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Daniel Dobos

Accused-spy, Frode Berg, gets free legal aid

Frode Berg, who has been imprisoned in Moscow since December last year, is being charged with espionage and is now receiving support for legal expenses from the Norwegian state. This has been confirmed by Berg’s Norwegian lawyer, Brynjulf…

News

The European Parliament wants a new prominence limit

The EU Parliament believes that the EU should consider introducing a common prominence limit of 0.0 for two years after receiving a driving license. This prominence…

Education

Hopefully Oslo will have new university by next autumn

Oslo is ready to have its second university until autumn next year. The University of Oslo and Akershus is an important step forward in its university application. The…

News

North Korean soldier fled to South Korea

A North Korean soldier has fled to South Korea through the heavily guarded demilitarized zone between the two countries, reports South Korean media. The soldier was shot…

Finance

Nordea is still waiting for house prices to fall- and most in Oslo

House prices can be expected to fall 5 percent or more in Oslo, and somewhat less elsewhere in the country, it is reported in a report on housing prices that Nordea…

News

Telenor tests 5G technology at Kongsberg

Kongsberg becomes the first city in which Telenor will test 5G technology. “At Kongsberg we will test completely specific operations and technologies that will be…

Finance

The EU is expecting stronger growth in the eurozone than in Norway

The EU commission estimates that the economy in the euro zone will grow by 2.2 per cent this year. Estimates for Norway are significantly lower. The eurozone growth…

News

Bergen municipality replaces 530 doors in kindergartens after assault cases

Doors with windows will enable kindergarten employees to follow their children better to prevent abuse. Over 530 doors in 73 municipal kindergartens in Bergen must be…

Finance

Two thirds of Norway’s richest are heirs

Sixty-seven percent of Norway’s hundred richest are heirs. In addition, only a fifth of those who are at the wealthy top, women. The class struggle has gone through the…

Finance

Swedbank: Housing prices in Oslo will drop by 20 per cent

Swedbank believes the decline in housing sales will last longer and plummet deeper than previously assumed. The bank believes housing prices in Oslo must drop 20 per…

Everyday

Marzipan bread containing plastic pieces is withdrawn from the stores

The confectionery producer Toms recalls marzipan bread made by Anthon Berg from the Swedish market after finding plastic pieces in it. The recall applies to 40-gram…

News

Stoltenberg: North Korea is a global threat

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls North Korea a global threat and says he supports stricter sanctions against the country. The statement came during a visit…

Everyday

Young people in Agder receiving money from Nav are in the top of the country

The number of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 who receive unemployment benefits increases in the Agder counties. In the rest of the country, the trend is the…

Finance

Støre made the most of the party leaders

With a revenue of 3.9 million kroner, the Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre earned most of the country’s party’s high-level associates in 2016. The AP leader earned…

Travel

Flights to the USA historically cheap

Prices for flights between Norway and the US are at a historically low level. In addition, prices are expected to fall even further. New York’s average prices have…

News

Said no to lease Nidarosdomen to the world’s largest weapon producer

The F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin was first told yes to hire Nidarosdomen, but the leader of the Norwegian Church finally put down his foot. Until 2025, Norway will…

News

Norway has filed a complaint against Jagland to the Council of Europe

Norway has filed a complaint against Jagland to the Council of Europe The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted a formal complaint on Thorbjørn Jagland to the…

Finance

Analysts predict ten years of high salmon prices

Analyst Paul T. Aandahl in the Norwegian Seafood Council has a difficult time making sure that salmon production will meet the growth in demand. At the start of 2017 the…

News

13,000 chickens were lost in a fire in Tolga

A total of 13,000 chickens burned in a farm fire in Tolga municipality in Hedmark late Wednesday night. The inland police district reported at 22.50 a drunk man in the…

News

Tobacco stolen again in eastern Norway

For the second night in a row, thieves have broken into a petrol station in eastern Norway and stolen tobacco. In total, they have stolen goods for tens of thousands. On…

News

Twelve confiscated weapons in Oslo tinghus

After Oslo tinghus installed X-ray control in May, twelve seizures of stabbing and blunt weapons have been made, writes VG. Both batons, daggers and small knives have…

Everyday

The risk of cancerous mole is increased for man with overweight

New, Norwegian research shows that there is a clear connection between obesity and cancerous mole among men. The higher the BMI, the greater is the risk of developing…

Finance

Uber withdraws from Norway

Uber stops its services indefinitely for his most important service in Norway from the end of October. The company announced Monday that they put Uber Pop on a break so…

Finance

Solid bonus payments to Norwegian top managers

25 of the country’s most paid top executives received over 200 million kroner in bonus last year, much more than their total payment of just over NOK 130 million. Many…

News

There is no temporary border control in the direction of the United States at Oslo Airport for now

Since no American airline has a route to the United States from Gardermoen, the airport is completely excluded from a simplified entry system to the United States at the…

News

Cats kill one million Australian birds daily

An Australian study shows that cats kill one million birds each day. Researchers are amazed at the high numbers. A study published in the nature science journal,…

News

Danish doctors say no to cannabis prescriptions

Danish doctors believe side effects and health benefits of medical cannabis are not well documented. A medical association declines to print such prescriptions.…

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