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June 22, 2022 at 08:46 Oil shareholders block E18 near Oslo There are long queues on E18 inwards towards Oslo from the west, due to a demonstration right by Ikea Slependen. It is the organization “Stop the oil exploration!” which demonstrates against continued oil exploration. – Activists demonstrate in the roadway. The traffic is as a result. The police have been notified. This will unfortunately lead to extra long queues in the morning traffic towards the capital, Vegtrafikksentralen east writes on Twitter. On Tuesday, they demonstrated at Bygdøylokket in Oslo, which also created major problems for traffic. Then the protesters were finally removed by the police. The activist group calls the action an escalation. Tuesday’s action consisted of three people – on Wednesday, the plan was for a larger number of activists to block a three-lane highway. – They do not think it is comfortable to disturb others on the way to work, but see that the situation is catastrophic and do not meet nearly with the seriousness that is necessary, writes the group’s spokeswoman Emilie Røine Østebø in a press release.



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