Harmful heartworm found in dogs
A “classic” heartworm has been found in a dog in Kristiansand. – This is one of the parasites we fear the most, the FSA says….
Articles by Natanael Waage
First ever state visit from Singapore to Norway
The level of collaboration with Singapore has increased enormously since the Norwegian royal couple was there on a state visit in 2004. With that visit King…
Culture Minister rejects demands for cultural boycott of Israel
Culture Minister Linda Hofstad Helleland throws herself into the debate about the controversial artwork “Nationaltheatret beklager.” She’s not going to follow the calls for a…
Norwegian children living abroad lose Norwegian training
The government proposes to discontinue the scheme with the Norwegian children living abroad receiving tuition over the internet. This means a total of 1,600 pupils…
Norwegian will hire American pilots
Norwegian is going to recruit American pilots for its base for long-haul flights in Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Over the next five years the airline…
Norwegian authorities want to expel the neo-Nazi Yan Petrovskiy
The Directorate of Immigration(UDI) and the Police Security Service(PST) believe the Norwegian-Russian neo-Nazis Yan Petrovskiy (29) is a danger to national security and for this…
Siv Jensen: – Less money from the oil fund for upcoming budgets
Finance Minister Siv Jensen warns that the budget for 2017 is the last with increased use of money from the oil fund. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv…
Biggest drop ever in Norwegian manufacturing output
In the period July to August, the decline in Norwegian manufacturing output was at 6.2 percent, after a significant increase from June to July. It’s…
1.4 million kroner per Norwegian in the oil fund
Despite the oil crisis, the value of the oil fund has increased to 1.4 million kroner per Norwegian. The newspaper VG has measured the development…
A majority wants Solberg
Primeminister Erna Solberg leads by nearly 3 percent over Jonas Gahr Støre in the prime minister poll for October. Last month it was the other…
Masked robbers bound store employees with adhesive tape
On Wednesday night three masked assailants threatened two store employees in the electronics store Siba on Liertoppen and also bound them with adhesive tape. –…
The government says yes to free buses in Bergen
The government overruled Roads and said yes to the proposal to spend toll money on free buses to Bergen. NRK writes that Bergen City Council…
The government wants to spend 500 million more on integration
The government proposes to spend an additional 484.9 million kroner on integration and settling of asylum seekers next year. The greatly reduced “asylum influx” to…
Jensen: – The budget will solve more problems for most people
The trains run more frequently, the roads are safer and never before have so many new businesses been created , Minister of Finance Siv Jensen says,…
1682 threatened or beaten at work
Last year 1682 people were threatened with or subjected to violence at work. 1243 were subjected to violence and suffered injuries, while 439 received threats…
NOK 34 million to initiatives in asylum centers
The Government proposes to allocate NOK 34 million in the state budget for next year to various measures in the asylum centers. Immigration and Integration…
Solberg warns that we are in for leaner times
Prime Minister Erna Solberg says that we are in for leaner times with less money at our disposal. Now she wants the knowledge society to…
Experts: Norwegian krone will strengthen – the holidays will become cheaper
Currency Experts predict a further strengthening of the Norwegian krone. This means that vacations now will be cheaper for Norwegians. The major downturn in the…
Fewer criminal asylum seekers deported this year
So far this year, 120 criminal asylum seekers have been deported because they broke the law. This is a decrease from previous years, and the…
Pound down because of Brexit unrest
Brexit unrest has meant that the pound is now at its lowest level compared to the US dollar in 31 years. The rate of the…