🇳🇴Week of October 26

A Russian news agency reported that Ukraine sent more than 1,000 drones into Russia, according to Norwegian outlets. The strikes hit the Moscow region and an oil refinery, with reports describing a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian territory.123

At least 13 people were killed in a Russian attack on a train station in Dnipro, Ukraine. The death toll was reported by several Norwegian outlets covering the strike.45

Coverage of the drone attack described widespread confusion after the large-scale strike. One outlet quoted a reaction calling the situation "very strange."67

No bloc won a majority in the Israeli election, and the result is now settled. Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is the largest but remains far from a majority.123456

Arab parties are described as decisive in the election despite their voters refusing military service and not studying mathematics.17

Arab parties are accused of foreign interference, an allegation reported alongside the election result.18

The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has warned that data centres will drive power prices significantly higher. The warning was carried under the headline that the situation is "unacceptable", a reaction quoted in the coverage.12

Every party in the Storting wants to stop the data centres, while the government is hesitating, according to Dagsavisen. A data centre in Fyresdal could be hit by a possible stop in the Storting, NRK reports.34

Teknisk Ukeblad argues that the practice of letting "everyone get" access in the power grid must end. The same roundup carries a Swiss emigrant's criticism of Norwegian politicians, saying they "work against progress".56

Nearly 60 billion Norwegian kroner have been stolen from a crypto bank in what sources describe as the largest crypto theft and hacker attack on record. The world's largest crypto exchange was hit in the heist, and the traces are being linked to North Korea.1234

The stolen funds are gone once moved, according to TV 2's account of what happens to the money: "Then they are gone." TV 2 also reports that North Korea used a new method in the breach, with "patterns we have never seen before."56

VG quotes a concerned voice on the record theft: "I am worried." Nettavisen, citing the scale of the loss, calls it the world's largest modern bank robbery.27

Attributed claim: Nettavisen reports that the exchange loses nothing in the robbery, a claim that sits against the near-60-billion-kroner loss figure reported elsewhere.74

Anita Leirvik North of the Conservative Party (H) resigned with immediate effect as Oslo's urban development commissioner. Several outlets reported that she stepped down on the day the announcement was made.1234

Avisa Oslo reported that North quit just to get ahead of a no-confidence motion against her. Adressa.no likewise tied the resignation to a no-confidence motion and to media coverage of her.56

Aftenposten summed up her position with the line that she was in too deep. The resignation was framed across the Oslo press as a commissioner leaving office under pressure rather than at the end of a normal term.71

EiendomsWatch and VårtOslo reported that the city's urban development commissioner was leaving office that same day, without naming a successor. No cited source states who will take over the post.89