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Norway registers highest number of murders in last seven years
With 31 deaths in 28 cases, 2020 was the year with the highest number of murders in the last seven years.
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Nordre Follo goes into complete lockdown after mutated coronavirus outbreak: “This is serious”
The British variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Nordre Follo. The entire municipality will be closed until Wednesday, and residents are asked not to travel…
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Neighboring municipality warns inhabitants: “Avoid all contact with Nordre Follo”
Nesodden Mayor Truls Wickholm asked the municipality’s inhabitants to avoid all contact with Nordre Follo, after an outbreak of the mutated coronavirus had been…
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Lidl US offers 200 dollars to employees who get the COVID-19 vaccine
The Germany-based supermarket chain announced a new initiative, promising their employees extra pay if they get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Health Directorate chief: The mutation could create a third corona wave of tremendous force in Norway
Health Directorate chief Bjørn Guldvog believes that the spread of the English coronavirus mutation could create a third wave of the virus in Norway.
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Danish Prime Minister: The goal is to have zero asylum seekers coming to Denmark
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says her goal is for no asylum seekers to come to Denmark.
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Trondheim man charged with sexual intercourse with young boys
A man from Trondheim has been arrested and charged with sexual intercourse with several young boys about ten years ago.
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PHOTO: Mass vaccination underway in several Norwegian municipalities
Nittedal and Drammen were among the municipalities that started mass vaccination of their oldest inhabitants on Thursday.
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Norwegian politician: We face the danger of losing a generation of young people to the coronavirus
The Labor Party's (AP) leader Jonas Gahr Støre is calling for new support efforts for young people who became unemployed during the corona crisis.
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Minister promises that the state will support landslide-hit Gjerdrum
The Norwegian state will contribute and provide resources to Gjerdrum after the quick clay landslide this Christmas, Minister of Local Government and Modernization…
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Extreme weather hits Northern Norway: Plane departures canceled, roads closed, Bardu sets up crisis team
Northern Norway is bracing for extreme weather - derries and planes have canceled departures, roads are closed, and Bardu Municipality set up a crisis team.
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Expert: Norway’s Health Minister should reintroduce the national alcohol ban – but with local concessions
According to an expert in health law, Norway's national ban on drinking should be reintroduced, but with room for local concession in places where there is little corona…
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Denmark registers lowest number of asylum seekers since 1998
A total of 1,547 asylum seekers were registered in Denmark last year, which is the lowest annual number since 1998.
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Bergen: Three men charged with double murder
Three men are accused of killing a 43-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman in Møllendalsveien in Bergen in January last year.
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Bergen: A man in his 40s charged with raping stepson
A man in his 40s has been accused of several instances of raping his stepson. He will appear in front of Bergen District Court in April.
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A lack of social security: How the welfare state failed in both Norway and the Netherlands
The Dutch Government, headed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, resigned on Friday due to the fallout from a welfare scandal. Norway Today compares and contrasts this scandal…
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