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Norway inaugurates Utoya massacre memorial

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Ceremony held almost 11 years after country’s deadliest peacetime attack. Memorial is made up of 77 bronze columns representing each of the dead. Survivors, families and loved ones of the victims attend ceremony. Norway on Saturday inaugurated a memorial to the victims of neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik’s 2011 utoya massacre, made up of 77 bronze … Read more

Norway lifts final Covid curbs on social distancing

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OSLO: Norway on Saturday lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections. “The metre is disappearing. We are taking away the recommendation on social distancing,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters at a press conference. “Now we can now socialise like we did … Read more