Cargo Ship Crashed Into Man’s Yard After Crewman Fell Asleep, Police Say
A retiree living along a Norwegian fjord woke up on Thursday morning because his neighbor was pounding on his door, telling him to look outside. The ship just missed his house.
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‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden
A 135-metre container vessel ran aground in Byneset, near Trondheim, narrowly missing a houseA Norwegian man has spoken of the “unreal” moment he woke up to discover that a 135-metre container ship had crashed into his front garden.The cargo vessel, th…
Norway hands over Arctic Council intact after ‘difficult’ term as chair
Ukraine conflict and Trump’s threat to seize Greenland have caused internal tensions within intergovernmental bodyNorway is to hand over the leadership of an intergovernmental body comprising countries with territory in the Arctic after what its foreig…
Norwegian fan trades five kilos of fish for ticket to Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham
Supporter with spare ticket took the bait over offerAround 50,000 supporters vying for just 480 seatsA Norwegian bartered five kilos of semi-dried fish for a ticket to Thursday’s semi-final clash between Bodø/Glimt and Tottenham in the Arctic Circle, a…
Space Force eyeing international launch sites to increase ‘resilience’
While not necessarily a near-term possibility, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen said the Space Force is “looking at increasing the resiliency, increasing the ways that we have to get assured access to space, that’s where the these initial dis…
Britons flying to Scandinavia with older passports risk being denied boarding
‘Inconsistent application’ of Schengen rules on passport validity has seen people turned back at border by airlinesSome Britons flying to Scandinavia this summer risk being turned away at the gate if they are travelling on an older passport due to the …
Equinor considers suing Trump administration over halted US windfarm
Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finishedNorway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm projec…
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedomNorway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump ad…
‘That serene Scandinavian facade, yet there’s terror underneath’: artist unveils design for Norwegian national memorial to 22 July attacks
A 12-metre high mosaic will show the reflection of a wading bird native to Utøya island, where Anders Breivik murdered 69 people in 2011Fourteen years ago, the heart of Oslo was reconfigured by hate. On 22 July 2011, Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Behring B…
Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
North-east Atlantic mackerel in decline and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other optionsMackerel stocks are nearing a “breaking point”, experts have said as the fish is downgraded as a sustainable option.People should be eating herring i…