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Norway Speeds Ahead Of EU In Race For Fossil-free Roads

On the quiet streets of an Oslo suburb, electric vehicles are parked in nearly every other driveway as Norway speeds towards its goal of becoming the first country free of fossil fuel-powered cars.

International Business Times

Runaway Tram Crashes Into Oslo Store, Injures Four

A tram derailed and careened into a store in central Oslo on Tuesday, a rare accident that left at least four people injured and sparked panic among passersby.

International Business Times

A tram derails and plows into a shop in the Norwegian capital but only 4 are lightly injured

Four people have been injured when a tram derailed and plowed into a computer shop in downtown Oslo

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Nobel Peace Prize 2024 awarded to Japanese nuclear bomb survivors Nihon Hidankyo

The winner was announced at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday, for the group, which "contributed greatly to the establishment of the nuclear taboo". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nobel peace prize 2024: Japanese atomic bomb survivor movement Nihon Hidankyo wins award – as it happened

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Japanese atomic bomb survivor movement Nihon Hidankyo

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The London Question: is London now financially impossible for artists and creatives?

Let’s be more like Oslo, where they actually make the city liveable for artists

Evening Standard

War affects girls and boys differently: what we found in our study of children in the DRC

War has become a regular part of life for many children. Millions are victims and witnesses to the horrors of war. Recent estimates by researchers at the Peace Research Institute Oslo show that one in six children globally lives in a conflict zone, and Africa has the highest number of…

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Mouse crawling out of plane food forces early landing of flight

The Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight from Oslo to Málaga was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Copenhagen

Evening Standard

A national park is using bad reviews to lure visitors—‘A world of regret awaits you’

It’s the latest example of how utilizing bad reviews has become a sought-after strategy for the tourism industry.

Fortune

Sea swims, sensational Scandinavian food - and the odd disagreement: Interrailing with my 75-year-old mum

Taking the train from Manchester to Oslo led to 10 action-packed days me and my Zumba-going mum would never forget

The Guardian - UK

Norway’s border guards on front line in battle against ‘cocaine tsunami’

The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American producers

The Guardian - UK

Remains of 14th-century gauntlet discovered in Oslo's medieval harbor

Archaeologists excavating Oslo's medieval harbor have unearthed the remnants of a 14th-century gauntlet.

LiveScience

Qatar, Egypt and US urge Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks

Qatari, Egyptian and US leaders on Thursday urged Israel and Hamas to resume urgent talks on August 15 either in Doha or Cairo to bridge all remaining gaps in the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement and start implementing it without any delay. Their joint statement came after the Israeli military ordered…

France 24

Norwegian Royal Family Son Suspected Of Criminal Offenses

Norway's Marius Borg Høiby faces charges of bodily harm and criminal damage after a disturbance in Oslo. Crown Princess Mette-Marit postpones trip to the O...

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The Independent UK

Royal shock as son of Norway’s crown princess arrested in Oslo

Marius Borg Høiby is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne

Fortune

Nicolai Tangen runs Norway's $1.7 trillion investment fund. Can he use that leverage to change business's bad habits?

Under Tangen, the giant asset manager NBIM is increasingly backing shareholder activists on climate action and corporate governance.

The Guardian - UK

Drug smugglers targeting Oslo as gateway into Europe

Mayor of Norwegian capital, Anne Lindboe, says drugs worth up to £570m have entered through the port

The Guardian - UK

It’s not just Norway where the kids are all right

Letters: Readers comment on Norwegian parenting and similar attitudes taken by parents elsewhere

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Al Jazeera

Iranian-born Norwegian man gets 30 years for Oslo Pride shootings

Zaniar Matapour convicted on ‘terrorism’ and murder charges after attack that killed two people and wounded nine.

The Independent UK

Verdict expected for Iranian-born Norwegian man charged in deadly 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack

A verdict is expected Thursday in the case of an Iranian-born Norwegian man who is charged with terrorism in a 2002 attack at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo, Norway, in which two people were killed and nine seriously wounded at three locations

MusicRadar

"I wanted to be able to do that because if he doesn't know who I am now, he will know who I am in the future" – While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar

"It's probably in the bin" Sean jokes as we meet at Oslo's Tons Of Rock festival, but the moment at Download festival was a genuinely touching one between two creative guitarists

The Independent UK

‘Oslo is rubbish – don’t come here!’ The sarcastic tourism advert that’s going viral

The opening words in the tongue-in-cheek video are: ‘I wouldn’t come here to be honest!’

Metal Hammer

Watch Metallica cover Diamond Head’s Am I Evil? with Diamond Head’s guitarist, Brian Tatler

Tatler joined the heavy metal superstars onstage at Oslo’s Tons Of Rock festival yesterday

Creative Bloq

Oslo’s sarcastic tourism ad breaks every marketing rule (and it’s perfect)

"I wouldn't come here, to be honest”.

The Guardian - UK

Come to Oslo – it’s rubbish! Is this the world’s most modest tourist campaign?

‘I wouldn’t come here, to be honest,’ says the disdainful star of Visit Oslo’s latest advert, which has become a viral hit online

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