Doctors at Norway’s national hospital said King Harald V, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, was doing well after receiving a new and permanent pacemaker Tuesday morning to improve his heart beat. It replaces a temporary pacemaker inserted when the king fell ill during a recent holiday trip to Malaysia. Officials at Rikshospitalet in Oslo said the procedure […]
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Norway’s national employers’ organization NHO was jubilant after the government announced a new trade deal with India over the weekend. It will mostly eliminate customs duty on Norwegian exports over the next five to nine years. India will also receive duty cuts on exports including textiles and fish feed. “This is incredibly good news for […]
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After lots of criticism over the lack of a public evaluation of Norwegian military and civilian operations in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide now promises to provide one. It comes after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and under orders from Parliament. The last evaluation of Norway’s role in the war-torn country covered […]
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Bergen’s city government has voted to forbid overnight camping in public parks, open spaces, along roads or in local town squares and other public areas. Critics claim it’s aimed at keeping homeless people off the streets. “Bergen is beginning to be an ice-cold city,” complained Mailiss Solheim Åkerblom, of the Reds Party. Both it and […]
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