Patients are satisfied, but want more available GPs
General practitioners are skilled and take patients seriously, their patients believe, but the wait and availability can be better. This is the main conclusion in…
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Many immigrants struggle with mental health problems
Mental health problems are not necessarily more prevalent among people with refugee backgrounds than among labour immigrants, according to a report on immigrants’ living conditions,…
Over 2 million use Digipost
Several people use the digital mailbox Digipost. Over 2 million Norwegians now use this solution. Nearly 100 million messages have been sent to the mailbox…
A record number of pre-votes before the local elections
Over 500,000 Norwegians have voted in advance before this year’s municipal and county council elections. Never before have so many people voted one week before…
Doctors broke the law when they wanted to turn off the respirator that kept a man alive
Two doctors broke the law when they concluded that keeping a man in his 70s alive with a respirator was not justifiable, according to the…
KrF wants cash support for the elderly
Kristelig Folkeparti (Christian People’s Party) wants a new scheme and proposes a study into cash support for the elderly so that relatives can provide care…
Elvestuen wants legalisation of several narcotics
In order to limit the harmful effects of drugs, legalisation and regulation of access to several of the drugs is needed, says Venstre’s Deputy Leader…
The government proposes to increase child benefits
In the state budget, the government proposes to increase the child allowance by NOK 3,600 a year for children up to the age of six….
Norwegians drink the least in the Nordic countries
A new report shows that Norwegians are the ones who drink the least in the Nordic countries. On average, every Norwegian over 15 years drinks…
The Crown Prince visited gay Muslims: – Nice to meet people who are fighting for love
Threats and violence against Muslim gays cannot be accepted, says Crown Prince Haakon – who met Muslim gay rights activists on their home turf. At…
Green light for new treatment of melanoma
The Decision Forum for New Methods (Nye Metoder) has approved the use of new drugs for melanoma. Patients with stage III melanoma can thus receive…
It takes a village …
Urban farming at Losæter – On the edge of Oslo’s city centre where the Alna river meets the fjord, is an area called Bjørvika. In…
Never has the proportion of women on disability welfare been greater
The proportion of women on disability welfare constitutes 12.2 % of the population between the ages of 18 and 67. The proportion has never been…
You can’t make waffles without a waffle iron
On Saturday it is 150 years since the waffle iron was patented. Although you cannot make a waffle without a waffle iron, the pastry has…
Falling population in nearly half of all municipalities
The population in Norway has increased by 17,400 in the first half, but only 208 of the country’s 422 municipalities was part of this growth….
Norwegian versus US Kindergartens
Do Norwegian kindergartens hold the secret key to happiness? We have been hearing about Norway for years being one of the top countries in the…
Ruter’s hydrogen buses soon back in traffic
Ruter’s hydrogen buses soon back in operation The public transport company in Oslo, Ruter, will soon be operating its hydrogen buses again. They have been…
Transport tops the election issues
Transport most important in the election campaign Transport is both the most talked about and important issue for the Norwegian voters before the local elections,…
Labour withdraws support of police reform
Støre no longer support the local police reform Labour Leader, Jonas Gahr Støre, believes that the Norwegian police have strayed in the wrong direction. He…
Høie warns against thwarting Gaustad
Høie warns against spanner in the works for Gaustad Hospital Minister of Health, Bent Høie (Conservatives), says that plans for a Aker Hospital will be…