Moderna Inc is recalling 764,900 doses of its COVID-19 Spikevax vaccine after a vial, made by its contract manufacturer Rovi, was found contaminated by an unspecified foreign body. The recalled doses had been delivered to 5 European countries: Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Poland, in January, he said. “Hence, people who have received Moderna jabs or are waiting for booster jabs do not... 

The people of Norway celebrated the end of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday after an abrupt announcement from the prime minister. According to the Associated Press (AP) the celebrations in some of Norway’s biggest cities that police were deployed not to punish people for wearing masks but to quell the “dozens of disturbances and violent clashes” as people piled into the streets, bars, restaurants,... 

The leaders of Norway, Denmark, Czech Republic and Austria have announced plans to relax coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Schools and day care centres are set to reopen in Denmark on 15 April in what will be the first steps the country is taking to ease its quarantine rules, while Norway will do so five days later. Denmark went into lockdown, closing schools, day centres, restaurants, cafes, gyms... 

The Nordic countries – some more than others – have started to put measures in place to combat coronavirus. While Sweden, Finland, and Iceland still have open borders, Denmark and Norway have closed their borders – except for the so-called ‘asylum seekers’ – despite the fact that many of them have come from coronavirus infested areas in northern Italy, Danish daily newspaper Berlingske... 

In a significant military endeavor, NATO is set to undertake its most extensive exercise in decades, known as Steadfast Defender 2024, as announced by General Christopher G. Cavoli, Commander of the U.S. European Command, on Thursday. This massive military drill is slated to run through May, involving a staggering deployment of nearly 90,000 troops, over 50 ships, 80 aircraft, and 1,100 combat vehicles. The... 

In a recent incident in the Red Sea, Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, acknowledged responsibility for targeting a Norwegian tanker, the Strinda, using an Anti-Ship Cruise Missile. The attack occurred as the vessel passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties, and the crew is safe. The ship, operated by J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, is now heading to a secure... 

Norway is grappling with a significant decline in fertility rates, prompting the country to turn to immigration as a solution to counter its population loss. Kjersti Toppe, Norway’s Minister for Children and Families, is urging Norwegian women to increase childbirth rates to address the demographic challenge. With the current average fertility rate standing at 1.41 children per woman, Toppe... 

The Russian soldier Andrej Medvedev, who sought asylum in Norway, was arrested on Wednesday night after he participated in a fight outside a pub in Oslo, Norwegian TV2 reports. Medvedev sought asylum in Norway and said he was prepared to testify against the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s chef”. But after a pub fight this week, he ended up in... 

The earliest rune stone that has ever been discovered, according to a group of archaeologists from Norway. It is believed that the little, brownish rock, which has been etched with cryptic writings, is about 2,000 years old and dates back to the time of Jesus. The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, which broke the discovery first this week, stated in a press statement that the up to 2,000-year-old... 

According to the police, the suspects in the Sunday gang rape in Vesterlen “had ties to Nordland.” Document now reveals that they have a great liking for Afghanistan, which is a totally different location. Reliable evidence in a document indicates that all four people accused of the gang rape had a history in Afghanistan. A Norwegian lady in her 20s with a young kid is the case’s... 

Norway raised its terror alert to the highest level of “extraordinary” Saturday after a gunman in Oslo opened fire in a bar district popular with the LGBTQ community, killing two and leaving more than 20 wounded, AP reports. According to Norwegian security service PST chief Roger Berg, the series of shootings were an “extreme Islamist terror act,” adding that the gunman, a Norwegian citizen... 

A Norwegian feminist and leader of Women’s Declaration International was questioned at an Oslo police station for 4 hours after she posted on Twitter her personal “anti-transgender” views which in fact are only mild statements saying things like men cannot be women and can’t give birth. This fact is enabled by a strange Norwegian law which views any dispute of gender identity... 

A total of four people have been injured in a stabbing in the Norwegian town of Nore in Buskerud County in eastern part of the country, of whom one is in critical condition, national broadcaster NRK has reported. The perpetrator who reportedly injured four people in a stabbing incident in the Norwegian town of Numedal, described as “completely tragic”, has been incapacitated by the local... 

Sky-high gas prices in Europe could threaten food security throughout the world, the Norwegian fertiliser producer Yara has warned, emphasising that European nitrogen production is important for worldwide agriculture. In the company’s third-quarter report, Yara President Svein Tore Holsether warned that crop yields could fall as farmers may be forced to cut fertiliser use due to higher prices. This,... 

Norwegian fertility has fallen every single year since 2009, breaking several annual records in a row and reaching an all-time nadir at 1.48 children per woman in 2020 – despite a record low number of abortions. In 2020, 53,000 children were born in Norway. That is 1,500 fewer than the year before and 8,800 fewer than in 2009, Statistics Norway reported, emphasising a prolonged decade-long slump. Fertility...