Category: Norway

Syrian Man Stabs Wife and a Man in Norway Domestic Dispute: Police

OSLO—A Syrian man stabbed and wounded his wife and another man in a small village in southeast Norway on Friday, police said, adding that the attack was a domestic dispute and there was no danger to others. The two victims and the attacker were all wounded in the attack, which had triggered a major response…


Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Five in Norway Stabbing, Bow-and-Arrow Attacks

OSLO—A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stabbing five people to death and attempting to murder 11 with a bow and arrow, attacks that spread fear across a small town in Norway in October last year. The rampage through Kongsberg, 40 miles west of the capital Oslo, lasted more than half an hour, as the…


Bodies of 4 Marines Killed During NATO Training Flight in Norway Returned to US

The bodies of four Marines who were killed when a military aircraft crashed during a NATO training flight in northern Norway earlier this month have been returned to the United States. The Marines were identified as Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Capt. Ross A. Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts; Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio;…


Norway’s King Tests Positive for COVID, Has Mild Symptoms

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s 85-year-old King Harald V tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday and has mild symptoms, royal officials said. Harald will take a break from his duties for a few days and that his son and heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, would take them over for now, the royal household said in…


Russia Demands Ukraine Surrender Mariupol, Ukraine Responds; Chinese Airline Crashes with 132 Aboard | NTD News Today

No breakthroughs yet in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin said on Monday that there’s no ceasefire, because it would give Ukraine’s military time to regroup.  The U.S. is stepping up its efforts to help Ukraine in their defense against Russia’s invasion. President Joe Biden is holding talks on Monday with European leaders….


US Identifies 4 Marines Killed During NATO Training Flight in Norway

U.S. officials have identified the four Marines who were killed when a military aircraft crashed during a NATO training flight in northern Norway on March 18. Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Capt. Ross A. Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts, Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, were…


US Military Plane With 4 on Board Crashes in Norway

A U.S. military aircraft carrying four people has crashed in northern Norway, the country’s  rescue coordination center announced Friday. A V-22 Osprey aircraft—a multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing—belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps “has hit the ground,” said a spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Norway. The spokesperson…


Mini Sailboat Launched by US Middle Schoolers in 2020 Found Washed Up in Norway by Student 462 Days Later

What started as a junior-high class project turned into an expedition across the Atlantic, bridging the gap between two continents. A small unmanned sailboat, constructed and launched by students in New Hampshire, voyaged all the way to Norway, where it washed ashore and was found by a family over a year later. Their young son took…


Norway Scraps COVID-19 Restrictions, Plans to ‘Live With’ Virus

Norway has become the latest Nordic nation to remove almost all COVID-19 restrictions put in place despite the Omicron variant spreading throughout the country, and is on course toward reverting back to pre-pandemic normalcy. “The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a great threat to the health of most of us. The Omicron variant leads to…


Norway Ends Most Pandemic Restrictions

OSLO—Norway is scrapping nearly all its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures as high levels of coronavirus infections are unlikely to jeopardize health services, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Saturday. The Nordic country, which removed most curbs on Feb. 1, will still keep some restrictions for the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The new rules took…