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Norway boss 'angry' over Arsenal star Martin Odegaard's injury after private phone call
Norway boss Stale Solbakken revealed he is "angry and upset" after losing captain Martin Odegaard for his side's crunch World Cup qualifier against Israel. The Arsenal skipper suffered an MCL injury on Saturday after clashing knees with West Ham...

Oslo Airport flights disrupted by new drone sightings
Flights at Oslo Airport were disrupted after pilots reported suspected drones in the early hours of Monday. Several flights were delayed at Oslo’s main airport Gardermoen although the incident did not result in diversions, as was the case in a...
48 hours in Bergen, Norway’s historic harbor city
Morning light spills across Bergen’s harbor, glinting off rows of colorful wooden buildings that have watched ships come and go for centuries. Framed by seven mountains and freshened by sea air, the city feels both timeless and alive with a blend...

Global Organizations Ignore Over One Million Dead and Displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
The surgical team operates on patients, saving lives and restoring health despite the odds against them. Photo by Dr. Matthew Spreadbury. Vascular surgeon Dr. Matthew Spreadbury picked up my call as he was finishing a full day of surgery alongside...

Build up to bed down: US eyes project to give 500-plus troops Norway airfield digs
An American airman refuels a Norwegian air force F-16 Fighting Falcon during an exercise Aug. 26, 2020, at Rygge Air Station in Norway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is seeking proposals to prepare a “beddown” site for 576...
Gretchen Ho raises more questions after talk with Norwegian envoy on forex snub
MANILA, Philippines — Gretchen Ho has more questions, especially on the Philippines as a high risk country, after she received a call from the Norwegian ambassador. Gretchen’s post about her senior citizens kin being snubbed at a foreign exchange...

Norway’s Felice Capasso wins Diageo World Class 2025
Competing against finalists from 51 markets around the world, Capasso was named as winner by an international line up of industry leading experts at the final held in Toronto, Canada. From Nedre Løkka Cocktailbar in Oslo, Capasso is also founder...

EVs Take A Record 98.9% Share In Norway — Tesla Model Y Dominates
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. September saw plugin EVs take a record 98.9% share in Norway, up from 97.5% year on year. BEVs alone took 98.3% share, also a record high. Overall auto volume was 14,329...

Moment Erling Haaland brutally trolls Rangers ace Thelo Aasgaard as Man City star asks ‘what did you do last night?’
NORWAY are on the cusp of making it to a first World Cup in almost three decades. And Erling Haaland seemed to think Rangers star Thelo Aasgaard had taken the celebrations too far BEFORE their huge win over Israel last night. Sign up for the...

Gretchen Ho speaks with PH ambassador to Norway after family’s Oslo incident
Image: Facebook/Gretchen Ho Gretchen Ho said Philippine ambassador to Norway was “surprised” after she informed him of her family member’s experience of being denied service at a foreign exchange counter at Oslo Gardermoen Airport. The broadcast...

‘Norwegian cancelled my flight but failed to refund a replacement’
✉ In July my wife, two adult children and I were due to fly from Gatwick to Copenhagen with Norwegian Airlines. After sitting on the tarmac for three hours, almost twice the flying time, the flight was cancelled due to a technical fault (I have an...

The hero of Oslo looks for another magical Scotland moment during his last dance
The Norwich City midfielder would be more than happy if that wonderfully composed, last-gasp finish to complete a remarkable Scotland turnaround is his international epitaph. But the 33-year-old is hoping that there is still one big moment left in...

Today in History: Norway’s King Olav V visits Concordia
On this date in 1982, Norway’s King Olav V visited Concordia College in Moorhead, drawing thousands to celebrate Norwegian-American ties, where he praised shared heritage, strengthened cultural connections, and dedicated the King Olav V Endowment...

Energy Transition Begins At Home, Says Norwegian Climate Startup Boss
Starflow's Energy Hub brings together solar, battery storage, EV charging, and energy management into one seamless digital platform for home installation and usage. Starflow, October 2025 The world’s energy transition could begin at home by...

Norway’s Utsira Nord floating wind round advances with two subsidy bids
Utsira Nord floating wind, the first offshore floating wind tender in Norway, has drawn two large offshore wind consortia competing for the actual areas of the Utsira Nord region. Industry heavyweights applied to the Ministry of Energy, a major...

Israel slams Norway FA head over Oct. 7 silence
Tensions between Israel and Norway’s national soccer teams escalated Tuesday ahead of their World Cup qualifying match in Oslo on Saturday, as the Israel Football Association (IFA) issued a sharp rebuke of comments made by Norwegian Football...

Royal Marine Snipers Disable Drug Smuggling Skiff from Wildcat Helicopter
Royal Marines took aim at the engine of a boat suspected of drug smuggling while flying in HMS Lancaster’s Wildcat helicopter over the Gulf of Oman. £35 million of drugs were subsequently seized. Three skiffs were first identified by the Wildcat...

Luther College awards honorary degree to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor of Civil Law honoris causa upon His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. At a Celebration Convocation on Monday, Oct. 6, Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor...

Havila to Sail Climate-Neutral Along Norwegian Coast
Havila Voyages announced that at the end of November, the Havila Polaris will be filled with pure liquefied biogas for a historic voyage along the Norwegian coast. The sailing will prove that climate neutrality in the next tender on the coastal...

Outsized and Eccentric: The Farce Behind the Nobel Peace Pri...
The fuss about the Nobel Peace Prize has always been excessively outsized to its relevance. Like most prizes, the panel is bound to have its treasure trove of prejudices and eccentricities in reaching any decision. Thin resumes have swayed the...