Winter weather snarls air, train travel across Europe
Frankfurt, Germany/Oslo, Norway Reuters Freezing rain in central and southern Germany grounded hundreds of flights and disrupted train travel on Wednesday, while heavy snowfall in Norway’s capital led to the temporary closure of its main airport. Germany’s massive Frankfurt airport cancelled all flights in early afternoon as jets could no longer be de-iced, but later […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner says Iranian people will prevail against rulers
Oslo, NorwayReuters The Iranian people will ultimately overcome authoritarianism imposed by a government that has lost legitimacy and public support, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said from prison in a speech read by her children on Sunday. The Norwegian Nobel committee in October awarded the prize to Mohammadi, 51, for her non-violent fight “against […]
Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize winner fear they won’t see her again
Oslo, NorwayReuters The teenage children of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi fear they will never meet their mother again, but said they were proud of her struggle for women’s rights as they prepared to accept the award on her behalf on Sunday. Mohammadi, 51, who is serving multiple sentences in Tehran’s notorious […]
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway Reuters Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic’s condemnation. The award-making committee said the prize honoured those behind recent unprecedented demonstrations in Iran and called for the release of Mohammadi, 51, who […]
Significant Sights: Oslo’s hidden gem – exploring the Nordic Bible Museum
PAUL GLADER, of Religion Unplugged, visits a lesser known attraction in the Norwegian capital…
NATO ready to deploy even more troops to quell unrest in Kosovo – Stoltenberg
Oslo, NorwayReuters NATO is prepared to deploy more troops to Kosovo to quell violence in the ethnically polarised north, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, adding that the first 700 reinforcement troops are on the way there. “NATO will remain vigilant. We will be there to ensure a safe and secure environment, and […]
Millennium-old Viking ships shored up for Oslo move
Oslo, NorwayReuters At Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum, a team of engineers has begun work to ensure a new home being built nextdoor does not prove fatal for three vessels that have survived for a millennium or more. The new building is necessary to protect the wooden ships, two of which date from the ninth century […]
Quick facts – How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
Oslo, NorwayReuters The winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on 7th October in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: Who can win?The prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the […]
Horror on Oslo Pride day as gunman goes on deadly rampage at gay bar
Oslo, NorwayReuters Terrified revellers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement and desperately called loved ones as a gunman went on the rampage, killing two people and injuring 21 on the day the city was due to celebrate its annual Pride parade. Authorities said the suspect, a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian […]
Norway’s “threadbare” Christmas tree present underwhelms some in Britain
London, UK Reuters Norway’s annual Christmas tree gift to London provoked unseasonably abrupt responses on Thursday, including demands that the 24-metre Norwegian spruce be replaced, after it appeared to be less than symmetrical with some broken branches. Every year, a tree is felled outside Oslo and sent to London’s Trafalgar Square as an offering of […]