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Iceland removes all corona restrictions
As a result of successfully tackling the coronavirus pandemic and speeding up the vaccination, all corona restrictions in Iceland will be lifted on Saturday, the…
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Gjerdrum arranges memorial service for landslide victims
On Saturday, Gjerdrum Municipality will hold a memorial service for the victims of the landslide that took place in December last year.
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Eleven soldiers test positive for corona after city trip in Tromsø
Tromsø Municipality is asking everyone who took buses 100 and 105 from Tromsø on Sunday to consider getting tested due to corona outbreaks in three military camps in…
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Trøndelag: 49-year-old man sentenced to nine years in prison for child abuse
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced in Trøndelag District Court to nine years and six months in prison for several instances of abuse against several girls under the…
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The Norwegian government wants to ban conversion therapy
A bill to ban conversion therapy will soon be sent for consultation. The proposal is based on a study that was started last year.
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Stabbing incident in Bergen: A man in his 20s ends up in hospital after being attacked
A man in his 20s has been sent to hospital after a stabbing attack in Håkonsgaten in Bergen on Wednesday night. The police have not yet made any arrests.
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Police bust drug network in Troms and Oslo
Norwegian police have uncovered a drug network that is said to have smuggled large amounts of heroin and cocaine from Oslo to Tromsø each month since 2018.
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PHOTO: Four people injured in explosion at recycling facility in Kristiansand
Four people are injured after an explosion in one of Returkraft's buildings at Langemyr in Kristiansand.
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Norway’s parliamentary elections: 40% of candidates on party lists are women
A total of 5,174 candidates are running in this autumn's parliamentary elections in Norway, and 40% of them are women. On the parliamentary parties' lists, 49% are women.
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Norway to provide Nicaragua, Uganda, and Haiti with 452,000 corona vaccine doses
Norway is delivering 452,000 doses of AstraZeneca's corona vaccine to Nicaragua, Uganda, and Haiti through the Covax collaboration scheme.
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Grimstad: 4,000 people end up in quarantine after major corona outbreak
In Grimstad, 55 coronavirus cases have been registered after a major outbreak. The Municipality expects the number to increase. About 4,000 people have been quarantined.
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FHI: Last week, Norway registered its first week in eight months without a corona-related death
Last week, no corona-related deaths were recorded in Norway. That is the first week without corona-related deaths since October last year.
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Corona infection in Stavanger remains high
A total of 30 new corona infection cases have been registered in Stavanger in the last 24 hours. Seven of the cases have unknown or uncertain routes of transmission.
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Norwegian minister criticizes UEFA’s “no” to lighting up Munich stadium in Pride colors: “Lack of courage”
Norway's Minister of Culture Abid Raja says he is deeply disappointed with the European Football Association's (UEFA) decision to reject the request to light up Allianz…
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Woman in her 60s found dead in a river in Finnmark
A woman in her 60s has been found dead in Lakselv in Finnmark after a search and rescue operation.
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Sweden recommends corona vaccines to everyone over 16
The Swedish Public Health Agency now recommends vaccination against COVID-19 for 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds.
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Survey: Norway’s next parliament could be strongly opposed to the country’s EU membership
The organization “No to the EU” has asked a number of parliamentary candidates about EU and EEA issues. Never before have so many declared themselves as opposed to EU…