Coronavirus: 53 on Norwegian cruise ship test positive

Number of passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus on luxury Norweigian cruise liner rises to 53 53 people on board the MS Roald Amundsen have tested positive for Covid-19  Norway has closed its ports to cruise ships for two weeks following the outbreak   Authorities fear passengers disembarking along route may have spread virus  By … Read more

Fifty-three passengers on Norwegian cruise ship test positive for coronavirus 

Number of passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus on luxury Norweigian cruise liner rises to 53 53 people on board the MS Roald Amundsen have tested positive for Covid-19  Norway has closed its ports to cruise ships for two weeks following the outbreak   Authorities fear passengers disembarking along route may have spread virus  By … Read more

Norwegian to resume UK flights on July 1

Norwegian will restart flights to UK airports from July 1 after airline halted all international trips during the coronavirus outbreak Norwegian has announced it will restart flights to UK airports from July 1  The airline had been operating flights within Norway during coronavirus crisis  However, it will restart 76 routes across Europe due to an … Read more

Norwegian jewel store thieves smashed off moped by police after high-speed chase through a PARK

Rammed raiders: Jewel store thieves are smashed off their moped by police after high-speed chase through a PARK following armed raid at Norwegian jewellery store CCTV shows robbers, armed with a pistol, raiding a jewellery shop in Oslo  They stash expensive watches and jewellery into bags before fleeing on a moped A police chase ensues … Read more

Puppy rescued by Norwegian military after Arctic landslide

The moment rescuers pluck miracle puppy Raija from the debris of Norwegian landslide after she was swept out to sea alongside eight houses One-year-old dog was saved after being swept out into sea in Arctic mudslide Mudslide more than 600 metres long struck coast of of Alta, Northern Norway Eight homes were swept into the sea along … Read more

Investors lose out as Norwegian Air secures £221m state-backed loan

Investors lose out in £221m Norwegian deal: Airline to go in ‘hibernation’ for a year’ after securing state-backed loan By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 Norwegian Air has secured a £221million state-backed loan after completing a huge refinancing that virtually wiped … Read more

Norwegian royal family don traditional dress and wave flags from balcony

The Norwegian King and his family donned traditional dress today as they waved flags from the balcony the Royal Palace in Oslo.    King Harald V was joined by his wife Queen Sonja, his son Crown Prince Haakon, his daughter in law Crown Princess Mette-Marit and their children Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus to … Read more

Norwegian businessman worth £156million arrested on suspicion of killing his wife

The millionaire husband of a Norwegian woman thought to have been abducted and held for an £8million ransom has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.  Tom Hagen, 70, estimated to be worth £156million, was arrested on his way to work on Tuesday morning, in the latest twist to a case that has kept the country … Read more

Norwegian government uses GPS data from cell phone provider to model coronavirus spread

Norwegian government uses cellular data tracking users’ movements to model the potential spread of coronavirus and anticipate what parts of the country will need medical supplies Norway is using cellular data to track the movements of people in groups of 20  The movement data is used to predict where COVID-19 flare-ups might occur Cell provider … Read more

Norwegian musher wins Iditarod race completing iconic 1,000 mile trail in nine days and 10 hours

Dog-sled racer Thomas Waerner made his childhood dreams come true when he won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Wednesday.  As a young boy growing up in Norway, Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic American modes of transportation: muscle cars and the sled dogs in the Iditarod. … Read more