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The Conservative Party Norway’s largest political party according to a NRK poll
The Conservative party is larger than the Labor Party in a poll showing citizen majority two weeks before the parliamentary elections. The right has 3.3 percentage…
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Police will not publish the report on Nazi march
Police will not publish the report on Nazi march in Kristiansand The police in Agder will not publish the report on the Nazi march in Kristiansand earlier this summer.…
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Justice Minister believes sexual offenders against children should be chemically castrated
‘One must consider chemically castrating all those convicted of sexual assault against children’, said Per-Willy Amundsen, Justice and Emergency Minister for…
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Customs confiscated 141,000 cigarettes in Svinesund
Customs and Immigration at Svinesund found large amounts of cigarettes in the loading plane on a Polish-registered tow truck. The customs seizure amounts to NOK 459,000…
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Crown Prince at the NTB celebration
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit are among the guests when NTB celebrates 150 years as a national news agency with a reception in Oslo on Thursday. “At…
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Small-farmer given prison sentence for animal cruelty
A small farmer from Hedmark has been sentenced to imprisonment for one year for starving his animals to death.He has also been denied the right to keep animals for ten…
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Millions fleeing military conflict in Congo
3.8 million people are now on the run from military conflict in Congo, almost twice as many as half a year ago, according to the UN. ‘They need immediate protection’,…
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Man died after he rescued a cat from an electric pole
A man in the 20’s died Saturday after he came in contact with a high voltage power line in Eidskog in Hedmark. The man had climbed to rescue a cat. “He climbed the…
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IT experts concerned about security of the parliamentary elections
Many of the votes in this year’s parliamentary elections will be counted by computers connected to the internet. Experts are concerned about IT security. A number of…
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Big difference in county polls
Big difference in county polls The Polls are so diverging that it is hard to say anything specific regarding the popularity of the parties in each county, says Johan…
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Population growth in Oslo has stagnated
With net migration, there seems to be a full stop in population growth in Oslo. Only births help keep the people’s numbers in the capital up. In the previous quarter…
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The trial regarding the Tøyen murder is initiated
The trial regarding the Tøyen murder is initiated Tuesday the trial against a 65-year-old man accused of the brutal murder of a 78-year-old woman in Tøyen starts in…
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Spanish couple walked on the railway track and halted traffic
Spanish couple walked on the railway track and thereby halted all traffic A Spanish couple in their early twenties decided to so take a stroll on the railway track in…
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Solberg more popular than Støre
Erna Solberg of Høyre (H) has overtaken Jonas Gahr Støre of Arbeiderpartiet (Ap) as the most popular prime ministerial candidate, according to a new poll. It is…
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Record participation in Pride parade
High security and record participation in the Pride parade in Kristiansand Participation was at a record high during the Skeive Sørlandsdager Pride Parade made its way…
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Police say up to 40 missing in Hurricane Harvey
Local police reported that up to 40 people are missing, and so far approximately 30 are said to be injured after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the U.S.A’s state of Texas. Two…