Erna Solberg

A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town on Oct. 13, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said.

Norway's left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store won Sept. 13's general election after a campaign dominated by questions about the future of the key oil industry in Western Europe's largest producer.

The left-wing unseated a center-right coalition headed by Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg since 2013.

Scandinavian country Norway will be introducing new tougher restrictions and measures amid concerns about rising coronavirus cases.

Serving alcohol will be banned in establishments and at events nationwide.

Private gatherings outside of one's own household with more than five people are also forbiden.

Ten people were hurt, one of them critically, and 21 people remained unaccounted for after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

Around 700 people have been evacuated from the area so far, police said.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Zagreb on Wednesday for the statutory congress of the European People's Party (EPP) which will be held in the Croatian capital November 20-21.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Zagreb on Wednesday for the statutory congress of the European People's Party (EPP) which will be held in the Croatian capital November 20-21.

A ceremony was held Sunday to officially open Norway's second largest bridge that has been built by a Chinese company and its partners some 220 km inside the Arctic Circle, reported xinhuanet.com

OSLO - The political and bilateral relations between Serbia and Norway are very good and friendly and there is ample room to improve economic cooperation, the two countries' PMs, Ana Brnabic and Erna Solberg, said at a meeting in Oslo Wednesday.

This is what Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg agreed on Wednesday in Oslo, the Serbian government announced.

During the meeting by which she started her first official visit to the Kingdom of Norway, Brnabic stressed that since 2000 to date, Norway has supported Serbia with more than EUR 250 million in grants and is one of its biggest donors.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) said on Sept.9 it was holding a Chinese and a Norwegian hostage and asked for an unspecified ransom for their release.