CLEAR SPEECH: Petter Northug, pictured here earlier this season. Photo: Ulf Palm/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån / NTB Strong gusts of wind and snowy weather on the mountain await many thousands of excited Birkebeiner athletes. Now several of the long-distance profiles are asking the organizer to take action before it is too late. Thursday 14 March … Read more
– Damn guys, says a female voice in Italian over a connection at a platform set up at Badderen along the Badderfjord in Kvænangen, north of Troms. In the sea beyond, an Italian-led group of nine countries – among them Sweden – is preparing to move closer. They practice what can be called a “d-day” … Read more
Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Photo: ERIK S. LESSER / EPA / NTB Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to first decide whether he is immune. Monday 11 March at 18:18 The so-called “hush money” case is scheduled to begin on March 25. Now Trump is asking that this be put on hold, according to the … Read more
– Historic, according to both Stoltenberg and the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson. Crown Princess Victoria represents official Sweden together with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, at the flag ceremony. It is Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who, on behalf of NATO, welcomes the Swedes and formally declares Sweden a member of the defense alliance. – Sweden … Read more
VG warns of strong images in this case. – The nurses were in shock! But no one fainted. Stig André Henriksen had wounds to his leg and coal-black toes when he was admitted to the hospital in Tromsø on 2 January. A friend happened to pass by and saw Stig lying in the snow outside … Read more
Two randonee skiers had to be picked up by helicopter in Ullensvang municipality. Saturday 9 March at 15:28 – They had been on a trip and were going down the mountainside. It turned out to be too steep and icy, says operations manager Tore-Andre Brakstad. On the descent, one of the skiers fell and injured … Read more
They are said to have danced to celebrate the Persian New Year, reports an Iranian news agency. Saturday 9 March at 10:10 A clip of the two women dancing near Tajrish Square, a popular gathering place for young people in the Iranian capital, went viral on social media. – The public prosecutor in Tehran ordered … Read more
Photo: Ingrid Aas / VG Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol’s controversial master’s thesis at Nord University is now being sent to the university’s committee for student affairs. Friday 8 March at 14:52 Kjerkol himself states this in a further statement The daily newspaper. The tribunal will assess whether the thesis, which Kjerkol wrote together with a … Read more
Akira Toriyama pictured in 1982. Photo: JIJI PRESS / EPA / NTB Akira Toriyama, the creator of the popular cartoon and TV series Dragon Ball, has died. Friday 8 March at 09:02 The death was announced by Dragon Ball Z’s official account on X on Thursday. According to the statement, Toriyama died of acute subdural … Read more
A footbridge decorated for last year’s 26th anniversary of the transfer of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China. Photo: Louise Delmotte / AP / NTB On Friday, the proposal for a new security law in Hong Kong was made known. Among other things, life imprisonment is proposed for treason and rebellion. Friday 8 March … Read more