https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norwegian maritime authorities said late Wednesday that they had begun towing a Dutch cargo ship that was drifting dangerously towards the coast after the crew were forced to abandon it. https://www.thelocal.no/20210408/norwegian-authorities-tow-stray-cargo-ship-to-safety Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:50:53 +0200 norwegian-authorities-tow-stray-cargo-ship-to-safety A Dutch cargo ship was adrift in the Norwegian Sea on Tuesday after it was evacuated in dramatic fashion in rough seas, Norway's maritime authorities said. https://www.thelocal.no/20210406/watch-norwegian-rescue-services-evacuate-crew-from-ship-adrift-at-sea Tue, 06 Apr 2021 20:10:47 +0200 watch-norwegian-rescue-services-evacuate-crew-from-ship-adrift-at-sea The Scandinavian airline SAS is to restart flights between Oslo and the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Switzerland, in a bet that restrictions will be lifted on the countries next week. https://www.thelocal.no/20200706/sas-to-restart-flights-from-oslo-to-seven-major-european-cities Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:14:47 +0200 sas-to-restart-flights-from-oslo-to-seven-major-european-cities Rescuers were working Sunday to airlift more than 1,300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the Norwegian coast. https://www.thelocal.no/20190323/norway-airlifting-1300-passengers-off-sos-cruise-ship-emergency-services Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:07:40 +0100 norway-airlifting-1300-passengers-off-sos-cruise-ship-emergency-services A man in Norway was found on Christmas Eve, 28 hours after he suffered an 8-10 metre fall while out walking. https://www.thelocal.no/20171227/man-in-norway-survives-28-hours-exposure-after-mountain-fall Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:51:22 +0100 man-in-norway-survives-28-hours-exposure-after-mountain-fall A Norwegian man in his 50s, who was reported missing in the Storlien area of Sweden’s Jämtland County has been located. https://www.thelocal.no/20170930/missing-norwegian-man-found-in-sweden Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:25:45 +0200 missing-norwegian-man-found-in-sweden Quick-thinking medical staff in Norway saved a patient's life by calling in an F-16 fighter jet to whisk life saving medical equipment from one hospital to another, media reports said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160422/norwegian-fighter-jet-helps-save-dying-patient Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:02 +0200 norwegian-fighter-jet-helps-save-dying-patient Norway’s Coast Guard service has rescued an 82-year-old British solo yachtsman who on Tuesday refused to be airlifted to safety, despite his boat coming perilously close to an oil platform in the middle of a raging storm. https://www.thelocal.no/20151007/norway-coastguard-save-82-yr-old-yachtsman Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:47:59 +0200 norway-coastguard-save-82-yr-old-yachtsman The Norwegian rescue boat sent to the Mediterranean earlier this summer has made its first rescue, picking up 14 Syrian refugees whose rubber boat floundered as they tried to make the crossing from Turkey to Greece. https://www.thelocal.no/20150729/norwegian-rescue-boat-makes-first-rescue-in-med Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:18:24 +0200 norwegian-rescue-boat-makes-first-rescue-in-med A video filmed from a rescue helicopter shows how two fishermen were rescued from an inflatable lifeboat after their ship sank on Thursday off the coast of northern Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20150629/dramatic-norway-helicopter-sea-rescue Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:09:29 +0200 dramatic-norway-helicopter-sea-rescue The Norwegian rescue crew sent to Kathmandu have rescued a 27-year-old woman who had been trapped under the rubble ever since the city was hit by a devastating earthquake on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150430/norway-dogs-find-woman-alive-in-nepal-rubble Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:25:27 +0200 norway-dogs-find-woman-alive-in-nepal-rubble Norway’s government plans to send two ships to the Mediterranean to join the EU’s Frontex force, a sea rescue vessel with long experience of saving North Sea fishermen, and a larger ship with enough deck space to accommodate 500 people. https://www.thelocal.no/20150430/norway-to-send-second-ship-to-mediterranean Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:23:48 +0200 norway-to-send-second-ship-to-mediterranean Norway’s 34-strong rescue team has finally arrived in Kathmandu to help find and treat victims of Saturday’s devastating earthquake, after their journey ran on some 30 hours longer than originally planned. https://www.thelocal.no/20150429/norway-rescue-team-arrives-in-kathmandu Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:45:45 +0200 norway-rescue-team-arrives-in-kathmandu Norway’s Norsar rescue team, bound for earthquake-hit Nepal with six rescue dogs, has been held up in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, after discovering that there was no more space at Kathmandu airport to land planes. https://www.thelocal.no/20150427/norway-nepal-rescue-team-stuck-in-azerbaijan Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:26:27 +0200 norway-nepal-rescue-team-stuck-in-azerbaijan A father and his eleven-year-old daughter who went missing in temperatures of -19C in west Sweden, on the border with Norway, have been rescued. https://www.thelocal.no/20150113/missing-dad-and-daughter-in-16c-mountains Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:11:00 +0100 missing-dad-and-daughter-in-16c-mountains Rescue teams on Wednesday morning found and brought home the dead bodies of all four of the skiers who went missing in Norway's Sunndalsfjella mountains on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.no/20140416/dead-bodies-of-four-missing-skiiers-found Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:55:00 +0200 dead-bodies-of-four-missing-skiiers-found When Ove Karlsen lowered himself into icy waters to save a trapped St. Bernard dog, he never expected to make the news in the UK. https://www.thelocal.no/20140205/video-dog-rescued-from-ice-in-daring-operation Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:06:00 +0100 video-dog-rescued-from-ice-in-daring-operation Frozen to the bone but in good spirits, a 23-year-old American was rescued at 10am on Tuesday after spending a bitterly cold night in stormy conditions on a mountainside in southern Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20121002/american-rescued-after-icy-night-on-mountain Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:50:00 +0200 american-rescued-after-icy-night-on-mountain Two electricity workers in Norway were rescued on Tuesday after spending more than 24 hours stuck on a high-tension power line 85 meters above a fjord. https://www.thelocal.no/20120911/workers-safe-after-fjord-rescue Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:19:00 +0200 workers-safe-after-fjord-rescue Two power workers are awaiting the arrival of an alpine rescue team after spending the night in a basket perched 85 metres above a fjord in western Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20120911/two-men-trapped-in-basket-over-fjord Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:22:00 +0200 two-men-trapped-in-basket-over-fjord