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Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday 

Find out what's going on in Norway on Tuesday with The Local's short roundup of important news. 

Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday 
Viewing platform of the Aurland Fjord.Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash

Norway summons Chinese envoy over cyber attack

Norway summoned a Chinese diplomat on Monday evening to protest an “unacceptable” cyber attack on the Norwegian parliament earlier this year. 

Parliament claimed in March that it had been targeted in a global cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange Servers by Chinese state-backed hackers. 

Seven months earlier, parliament was the victim of another attack, this time by a Russian based group. 

“We summoned the embassy of China earlier in the day,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide told a news conference.

“We clearly told them that this sort of attack is unacceptable.”

She added that the attack was carried out “from China” but stopped short of directly blaming the Chinese state. 

In a statement, China’s Oslo embassy said it was “waiting for the Norwegian side to provide evidence for today’s claim”.

“Cybersecurity requires cooperation and collective effort other than political manipulation,” it added.

Woman dies following scooter accident

An 18-year-old woman has died following a collision between a car and an electric scooter in Kvinnherad, Vestland, Western Norway. 

The accident happened on Monday night, and the woman was alone when she collided with the vehicle. 

Investigations into the accident have continued throughout the night and the woman’s relatives have been notified. 

Scooter companies and authorities have been under immense pressure over the last few weeks to introduce more regulation into the rental scooter sector following a surge in accidents. 

Last week Oslo Municipality said it would introduce new measures, including a curfew, at the end of the summer. 

REVEALED: How Oslo will crackdown on electric scooters

Telenor’s profits fail to meet expectations

Norwegian telecommunication firm Telenor’s adjusted profits fell around half a billion kroner short of expectations. 

The company had been expected to make a pre-tax profit of 12.84 billion kroner and an after-tax profit of 2.83 billion kroner. 

The company recently sold off its interest’s in Myanmar following a military coup earlier in the year. 

195 new Covid-19 cases in Norway

On Monday, 195 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Norway. This is an increase on the average for the previous seven days. 

In Oslo, 22 Covid-19 infections were registered on Monday. 

Total number of covid-19 cases in Norway. Source: NIPH

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TODAY IN NORWAY

Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday 

Find out what’s going on in Norway on Tuesday with The Local’s short roundup of important news. 

Pictured is Holmenkollen in Oslo.
Read about the interval between doses two and three being shortened and the death of Kåre Willoch in today's roundup of important news. Pictured is Holmenkollen in Oslo. Photo by Michael Ankes on Unsplash

Tributes paid to Kåre Willoch 

The former prime minister and Conservative Party leader Kåre Willoch passed away yesterday aged 93. King Harold, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and former PM Erna Solberg were among those to pay tribute to Willoch. 

“He was a very gracious and nice person who was concerned with people and political issues,” Solberg said. 

The former PM pointed to Willoch’s modernisation reform in Norway as his most significant political legacy. 

“The most important thing he did was the modernisation of Norway,” she said. 

Health minister to decide on new Covid-19 measures

New coronavirus measures are on their way in Norway, with the health minister, Ingvild Kjerkol, set to decide on new restrictions following a rise in infections, outbreaks of the Omicron variant and parts of the health service nearing capacity. 

“There will be measures we will notice in our everyday lives,” Kjerkol said to public broadcaster NRK

“The situation is demanding, and that is the reason why we are now looking at new measures. We have a health service that is in full swing, and our goal is to have control of the pandemic, in the form that the municipalities and hospitals are able to provide proper health care,” Kjerkol explained.

READ ALSO: How could Norway’s Covid-19 restrictions be tightened this week?

The minister didn’t reveal any details on what could be announced but said that decisions would be made on Tuesday. 

Coronavirus booster vaccine interval shortened 

The interval between vaccine doses two and three for those aged between 64 and 45 will be shortened by a month, Norway’s health ministry has announced

The interval will now be five months when it was previously six. All adults with serious underlying conditions and those working in the health and care sectors will also have the interval cut. 

One in three think Covid-19 measures are too relaxed

A third of Norwegians feel that the current Covid measures in place in Norway are insufficient and need tightening, according to a survey conducted by Norstat for public broadcaster NRK.

Ten percent said the measures were too comprehensive, and just under 50 percent said that the current level of action was appropriate. 

4,117 new Covid-19 cases in Norway

On Monday, 4,117 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Norway. That is 1,240 more cases than the same day last week. 

As of yesterday, 295 people were hospitalised with Covid-19. 

A graph showing the number of weekly cases in Norway.
The total number of weekly cases in Norway throughout the pandemic. Source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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