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Foreigners may get fetal reductions in Norway
Foreign women who are pregnant with twins, have the right to come to Norway to abort one of the fetuses. This has been ascertained by the the Ministry of Health, after…
Natanael Waage
Articles published on Norway Today by Natanael Waage.
Natanael Waage
SAS captain with blood alcohol content stopped at Gardermoen
An SAS plane from Heathrow to Copenhagen was delayed because the captain was stopped in a blood alchohol test just before departing on Monday morning. During a routine test before departure, it was revealed that the captain had 0.1 per…
Finance
Statoil believes in rationalization without layoffs
Despite an extensive reorganization of operations of its Norwegian platforms, Statoil think that they will manage to avoid both severance package and firing employees.…
Finance
Analysis: The electric car a steadily cheaper climate measure
The expected technological development will make electric cars into an increasingly affordable climate measure, according to a new analysis from the Environment…
Sport
Happy princess back on horseback
On Saturday Princess Martha Louise made a comeback on horseback during the Oslo Horse Show in Telenor Arena These days 350 horses will trot in and around the Telenor…
News
Powerful typhoon on Philippines
At least two people have died and three are missing after a powerful typhoon hit the Philippines on Saturday. Several villages are without electricity, roofs have been…
News
Hundreds have cheated their way to stay in Norway, according to UDI
Several hundred people have had their residence permit in Norway revoked in recent years because of cheating. Norwegian authorities have in recent years told over 800…
News
Gro Harlem Brundtland: This is the way it will be if women rule the world
You’ll be wrong if you think that women cannot be tough leaders, Gro Harlem Brundtland admonishes. She now hopes Hillary Clinton will break the “glass ceiling”. – I hope…
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Big melt holes discovered in Blåmannsisen
330 Squadron discovered a large hole in the glacier Blåmannsisen in Nordland when they flew over the area as a part of a military excercise trip. – It is not normal that…
News
US bans the Samsung phone on all aircraft
The US Department of Transportation bans the phone Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on all flights, both domestic and into and out of the United States. The ban takes on effect…
News
Norway returns the largest number of children from Afghanistan
Norway has forcibly returned 37 asylum children to Afghanistan so far this year. No other country has returned as many children to the war-torn country. The newspaper VG…
Finance
Norwegian fishermen worried about Russian missiles and warships
The fishing demands demands that the government does something about the situation in the Barents Sea after Russia test-fired three intercontinental missiles on…
Sport
People support Therese Johaug
The Norwegian people believe Therese Johaug have little or no responsibility for the positive doping test, according to a poll in the newspaper VG. Only 14.4 percent…
News
Horrifying hate speech on ministers’ Facebook pages
Comments where immigrants are referred to as monkeys, Africans as birth machines and where support for “civil war” is implied, have all been published at the Facebook…
News
Colombia’s president extends ceasefire
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hopes to have a peace agreement with the FARC and ELN in place before the turn of the year. The president will extend the…
Finance
Solberg has the highest income of the government members
For the first time Prime Minister Erna Solberg is at the top of the list of incoms among the members of the government . The reason is that the income of Foreign…
News
Free bus and metro on days of quintuple tolls
In Oslo, and probably also in Akershus there is a majority for providing travelers with free public transport on days where high pollution leads to sharply increased…
News
Flu outbreak likely at Christmas
This year’s flu outbreak is expected to begin at Christmas and peak about four weeks later. Public Health recommends taking the vaccines well in advance. – It will take…
Finance
Tax lists posted
On Friday the tax lists for the fiscal year 2015 will be put up on the web pages of the Tax Agency. The trend is that a steadily decreasing number of people are looking…
Finance
The state has sold shares in SAS
Thursday morning, the Norwegian government sold 9.2 million shares in the airline SAS, and got approximately 132 million kroner from the trade. This means the state’s…
Culture
Casket with Munch objects to be buried
A number of objects, which in various ways are connected to Edvard Munch or areas of great importance to his life and work, and are taken from eight different…
News
Two men indicted for smuggling several hundred liters drugs
Two men from Buskerud are charged with smuggling 600 liters GBL to Norway. This seizure is reportedly the largest ever made in the Nordic countries of this type of…
News
Bereaved plagued by dogs in cemeteries
Cemeteries in Stavanger are used as a place to take the dogs out. Salvatore Curto is so distraught that he is considering moving his wife’s grave to Italy. – It disturbs…
News
1,400 operations canceled during doctor’s strike
According to the State Board of Health, the hospital strike has led to a total of 10,241 postponed patient consultations, 1463 postponed operations and 496 deadlines…
Finance
The Barents Sea could hide huge amounts of oil
There could be several billion barrels of oil in the Barents Sea.In particular, the area at the border with Russia is viewed with great excitement. – If all the…
Sport
Survey: Few minority girls are taking part in sports activities in Oslo
Only one out of five minority girls participate in the Oslo sport clubs, a new study shows. While only one out of five minority girls from 13 to 19 years in Oslo…
News
Norwegian child care system under attack
A number of countries have contacted the Norwegian authorities to discuss the Norwegian child care system after several controversial cases where parents have had their…
News
Norway among the world’s best countries for girls
A report from Save the Children reveals the best and worst countries to live in for girls. Niger is the worst country of the ranking, while Norway is the third best. Out…
Finance
Good times for exports of renewable technologies
While oil suppliers are struggling, Norwegian suppliers are exporting an increasing amount of renewable technology . According to Teknisk Ukeblad, Norwegian companies…
News
US soldiers to be stationed at Værnes
The Armed Forces are preparing to welcome a fighting force of 300 US Marines to Værnes. This unit may be in place quite soon, the newspaper Adresseavisen. Several…
News
Norway has rejected the applications of almost all the Afghan asylum seekers
Norway has over the past year rejected 99 per cent of the asylum applications from Afghan men between 18 and 34 years of age. The EU average was 47 percent, while Italy…
News
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. The dog came to Norway from a center for…
News
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 Harald and…
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