Bizarre, three-foot-wide blobs of jelly have been spotted off the Norwegian coast — and they contain tiny squid eggs in a bubble of mucus, a study has found. Researchers found that each of the blobs may contain as many as hundreds of thousands of the tiny eggs, each of which can develop into an embryonic … Read more
The recovery plan at Rolls-Royce has been dealt a blow after Norway blocked the sale of an engines company to a Russian group. The Norwegian government called a halt to the £130million deal to sell Bergen Engines to TMH on national security grounds. The takeover ‘would have been of significant military strategic interest to Russia, … Read more
Frozen message in a bottle washes up on shore in Norway – 16 years after Shetland couple tossed it into the sea Helene Hundeide, from Måløy, Norway, found a frozen message in a bottle Message was posted in 2004 by Peter and Susan Henry from Noonsbrough Couple were on a yacht heading home to Shetland after … Read more
Norway adjusts Covid vaccine advice for doctors after admitting they ‘cannot rule out’ side effects from the jab were behind 23 deaths in ‘elderly, frail’ patients Of the fatalities, 13 have been autopsied and showed signs of side effects All had had the vaccine and were nursing home residents over the age of 80 The … Read more
Dozens are missing and at least nine people have been injured in a massive night-time landslide in a Norwegian town. Homes were buried under a huge slick of mud at 4am in the village of Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 12 miles north of Oslo. Photos show at least eight homes were swept away … Read more
Norway says it will stop European AND British fishing boats from accessing its cod-rich waters from January 1 as a result of their failure to agree a Brexit deal Norway may close access to its fishing waters to European and British vessels The country is not part of the EU but is in the … Read more
A veritable treasure trove of ancient artifacts has been discovered in an Norwegian ice patch that climate change has caused to melt. Researchers found nearly 70 arrow shafts, plus shoes, textiles and reindeer bones on a mountainside in Jotunheimen, about 240 miles from Oslo. Based on radiocarbon dating, the oldest arrows are from around 4100 … Read more
A Nazi warship sank by the British has been found 80 years later, after a power company stumbled across it while inspecting their underwater lines. The Karlsruhe was returning from the Nazi invasion of Norway in 1940 when it was torpedoed by HMS Truant, forcing the Germans to scuttle the sinking ship. But while the … Read more
He’s currently in the midst of shooting the seventh instalment in his hugely successful Mission: Impossible franchise. And Tom Cruise was seen making the impossible look anything but on Sunday, when he shot gravity-defying scenes for the anticipated movie in Norway. The 58-year-old actor was seen flying through the air as he jumped off a … Read more
Lockdown-free Sweden saw its coronavirus case rate drop below its Nordic neighbours Denmark and Norway today to just 12 new infections per million people over the past week. In comparison, Norway saw 14 new infections per million people, and Denmark saw 18, meaning Sweden had an average case rate over seven days lower than its … Read more