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9 August – Storm Hans: After several days of heavy rain in Norway, a dam breaks into the Glomma river in Braskereidfoss. Locals are evacuated. [12] 10 August – After several days of heavy rains in Norway, the town of Hamar floods the speed skating rink at the Vikingskipet arena in order to relieve the flooding in other parts of the town. [13]
The 2011 Norway attacks, also called 22 July (Norwegian: 22. juli) [12] or 22/7 in Norway, [13] were two domestic terrorist attacks by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in which a total of 77 people were killed.
[57] [58] Støre reiterated that while the perpetrator had Islamist motivations, the attack was the fault of an individual and not Norway's Muslim community. [59] In his speech on the anniversary of the 2011 Norway attacks, the Prime Minister said that "we know that queer people are the targets of hate, threats and violence. The incitement of ...
The Norwegian owner of the Bulgarian firm under investigation in Bulgaria, Rinson Jose, 39, left Norway for the United States on Sept. 17, the day the pagers exploded in Lebanon.
Norway took in Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion of their country. Norwegian government sent foreign aid to Ukraine , and condemned and sanctioned Russia for waging the war. As the rest of Europe and in the world, Norway continued to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and Delta cron hybrid variant, but much less so than in January 2020 ...
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, received a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will remain in the hospital for a few days. The 87-year-old ...
[39] [124] [125] Breivik expressed hope at being declared sane in a letter sent to several Norwegian newspapers shortly before his trial, in which he wrote about the prospect of being sent to a psychiatric ward: "I must admit this is the worst thing that could have happened to me as it is the ultimate humiliation. To send a political activist ...
Terrorism in Norway includes a list of major terrorist incidents where organized groups and lone wolves have tried carrying out attacks. In recent years, there has been a rise mostly of Islamic extremism and far-right violence and various groups have been suspected of terrorism plans.