Norway’s beach handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms

Norway’s beach handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms

The women were deemed to be improperly dressed after they wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at a European championship match. Men are permitted to wear singlet tops and shorts.

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Hitting a ton? ScoMo and Big Mac have your cards marked

And there’s big love from Olav too.

Denmark,Norway,Iceland suspend AstraZeneca COVID shots after blood clot reports

Denmark,Norway,Iceland suspend AstraZeneca COVID shots after blood clot reports

Some health experts said there was little evidence to suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine should not be administered and that the cases of blood clots corresponded with the rate of such cases in the general population.

  • byNikolaj Skydsgaard andJacob Gronholt-Pedersen
'We're not alarmed':Norway finds no direct link between elderly deaths and vaccine

'We're not alarmed':Norway finds no direct link between elderly deaths and vaccine

Health authorities say there's no evidence of a direct link between the recent string of deaths among elderly people,and the COVID vaccine they received.

  • byLars Erik Taraldsen
Three bodies recovered from Norwegian landslide,seven still missing

Three bodies recovered from Norwegian landslide,seven still missing

Local police chief Ida Melbo Oeystese said it may still be possible to find survivors four days later in air pockets inside the destroyed buildings.

  • byJari Tanner
'We are still searching for survivors':Norwegian rescuers hunt for missing after landslide

'We are still searching for survivors':Norwegian rescuers hunt for missing after landslide

Ten people remain missing after a landslide in southern Norway,with rescuers deploying drones and dogs to negotiate unstable clay soil.

  • byGwladys Fouche andNora Buli
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'It is a catastrophe':Landslide in southern Norway sweeps buildings away
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'It is a catastrophe':Landslide in southern Norway sweeps buildings away

The landslide struck a residential area in the municipality of Gjerdrum,about 30 kilometres north of the capital Oslo.

  • byNora Buli andVictoria Klesty
Saudi Arabia'tried to target critic'living in Norway exile

Saudi Arabia'tried to target critic'living in Norway exile

A 10-man security team with diplomatic immunity was deployed to target a critic of Mohammad bin Salman,according to Norwegian media.

  • byJames Rothwell
Greece orders nationwide lockdown to curb'aggressive'COVID-19 resurgence

Greece orders nationwide lockdown to curb'aggressive'COVID-19 resurgence

Under the new countrywide restrictions,retail businesses will be shut with the exception of supermarkets and pharmacies.

Norway says Russia backed a cyber attack against its parliament

Norway says Russia backed a cyber attack against its parliament

The Russian Embassy in Oslo said Norway's accusations that Moscow was behind the cyber attacks were not backed up with evidence and were unacceptable.

  • byGwladys Fouche
Gripped by coronavirus resurgence,Spain reports more than 3500 new cases

Gripped by coronavirus resurgence,Spain reports more than 3500 new cases

The country has registered the largest number of cases in western Europe since the pandemic began six months ago and the biggest resurgence after lifting one of the continent's strictest lockdowns.