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Norway's King Transferred to Oslo Hospital after Getting Pacemaker in Malaysia

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
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Norway's King Transferred to Oslo Hospital after Getting Pacemaker in Malaysia

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)

King Harald V transferred Monday to an Oslo university hospital, with the palace saying he was hospitalized for medical examinations and his health was improving.
The 87-year-old monarch returned to Norway aboard a medical airplane late Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker while on holiday in Malaysia.
Harald arrived at Oslo's Rikshospital in a vehicle marked “intensive ambulance” under police escort. According to The Associated Press, the palace said he will be on sick leave for two weeks during which his son, Crown Prince Haakon, will assume the monarch’s duties.
Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized for an infection during a vacation on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on Saturday to implant a temporary pacemaker due to a low heart rate, according to the royal house.
Harald had traveled to Malaysia with his wife, Queen Sonja, reportedly to celebrate his 87th birthday.

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Case of Italian Journalist Detained in Iran ‘Complicated’, Rome Says

A file picture dated 26 September 2023 shows Italian journalist and writer Cecilia Sala as a guest in the TV show "Stasera c'è Cattelan" in the RAI studios in Milan, Italy (issued 28 December 2024). (EPA)
A file picture dated 26 September 2023 shows Italian journalist and writer Cecilia Sala as a guest in the TV show "Stasera c'è Cattelan" in the RAI studios in Milan, Italy (issued 28 December 2024). (EPA)
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Case of Italian Journalist Detained in Iran ‘Complicated’, Rome Says

A file picture dated 26 September 2023 shows Italian journalist and writer Cecilia Sala as a guest in the TV show "Stasera c'è Cattelan" in the RAI studios in Milan, Italy (issued 28 December 2024). (EPA)
A file picture dated 26 September 2023 shows Italian journalist and writer Cecilia Sala as a guest in the TV show "Stasera c'è Cattelan" in the RAI studios in Milan, Italy (issued 28 December 2024). (EPA)

The case of an Italian journalist being held in Iran is "complicated", but Rome hopes to bring 29-year-old Cecilia Sala home quickly, Italy's foreign minister said on Saturday.

Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19 but her arrest was only made public on Friday.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he hoped the issue could be resolved quickly but added: "It doesn't depend on us."

"We're trying to solve an issue that's complicated," he was quoted as saying by the news agency ANSA.

Tajani said Sala was being held in a single cell, in decent conditions that Italy would keep monitoring:

"It looks like she is being treated in a way that is respectful of personal dignity," he said. "So far we haven't had negative feedback."

Tajani said the official reason for Sala's detention was not yet clear, but that he hoped her lawyer could visit her soon and find out more.

There was no official public confirmation of the arrest from Iran, and Tajani declined to say whether it might be linked to the arrest of an Iranian in Italy this month at the request of the US.

Sala, who is being held in Tehran's Evin prison, left Italy for Iran on Dec. 12 with a valid journalist visa, Chora Media said on Friday. She had been due to fly back to Rome on Dec. 20.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she was following Sala's case closely with the aim of bringing her home as soon as possible, urging the media to treat the issue with the "necessary caution".