JAN M. OLSEN

The Storelva river flows through Hoenefoss Center in Norway, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Storm Hans has battered parts of Scandinavia and the Baltics for several days, causing rivers to overflow, damaging roads and injuring people with falling branches. (Annika Byrde/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Norwegians prepare for more flooding and destruction after days of heavy rain
People in Norway are preparing for more flooding and destruction in the mountainous southeast as swollen rivers carry large amounts of water southward following days of heavy rain, with vast areas either inundated or hit by landslides.
 
Water breaks through the dam at Braskereidfoss, Norway, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Authorities in Norway say a dam has partially burst following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous southern parts of the country. Communities downstream already had been evacuated. (Cornelius Poppe/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations
A dam in southern Norway partially burst after days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate.
 
A damaged road after the Susa river running through Are town following heavy rains in Are, northern Sweden, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (Johan Axelsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Stay inside as dangerous stormy weather lashes northern Europe, officials say. 2 people have died
Officials in northern Europe are warning people to stay inside as stormy weather batters the region. Storm Hans has caused cancelled ferries, delayed flights, flooded streets and injured people.
 
A man climbs out of a car which got stuck at a flooded roundabout in Arlöv, along the E6 road outside Malmö, southern Sweden, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Stormy weather across the Baltic Sea region is causing airport delays, suspended ferry service, minor power outages and lots of rain. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Stormy weather across northern Europe kills at least 1 person, idles ferries and delays flights
Stormy weather across northern Europe has killed at least one person and caused airport delays, suspended ferry services and a train’s partial derailment.
 
Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn rainbow flags, during a demonstration in Sadr City, in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Swedish police authorize protest by man who plans to burn Torah, Bible outside Israeli Embassy
Stockholm police say they have authorized a protest this weekend by a man who has stated that he wants to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden’s capital.
 
Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 30, 2023. A Quran burning and a string of requests to approve the destruction of more holy books have left Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and its respect for religious minorities. The clash of fundamental principles has complicated Sweden's desire to join NATO. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Quran burnings have Sweden torn between free speech and respecting minorities
A Quran burning and requests to approve protest involving the destruction of more holy books have left Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and respect for religious minorities.
 

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Diplomats from Western countries, developing economies to meet in Denmark for Ukraine talks
Officials say Denmark will host a meeting this weekend of national security advisors from Western countries backing Ukraine and countries that have refused to condemn the Russian invasion.
 
Danish government gets backing for plan to cull minks
The Danish government now has a parliamentary majority backing its decision to cull the country’s 15 million minks over concerns about a mutated version of the coronavirus.
 
Yemen gets new virus hospital after other facilities close
The Red Cross has announced the opening of a new field hospital in southern Yemen specifically to treat coronavirus patients. Norway was a major donor to the facility. The virus has continued to spread largely unchecked in war-torn Yemen.
 
Documentary on Denmark submarine killing airs
A self-taught Danish engineer, who was convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine in 2017 before dismembering her body and dumping it at sea, says “it’s all my fault she died.”
 
Norwegian citizen arrested in 1982 Paris attack
A newspaper reports that a Norwegian citizen in his 60s has been arrested in southern Norway at the request of France as a suspect in an attack in Paris in 1982 that left six dead and injured 22.
 
Denmark, Tunisia tussle over taking in rescued Med migrants
Denmark says Tunisia was responsible for taking in 27 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean by a Danish-flagged tanker that has not been able to find a European port to accept them, but Tunisia is rejecting the claim.
 
Dutch man killed by polar bear on Norway’s Svalbard Islands
Authorities say a polar bear has attacked an Arctic camping site and killed a 38-year-old Dutch man in Norway’s remote Svalbard Islands. The polar bear was shot dead.
 
Norway expels Russian diplomat in spy case
Norway’s Foreign Ministry has expelled a Russian diplomat linked to the case of a man jailed on accusations of spying for Russia.
 
Picasso mural removed as Norway begins to tear down block
A pair of concrete murals by Pablo Picasso have been removed from a government building in Oslo as the demolition of the complex that includes the edifice has begun.
 
Danish authorities: No racial motive in man’s slaying
Danish authorities say the motive behind the slaying of a biracial man on a Baltic Sea island was a personal relationship gone wrong rather than a racially motivated killing.
 
Scandinavian Airlines gets $1.5 billion to survive crisis
Scandinavian Airlines says it is getting an aid package worth 14.25 billion kronor ($1.5 billion) after an agreement with its main shareholders. The deal secures the carrier’s survival amid the COVID-19 crisis.
 
Sweden halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme
Sweden has dropped its investigation into the 1986 unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead in downtown Stockholm.
 
European airlines hope to resume flights but outlook is dim
European airlines are planning for a return to the skies this summer after being grounded almost completely for weeks over the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ‘emergency justice’
A Norwegian man suspected of killing his ethnic Chinese stepsister and then opening fire in an Oslo mosque says he acted out of “emergency justice.” Philip Manshaus acknowledged the facts but denied charges of murder and terrorism.
 
UK grapples with severe floods, storm death toll rises to 3
Britain has issued seven severe flood warnings, advising of life-threatening danger in central England after Storm Dennis roared through. One woman who was swept away by floodwaters has been confirmed dead.
 
Brazil police search Maersk offices in corruption probe
Brazilian prosecutors have searched the Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo offices of Danish shipping giant Maersk in connection to alleged corruption involving contracts with Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras.
 
Denmark: Police foil suspected Islamist terror attack plans
A Danish intelligence official says Danish police have arrested about 20 people in raids across the Scandinavian country, who “were driven by a militant, Islamist motive.”
 
Finland’s new young female prime minister breaks the mold
Finland’s next government is breaking the mold in multiple ways. Sanna Marin, the 34-year-old transport minister, has been tapped by the ruling Social Democratic Party to be Finland’s new prime minister.
 
Lithuanians, Norwegian released in spy swap with Russia
Two Lithuanians and a Norwegian convicted of espionage in Russia were freed Friday in exchange for two Russians who had been in prison in Lithuania.
 
Shootings, blasts prompt Denmark to tighten border controls
Denmark will temporarily reinstate border controls with Sweden and step up police work there after a series of violent crimes in and around Copenhagen that Danish authorities say were carried out by perpetrators from Sweden.
 
Sweden charges Iraqi man with spying for Iran
A Swedish prosecutor says a 46-year-old Iraqi man has been charged with spying for Iran by gathering information on Iranian refugees in Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands.
 
A$AP Rocky found guilty of Sweden assault, won’t face prison
American rapper A$AP Rocky was found guilty of assault Wednesday by a Swedish court, six weeks after a street brawl in Stockholm that had attracted the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump.
 
Scandinavian Airlines stops duty free sales to cut emissions
Scandinavian Airlines says it will stop selling duty-free goods on its flights to reduce the weight of its aircraft and save fuel and ultimately reduce carbon emissions.
 
A look at what is at stake in Denmark’s general election
While far-right parties are making gains across Europe after the 2015 refugee crisis, Denmark’s largest party has elbowed itself back thanks to taking a tougher line on immigration. At the same time, Danish populists seem to have lost support.
 
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