’s health institute: It’s better to get pregnant after corona vaccination
Norway's National Institute of Public Health (FHI) believes women planning to become pregnant should wait until one week has passed from receiving the last dose of the…
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Norway launches new measures to fight crime in the fishing industry
Soon, all fishing vessels will be tracked, regardless of their size.
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Law firm must pay Polaris Media 100 million kroner in compensation
Polaris Media ASA has been awarded NOK 100 million in compensation for losses as a result of erroneous legal advice, the company stated.
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The government wants to introduce mandatory corona testing as soon as people arrive in Norway
Today, testing is already mandatory after arrival - but within 24 hours after crossing the border.
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Gjerdrum landslide: Police plan to launch new search effort to find missing persons on Monday
The police state that they will resume the search for the three missing persons that are presumed dead on Monday next week.