(Updated) Flesland Airport in Bergen, Norway was on emergency alert yesterday evening after a cockpit fire warning light went on and passengers smelled burning aboard an Air Iceland plane on approach to land at the airport. Read the full story

A fake bomb sparked the evacuation at one of Norway’s airports this week after a device intended for a military drill made its way onto a luggage belt. Officials could not explain how the dummy explosives ended up on the carousel at Flesland Airport in Bergen – Norway’s second biggest city. Read the full story

Bergen’s traditional Christmas decoration – a gingerbread village – has been crushed, literally, by vandals who covered the crumbled ruins with paint and foam from a fire extinguisher. Read the full story

Norway’s largest shipping line Hurtigruten has been struggling to stay afloat in recent weeks as the global financial crisis has been trying to sink it. The company had recently put two of its huge ships in dry dock due to the economic difficulties, but now the Norwegian government has come to its rescue with a NOK 125 million bailout in extra funding. Read the full story