Mahamud lost the appeal for his Norwegian citizenship
The Court has upheld the decision to revoke the citizenship of Biomedical Engineer Mahad Abid Mahamud. This is according to the verdict that the Oslo…
Articles by Pieter Wijnen
World record in Hamar last night – Storhamar won hockey game after 8 hours and 32 minutes
Sparta coach: – borders on unjustifiable – (Storhamar-Sparta 2-1 after 11 periods). The Championship quarterfinals game between Storhamar and Sparta in CC Amfi is the world’s…
Beer sales continue to drop at Rema 1000
Beer sales at Rema dropped in January and continued to decrease in the following weeks, according to recent figures. Meanwhile, the main competitors, Kiwi and…
Lithuanian gets six years in prison for 100+ car burglaries
The Appeals Court has increased the sentence to six years imprisonment for a Lithuanian that in a three months period during the autumn of 2015…
SAS aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Stavanger airport
A SAS plane bound from Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands, to Haugesund – Saturday night had to land at Stavanger Airport, Sola due to engine…
Fearing that Swedish gang war will spread to Denmark
Danish police fear gang wars in Sweden can spread to Denmark. Saturday there was another shooting incident in Malmö just across the Öresund Bridge from…
Conservatives award prize to Russian activists
At a time when Norway’s relations with Russia are cool, Agora – and the Russian human rights group’s leader – Pavel Tsjikov are awarded the…
Conservative’s wish to preserve payment with cash
Saturday, the Conservative’s national congress adopted a bench proposal to ensure the right to pay with cash. The proposal came from the Akershus bench. It…
Turkish minister stopped at the border – was to run election campaign
A Turkish minister has been apprehended by the Rotterdam police after being stopped by Dutch border police earlier in the day, NTB reports citing Dutch…
JOWST won the Norwegian ESC final
The band JOWST won the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest final in Oslo Spektrum with the song “Grab the Moment” Saturday night, and will therefore represent…
Immigration interviews minors via Skype
In anticipation of better age tests the Norwegian Department of Immigration (UDI) puts more emphasis on asylum interviews to determine the age of minors. Many…
The majority of Norwegians believe that refugees contribute positively
7 out of 10 Norwegians think that refugees contribute positively in terms of diversity, according to a survey done by Ipsos for Redd Barna (Save…
Petter Police in Levanger on callout to a cottage break-in – on a ‘spark’!
– Some crime scenes are a bit more difficult to reach, the police in Nord-Trøndelag explain on their Twitter account. Operations Manager Kjetil Mollan elaborates…
Janne was betrayed by everyone and got her childhood destroyed. Now she gets compensation
Janne and Ronny Eliassen receive one million in settlement from the City of Bergen. The siblings Janne and Ronny Eliassen grew up under extremely harsh…
Unfair that only girls get the vaccine for free
The HPV vaccine can also protect boys against cancer. But today girls only get it for free. From November 2016 women born in 1991 or…
Father charged after baby died in tub
A man is accused of leaving his child in a helpless state after a four-month old baby died in Sarpsborg. The preliminary autopsy report could…
Man got reduced sentence because rape victims are prostitutes
A 36 year old man has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of two rapes. The punishment would have been…
Norwegian tank through the ice in Finnmark
No one was injured when a CV90 tank from the Telemark Battalion went through the ice during exercise Joint Viking in Finnmark Friday morning. Everyone…
Ex-principal accused of embezzling millions in Stavanger
A former principal of a school in Stavanger is charged with having defrauded Rogaland County for more than NOK19 million. The man is indicted for…
Record number of nominee’s for next bishop in Oslo
Oslo Diocese has received proposals for 69 different candidates to be Oslo Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme’s successor. Olav Fykse Tveit has been proposed by most….