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While many nuclear armed countries are not sending their ambassadors to the Peace Prize presentation, Britain’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, will send his ‘shadow…
Since 1990, 1,275,000 people have immigrated into Norway. At the turn of the year, 73% of these immigrants still lived here. Six out of ten in this group (789,000…
Almost ten years old murder case before court in Oslo Two Somali men must meet in Oslo district court on Tuesday for a murder that occurred in Oslo ten years ago. The…
Hospital doctors don’t have time to eat or sleep properly, and often feel as if they must be in several places at once, it shows in a new survey. ‘It’s an expression of…
The experienced mountain climber, Mats Steinsland (aged 36), who had, among other things, climbed Mount Everest, was found dead in Bergen on Saturday. The police believe…
Seven out of ten people want those convicted of child abuse to be registered on a public register, shows a national survey of Norwegians’ attitudes towards offenders. 58…
Two died after front collision with off duty fire truck Two people died when their car hit an Avinor fire truck head-on on the European route 6 near Snåsa in…
Foreign intelligence services have attempted to hack into Norwegian citizens’ accounts,or make contact via social media, especially those in the government apparatus,…
A 58 year old man from Holmestrand died this week after a paragliding accident in Porterville in South Africa, reported Tønsbergs Blad newspaper. ‘He was transported by…
Father and son convicted of abusing their family A father in his fifties and one of his sons in the twenties are convicted of abuse and sexual assault against members of…
Condemned War criminal dies after taking poison in court Slobodan Praljak died after ingesting poison when the verdict against him was announced at the war crimes…
A Finnish court has decided to ban the Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement in Finland. It was members of this organization that marched this summer in Kristiansand. In…
Nobel tangle probably unraveled next week By the end of next week, it can finally be clarified whether Frp-nestor Carl I. Hagen may or may not take place on the Nobel…
Ine Eriksen Søreide to London Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide (Conservatives), will meet with her British colleague Boris Johnson when she visits London…
Oslo District Court concluded that the Immigration Service’s decision on five young male asylum seekers from Afghanistan is invalid. The board will appeal the verdict.…
The largest nuclear powers will not be represented at the highest level when the year’s peace prize is presented next month. This year’s Nobel peace prize goes to ICAN –…
A sports profile was arrested on Tuesday by police for harboring Philippine citizens in their home without legal residence permits. According to VG, the sports profile…
‘Colombia has made important progress since the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the guerrilla movement Farc was signed, a year ago. But there are…
Of the 31 Norwegian glaciers, 21 have receded, states the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). The NVE’s surveys also show that 9 glaciers show no…