Joseph Tatone

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Joseph Tatone

Big storm heading for northern Norway

Meteorologists are asking people to stay indoors when a new storm sweeps over northern Norway Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The storm that hit northern Norway Friday led to both traffic congestion and damage to property.…

News

Norwegian-Russian border traffic agreement expanded

On March 4th, the expanded border traffic agreement between Norway and Russia in the north is to take effect. With the extension, all the citizens of Neiden in…

News

New passport to start from April next year

National ID cards and passports in the new design are scheduled to be applied from the 1st of April next year, said the National Police Directorate. The latest plan was…

News

3,460 asylum seekers came to Norway in 2016

Last year 3,460 asylum seekers came to Norway. It is the lowest figure in nearly 20 years, according to UDI. Meanwhile, 12,700 asylum seekers were granted residence,…

Finance

Increase in people professionally fishing for the first time in 14 years

For the first time since 2002 there is an increase in the number of full-time fishermen. The increase from 2015 to 2016 was 174 fishermen. At the end of 2016 there was…

News

Police warn of toilet paper scam more places around Norway

Police are warning people about a new fraud scheme involving toilet paper. Several places have been demanding money for toilet paper that are set outside the house from…

News

Influenza outbreaks in all areas of the country

This year’s flu has spread fast in all provinces, but may be about to reach its peak. An overview of the the week between Christmas and new year’s shows that the…

Finance

Food chains are in a fierce price war

Kiwi’s fruit and vegetables sale has got Rema 1000 to respond with the discount program “Æ”. The price war began when Coop responded with an even bigger price cut.…

Finance

23 million text messages sent on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve 23 million text messages were sent through Telenor’s and Telia’s mobile network in Norway. Telenor registered 16 million text messages for the period from…

News

OK fireworks weather on New Year’s Eve

The rain has poured in Oslo last night and Saturday morning there will be more rain and wind on the West Coast. The forcast at midnight shows there will be good…

Finance

The big cities spend millions on fireworks

The country’s five largest cities are spending a little over two million kroner combined on New Year’s Eve fireworks. Expenditure per capita is however only a few Kroner…

News

Red Cross: – forcible marriage causing problems for minors trying to return to Norway

Parents who forcibly marry their children abroad also decide whether children will be returning to Norway, according to the Red Cross, which says Norwegian legislation…

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More deported than ever before

Although a record number are being sent out of Norway by force this year, police said that they are unlikely to achieve the government’s goal of sending out 9,000 people…

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Heat Record in parts of Norway

Winter Weather in Norway still has surprises in store. Thursday night summer temperatures were reported in Møre og Romsdal. In Sunndalsøra 18.1 degrees was reported,…

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Fewer are injured by fireworks

The number of fireworks injuries have decreased by nearly 70 percent after the ban on stick rockets was introduced in 2008. In 2007 – the year before the ban on rockets…

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Asylum seekers convert to Christianity after rejection

Figures and estimates from (UNE) show that the vast majority of asylum seekers who say they have converted to Christianity after receiving their application rejection,…

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Majority of Norwegians wan to be in the EEA

Six out of ten Norwegians want Norway to continue to participate in the EEA cooperation. According to a new survey conducted for the newspaper Nationen. In the survey,…

News

Eastern Norway gets the best fireworks weather

It looks like a very fluctuating forcast for New Year’s eve, but the best prospects for this year’s fireworks are in eastern Norway. – Yes, it looks like it is eastern…

News

Polish man gets Five and a half years in prison for drug smuggling

A 49 year old Polish citizen in Kristiansand District Court was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment for having smuggled over seven kilograms of amphetamines…

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23-year-old gets five years in prison for rape of 14-year-old

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison for having raped a 14 year old girl while she was drunk. The verdict from Gulating Court of…

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Norway provides the most in humanitarian aid

Norway gave 1.05 percent of gross national income to humanitarian aid last year, versus an average of 0.3 percent in the 28 OECD countries wrote the Conservative Member…

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Hunt intensifying for asylum seekers who have lied

The immigration chief calls for a comprehensive inspection to check whether asylum seekers have cheated their way into Norway. We know that there have been lies with…

News

Child Poverty in Norway increases

Over 90,000 children live in families defined as poor. It has doubled since 2000, according to UNICEF Norway. – Continuing on the track as we do today, the number of…

News

‘Urd’ has reached hurricane strength

The extreme Weather system ‘Urd’ has reached hurricane strength, acording to the meteorological service. Over 10,000 households are without power in several counties.…

Finance

2017 – More expensive tobacco, alcohol and petrol

It will become more expensive to be a motorist: Motorists get new financial consequences from January 1st because of budget negotiations between the government and other…

News

Extreme Weather heading toward southern Norway

Meteorological Institute reports that on Christmas Day that extreme weather is heading for southern Norway. Østafjells should expect high winds from the west or…

News

Changes in Norwegian passports

Next year several changes will be introduced in Norwegian passports audience must relate to. The introduction of the new processing system for passports and national ID…

Finance

Fewer unemployed this December in Norway

The unemployment rate in Norway decreased by 700 people to 78,600 in December, according to seasonally adjusted figures from Nav. There is a decrease of 2,300 people…

Finance

Demand for Norwegian lichen takes off abroad

A local company producing Norwegian Moss Products has sold 32,000 square meters of reindeer lichen last year. 85 percent of the moss was exported from Rendalen, where it…

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