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There are major differences in how health regions have prepared themselves for the coronavirus. Only Health Southeast decided to order additional equipment in late…
The Armed Forces have detonated and destroyed the bomb found during excavation work at Skoltegrunnskaien in Bergen. The bomb, which was found on Friday morning, is…
On Friday, two large bottles of disinfectant were stolen from the waiting room at a medical center at Giske in Møre og Romsdal, NRK reports. At the start of the day, the…
The Directorate of Health asks everyone who has been in places with persistent corona virus infection to not go to work, school and not use public transport. The…
Students and teachers around the country have been asked to stay home after a coronavirus infection has been identified at a number of schools. Also, a kindergarten has…
Over six days, 11,000 inquiries were made to the information service created to relieve the health care system. 27 people answer the phones which are not linked to…
Aker emergency services (legevakt) have set up a sampling station where people who suspect they are infected with the coronavirus can come by car. “Now we have a…
Infection protection expert and Chief Doctor Preben Aavitsland from the Institute of Public Health tells VG that the authorities are more concerned now than they were…
More people in general comply with the speed limits compared to previous years. However, this is because the police have more controls and the number of fines increased…
The world’s polar bears are threatened by climate change and melting sea ice. The world’s five countries, where polar bear live, are gathering these days to discuss the…
King Harald says life is about to return to normal after a bad winter, but that it will take time to move forward after Ari Behn’s death. “It will take some time. Not a…
The winter of 2019/2020 in Norway has been the warmest measured in the country since the measurements began 120 years ago. The winter was 4.5 degrees warmer than normal,…
Many people are fleeing the fighting in Idlib, Syria. Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Høyre) does not believe that Norway should accept more refugees. “The most important…
Turkey has opened the borders to Europe for its migrants. The UDI chief says that Norway is not prepared for a sharp increase in the number of asylum seekers. – If the…
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) saw for herself how Norwegian money is contributing to education and health care for Palestinian refugees in Jordan.…