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Lack of expertise in child welfare
80 % of child welfare service staff should have a master’s education within ten years, a report from Bufdir recommends. Now only 8 % have it. The report shows that there…
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Used electric shock every 10 days
The police have, during a trial period, used the electric shock weapon 26 times in the past nine months, or about every ten days. The police districts of Troms,…
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No to fetching IS woman and kids
Parliament has rejected a proposal to bring the Norwegian four-year-old who is ill in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria and his family to Norway as quickly as possible.…
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Migration wave to Svalbard
The population of Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund increased by 121 people in the first half of this year. This is the strongest growth in ten years, writes Statistics Norway…
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Norwegian man shot and killed in US
A Norwegian man in his 30s was shot and killed by his father-in-law in the US earlier this week when he was on a surprise visit, according to Dagbladet. The incident…
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Young reckless drivers with stolen cars
The police in Oslo have made several sightings of young people down to the age of 15 driving stolen cars at very high speed. Several of the cars are stolen Teslas. The…
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Need another brigade
The army is too small to defend Norway in a conflict until NATO reinforcements are in place, says Rune Jakobsen, commander of the Armed Forces operational headquarters.…
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Arrested by PST – convicted in Poland
A Polish national who traveled from Norway to Syria has now been sentenced to four years in prison for participating in a terrorist organisation. According to Polish…
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Amnesty marked the killing of Khashoggi in Oslo
Amnesty International Norway on Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Oslo. The…
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The 67 people arrested in Minnesund have been deported
67 foreign nationals who were arrested at a motel in Minnesund last Wednesday have been sent out of the country. “Everyone has been expelled or expelled due to illegal…
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Solberg meets Egypt’s President without mentioning demonstrations
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi without mentioning mass arrests and demonstrations in his country, according to…
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Snow forecasted on the mountains – The Norwegian Public Roads Administration asks people to leave their cars
People who wish to drive over the mountain crossings in southern Norway on Monday and Tuesday should consider leaving their cars, encourages the Norwegian Public Roads…
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Several Chinese warships may be seen in Arctic waters
China now has more warships than the United States. Several experts believe we must prepare to see Chinese warships in Arctic waters as well. While the United States has…
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Drunk woman called police almost a hundred times
Finnmark police have reported a woman who within a few hours on Saturday afternoon called the emergency number 112 almost a hundred times. During a few hours on Saturday…
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Penelope Lea becomes an UNICEF Ambassador
15 year old, Penelope Lea becomes the first climate and environmental activist ever elected as an UNICEF ambassador, UNICEF said in a press release. Norwegian Lea is…
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Oslo man sentenced to jail and a half a million fine for drunken driving
A man from Oslo had drunk beer and vodka and had a blood alcohol level of just over 3 parts per thousand after driving in Hemsedal. The sentence was imprisonment and…
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Three protesters brought in by police during a SIAN demonstration in Oslo
Stop Islamization of Norway (SIAN) was met with a counter-demonstration at Tøyen torg in Oslo. Three people were brought in by the police because they were trying to get…
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The Government will raise CO2 tax by 5 per cent
The Government wants to increase the C02 tax by 5 percent, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) told the press before speaking to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. “We…
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Police warn against calls from 112
Police in several parts of the country warn against answering calls from telephone number 112. They emphasize that the police never call from the emergency number.…
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Wet climate strike in front of Parliament
Around 100 protesters showed up to the climate strike in Oslo on Friday. There were actions in several places in Norway and internationally. Greta Thunberg is to march…