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Climate activists try to glue themselves to Norway’s ‘The Scream’

Climate activists from Just Stop Oil were apprehended by security at Norway's National Museum when they attempted to glue themselves to the frame of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' on Friday.

Pictured is the scream.
Three activists were apprehended on Friday after trying to glue themselves to The Scream. Pictured is the scream while on loan in Holland in 2015.-Photo by Bas Cxerwinksi / ANP / AFP

Climate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” in Oslo on Friday to protest against Norway’s oil industry, but guards intervened and the artwork was undamaged, police said.

“We are at the National Museum after a report from guards there. They have taken control of three people, two of whom tried to glue themselves to a
painting”, police wrote on Twitter. “They did not succeed, but there are traces of glue on the glass case. No reports of damage to the painting.”

The iconic painting from 1893, now a symbol of existential angst, depicts a humanlike figure standing on a bridge, clutching its head in apparent horror against the backdrop of a swirling sky.

The organisation Stop Oil Exploration told Tidens and, a Norwegian culture magazine, that its intention was to “snap people out of their apathy” in order
to “arrive at the conversation we want to have”. Norway is the biggest oil producer in Western Europe.

Protesters have targeted numerous priceless pieces of art in museums across Europe in recent weeks to protest the lack of action against climate change.

Dozens of the world’s top museums issued a joint declaration on Thursday saying environmental activists who attack paintings “severely underestimate” the damage that could be caused.

Scientists told the UN climate summit in Egypt on Friday that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high

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Driver in Norway jailed after 25 speeding tickets in 19 days

A Frenchman who had been in Norway for just over a month has been handed a 21-day prison sentence for amassing 25 speeding tickets in 19 days.

Driver in Norway jailed after 25 speeding tickets in 19 days

The 23-year-old, who travelled to Norway in search of a job according to local media, was caught speeding 25 times between February 6 and 25.

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The worst infraction was on February 20, when he was caught at the wheel of a Kia driving 113 kilometres per hour (70 mph) in a zone with a speed limit of 70 km/h, according to a court ruling seen by AFP on Monday.

The man “represents a danger in traffic”, the Oslo district court said.

According to daily Aftenposten, most of his infractions were registered by fixed speed cameras, whose existence he was not aware of. The man had his sentence reduced by three days, from 24 to 21, due to his full confession.

But he will have to manage for a while without his driver’s licence, which the court suspended for a year.

EXPLAINED: The ways you can lose your driving licence in Norway

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