
Norway’s Home Guard will now assist the police with border control
Border and personal checks are being stepped up after the authorities tightened entry rules.
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Border and personal checks are being stepped up after the authorities tightened entry rules.

Measures to prevent children and young people from going into crime are used far too little, according to a report by the National Institute of Public Health (FHI).

The Norwegian Pilots' Association believes that aviation is about to collapse.

Last month, customs officers at the Magnormoen control station seized close to 70,000 cigarettes and 10 kilos of fruit tobacco in a car at Skotterud in Eidskog.

A recent study shows that Norwegians between the ages of 20 and 40 exercise less than they did before the corona pandemic occurred.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) says that Trump has cultivated unpredictability for the past four years and that she will not miss that.

Norwegian health authorities are considering doing the same as the United Kingdom and refusing entry from Denmark after the spread of a mutated coronavirus from mink to…

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) thinks Joe Biden will be more predictable as president than Donald Trump.

The Socialist Left (SV) party leader Audun Lysbakken says he is pleased with Trump's election defeat.

The Norwegian Constitution asserts each citizen's right to a healthy environment. But a large part of Norway's economy relies on oil and gas.

Minister of Justice Monica Mæland (H) also called on Norwegians to follow the new corona rules - especially when it comes to parties.

Assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad told newspaper VG that it could take some time before life returns to pre-corona ways, even after a vaccine is ready.

Norway's Progress Party (FRP) wants to remove the right to free interpreting services for immigrants who have resided in Norway for more than five years.

A man in his early 20s has been sentenced to six months of unconditional imprisonment for sending pictures of his genitals to an underage girl.

A total of 42% of the women surveyed state that they have had involuntary sex one or more times, an August survey showed.