Science

A highly sensitive COVID-19 test, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), relies on magnetic nanoparticles to extract viral RNA. More than 5 million NTNU …

Volvo’s Wrocław plant will deliver 31 electric city buses to Norway’s northern city of Bodo. The buses, together with charging and servicing infrastructure, are to be delivered by July 2021. …

People arriving in Lithuania from Germany, Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Serbia and Canada will no longer be required to self-isolate as of Monday. As before, arrivals from Finland, …

The higher education sector in Norway, like other countries, has faced serious challenges due to the Covid19 pandemic. How have institutions responded, and what has been the impact? This story …

The Norwegian government has included Poland in a group of countries coloured red on its map illustrating the epidemiological situation abroad, deciding the country’s policy on how to handle international …

Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday the government will put its planned easing of coronavirus restrictions on hold, due to a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections. …

Norwegian Health Minister today urged the citizens of Norway to refrain from traveling abroad. Minister Bent Høie said said that even the countries with few COVID-19 cases should be avoided. “There is …

Radio communication in the High North has been a headache for the armed forces for a long time. A new research project is to test so-called nano satellites in order …

A new study about the possible origin of the coronavirus has found that Covid-19 is not natural in origin. The study, led by Norwegian virologist Birger Sorensen, has found that …

The World’s Greenest battery maker Northvolt and the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro are joining hands to recycle batteries from Norway’s hundreds of thousands of electric cars …

The Norwegian government has announced an end next week to coronavirus social distancing measures in schools as the country also relaxes restrictions on bars and other establishments that do not …

The below statement was signed by United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, United States and the United Nations. “We, the …

The global outbreak of COVID-19 that took hold across the aviation industry throughout March has heavily influenced Norwegian´s traffic figures. The company experienced a dramatic drop in demand following government-imposed …

The Government today proposed additional financial measures to soften the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak in Norway. The newly submitted measures are directed at industries, companies and certain groups that …

(by Vipula Wanigasekera) Humans are locked down inside their homes, away from the rat race, deprived of enjoyment of wealth, position and fame. It is undeniable that Covid-19 does not …

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Norway Nedim Makarevic said that as of today, the number of coronavirus infected in Norway has increased to 4,245. He noted that the number of …

Norwegian health authorities say they are set to start performing random coronavirus tests, following the experiment Iceland has done. Citing officials at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norwegian public …

The Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating an already difficult situation for populations in countries affected by humanitarian crises. Refugees and internally displaced persons will be especially vulnerable to coronavirus infection even …

A company that collects data from Norwegian GPs reported that 20,200 people are registered as infected or suspected of being infected by the Coronavirus. The company, PasientSky released the figures …

Several countries are now supporting Norway’s appeal for funding for the development of a vaccine against the Covid-19 virus. Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are among the countries that are …

The number of coronavirus infection cases in Norway and Sweden passed 900 overnight, national health authorities said Saturday. Norway recorded its second death from the coronavirus on Saturday, Oslo University Hospital said on Twitter. Norway’s first …

An elderly patient died in Norway after becoming infected with the coronavirus, local authorities said on Thursday. The death in an Oslo hospital brings to two the number of deaths caused by …

Norwegian wholesaler ASKO is using two battery electric Scania distribution trucks for its operations in Oslo, Norway. This pilot marks another milestone in the cooperation between Scania and ASKO with …

Norway’s Public Health Agency (FHI) said on Wednesday that one person had tested positive for coronavirus and was being kept isolated at home, in what was the country’s first confirmed …

Damen is converting the platform supply vessel (PSV) Eidsvaag Opal for Eidsvaag, a small, family-owned Norwegian company that has been transporting fish feed to the aquaculture sector since the early 1980s. In …