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In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.
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Shipwreck discovered at the bottom of Norway’s largest lake – possibly 700 years old
Marine archaeologists believe the ship dates to sometime between 1300 – 1850. It was found at the bottom of the lake Mjøsa, at 410 metres.
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Walrus Freya who became attraction in Norway's Oslo Fjord put down
Freya had to be euthanised because the public went too close to her, officials said.
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The Norwegian library with unreadable books
Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why? Richard Fisher visits the Future Library in Oslo to find out.
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Norway blows up hydro dam to restore river health and fish stocks
A dam that has blocked the Tromsa River in Norway for more than 100 years was blown up with dynamite this week, freeing migratory routes for fish. “It’s a big step,” said Tore Solbakken of Norwegian angling club Gudbrandsdal Sportsfiskeforening, who has campaigned for five years to have the old hydropower plant dam removed. “I’m very happy. It’s all about restoring healthy rivers and fish populations.”
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Cyberattack on one of Norway’s largest media companies shuts down presses
Amedia, the largest local news publisher in Norway, announced on Tuesday that several of its central computer systems were shut down in what it is calling an apparent “serious” cyberattack.
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Norway attack suspect converted to Islam and was suspected of radicalization, police say
The suspect in the Norway bow-and-arrow attack was a convert to Islam and police had been in contact with him before the killings on Wednesday over concerns about radicalization, police chief Ole Bredrup Sæverud said Thursday.
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Norway's left-wing opposition wins general election, PM concedes
The left-wing opposition in Norway has won the country's general election, preliminary results show. Early results indicate the end of the centre-right government's eight-year rule under Prime Minister Erna Solberg, following a campaign dominated by the future of the oil industry.
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Flashing meteor that exploded over Norway landed somewhere in a nearby forest
The hunt for fragments of an "unusually large meteor" that lit up the skies over Norway on 25 July has begun. The meteor awakened awestruck residents of the country's capital city, Oslo, with the sound of a large explosion. Footage shows the fireball from the meteor streaking across the sky in a trail of bright flashes at around 1 a.m. local time Sunday morning before it landed somewhere in a forest near Oslo.
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Norway mourns 77 dead a decade after terrorist attack
Church bells rang out across Norway on Thursday, marking 10 years since the country’s worst ever peacetime slaughter as leaders urged their country to fight the extremism that was behind the attack.
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Norway women's beach handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms
The European Handball Federation fined Norway’s women’s team for wearing shorts rather than bikini bottoms during a match. Each player was fined 150 Euros for wearing “improper clothing…
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Influencers In Norway Will Legally Have To Disclose Their Photoshopped Images
Enlarged lips, pronounced muscles, and waists that have been narrowed will require declaration when the law comes into effect.
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Tesla is found guilty of throttling charging speed, asked to pay $16,000 to thousands of owners
In court in Norway, Tesla was found guilty of throttling charging speed and battery capacity through a software update. Unless it appeals, Tesla is going to have to pay $16,000 to each of the thousands of owners affected in the country. The fine could be even more significant as other similar legal efforts are on the way in other countries.
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Tesla faces a huge fine in Norway for throttling battery charging speeds
Tesla has been ordered to pay 136,000 kroner ($16,000) each to thousands of customers in Norway for slowing down charging speeds, according to Nettavisen via Electrek. A 2019 software update was found to have affected the battery life in Tesla Model S vehicles manufactured between 2013 and 2015, sparking a complaint by dozens of Norwegian Tesla owners to the country’s conciliation council, according to Nettavisen.
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NATO troops in Lithuania neglect Covid-19 quarantine rules
Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup in Lithuania. According to the battalion spokesman, the infected soldiers are from Norway, and the unit has been placed under lockdown. “We are confirming that Covid-19 had been detected in the Battlegroup during last weekend. The Battlegroup’s German commander decided therefore to put all soldiers in Rukla on lockdown until contact traces are completed,” Lieutenant Colonel Stephan-Thomas Klose told. It should be noted that last year cases of infection in the NATO Battlegroup, as well as now, were confirmed precisely after the weekend.
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Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway
Norway became the first country in the world where the sale of electric cars has overtaken those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with the German carmaker Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the top battery-vehicle producer, data shows.
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Norway has switched to electric cars. And in their cities you can breathe cleaner air than ever
When we look at Norway and we see the enormous success of the introduction of the electric car, we can see the result of enormous work from the public sector that literally pushed people to buy this type of vehicle. A bet that began much earlier than we think and that has allowed the Nordic country to be a world leader in the implementation of this technology in sales per inhabitant.
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Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway in 2020
The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with German auto-maker Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the top battery-vehicle producer, new data showed on Tuesday.
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Norway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehicles
The Norwegian government plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2025
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Norway launches major wind power research centre
Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, has announced an investment of $13.73 million in a new windpower research centre. The NorthWind research centre will work on innovations to make wind power cheaper, more efficient, and more sustainable. One of the centre’s main priorities will be offshore wind research.
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