Norway

Norway’s beach handball team was fined last week after refusing to play in bikinis — and international pop star Pink is rallying behind the team for support.

Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway took home the gold medal in the Men’s Triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics

A large meteor briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday.

Church bells pealed across Norway for the 10th anniversary of the country’s worst peacetime slaughter, as leaders urged renewed efforts to fight the extremism behind the attack that left 77 people dead

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined for refusing to play in bikini bottoms during a game in the sport’s Euro 2021 tournament. The team wore thigh-length elastic shorts during their bronze medal match against Spain in Bulgaria on Sunday to protest against the regulation bikini-bottom design that the sport’s Norwegian federation president called “embarrassing.” The team...

Travelers regularly search for activities in New York, Paris and Rome — but the world’s most popular online travel search is in none of those places.

The idea is for the ship, which will also have two rotor sails, to carry grain and gravel.

The importance of ports to the sector was illustrated by a number of announcements this week.

The Norwegian Rescue Coordination Center airlifted the 12-member crew of a cargo ship after they were caught in an extreme storm. Authorities are battling 49-foot waves to try to stabilize the ship and prevent an oil spill in the North Sea.

Norway is the world’s most cashless country, but, its central bank’s governor told Bloomberg it is not recommending bitcoin as an alternative to fiat currency.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, which is the world’s largest, is wielding its power to push the companies it invests in to put more women on their boards. 

Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village have found no signs of life amid the ruined buildings and debris

Authorities say a landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital, injuring at least 10 people and leaving 21 unaccounted for

An anti-immigrant Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East

A Norwegian cruise ship line has halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after an outbreak of coronavirus on one ship infected at least 5 passengers and 36 crew members

The State of Maine is trying to decide what to do with dozens of spiders and a few scorpions found in a motel room. Last Friday, the owner of the Inn Town Motel in Norway, Maine, discovered 37 tarantulas, a wolf spider and at least three scorpions when checking a room. He reported the animals to the police, who seized them…

After dozens of tarantulas, scorpions and other insects were found in Maine motel rooms, investigators are trying to figure out what to do with them.

A white nationalist Norwegian who killed his stepsister and then stormed an Oslo mosque and opened fire, hitting no one, was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to 21 years in prison, the longest jail term under Norwegian law. Philip Manshaus, who had said in court that he regretted not having caused more damage, “has proven to be an extremely dangerous…

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq. Esper said he had lost confidence in Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back...