Norway
6 Mar
Norway's 87-year-old King Harald, who was flown home at the weekend after contracting an infection in Malaysia, will have a pacemaker inserted likely early next week, the palace said Wednesday. Europe's oldest reigning monarch, King Harald fell ill while on a holiday on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. He was hospitalised for several days before…
1 Mar
Norway's King Harald V, aged 87 and in poor health, will remain "a few more days" in a Malaysian hospital, the royal household said Friday, as his transport home was being prepared.
29 Feb
Norway's King Harald V, aged 87 and in poor health, is "improving" from an infection that forced him to be hospitalised while on holiday in Malaysia, according to his office.
25 Jan
Norway's central bank held its key interest rate at a 16-year high on Thursday and said it would hold it there "for some time" as inflation remains too high.
6 Oct 2023
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to imprisoned rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. Mohammadi's award comes after a wave of protests that swept Iran after the death in custody a year ago of a young Iranian Kurd, Mahsa Amini, arrested for violating Iran's…
6 Sep 2023
A Norway court on Wednesday rejected US tech giant Meta's request to defer a ban on behavioural marketing based on users' personal information, which has landed it a heavy fine in the country.
17 Jul 2023
Norway's data protection agency said Monday it would ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal information of users for targeted advertising, threatening a $100,000 daily fine if it continues.
16 Jul 2023
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