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90 sexual abuse cases are still under investigation in Tysfjord
The police expect to have completed their investigation of many assault cases in Tysfjord, in Nordland, before Christmas. 90 cases are still under investigation. In…
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225,000 people have already voted
More than 225,000 Norwegians have pre-voted for the general elections Two weeks after the start of advance voting, 225,677 Norwegians have used the opportunity to do so.…
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Suspended Deputy Mayor of Drammen charged with ID theft
Suspended Deputy Mayor of Drammen charged with ID theft The deputy mayor of Drammen, who is suspended, was on Monday arrested by the police, charged with having created…
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Listhaug will make it easier to expel mentally ill
Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug (Progress Party) will make it easier to deport mentally/psychologically ill persons who have committed serious crimes in Norway. This…
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Labour struggles according to another poll
Labour struggles according to another poll Labour has support of 29 percent on a fresh poll that Norstat made for NRK. This is the second NRK poll in a row where Ap…
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Jonas Gahr Støre’s cabin-dock was fixed by workers who paid no tax or VAT
The workers who upgraded the dock at the country residence of Arbeiderpartiet (Ap) leader, Jonas Gahr Støre, in 2011, did the work without paying either tax or VAT.…
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Syrian arrested in Russia in an attempt to enter Norway
A Syrian citizen was arrested by Russian border guards when he tried to climb a barbed wire and cross the border into Norway. Border Commissioner Roger Jakobsen tells…
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NRK has received over 3,600 complaints about a girl wearing a hijab on a Norwegian non-fiction TV documentary
The complaint committee has received a record number of complaints about the program, ‘Faten tar valget’ on NRK, even though the program hasn’t yet been aired. ‘It can’t…
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Lowest population growth in 10 years
Since 2005, population growth has been lower in the second quarter. The decline is explained by little immigration and childbirth. From the first quarter to the second…
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Listhaug will give asylum seekers the right to unpaid work
Asylum seekers who are in an integration program should be granted access to unpaid work, said immigration and integration minister Sylvi Listhaug (Frp). On Tuesday she…
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Five Tamils charged with multi-million kroner fraud
Five Tamil men have been accused under the so-called ‘mafia paragraph’, for defrauding banks and finance houses, for many millions of kroner. The five men must attend…
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WOMEN’S DIED AFTER A VIOLENT ATTACK ON GREENLAND
Man charged with murder. A man who has been charged with the assassination of a woman who was found severely injured in her apartment in Greenland in Oslo in May is now…
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Terrorism researcher calls for better protection of Karl Johan
Terrorism researcher, Cato Hemmingby, believes physical barriers situated in Oslo’s main street, Karl Johans gate, could save human lives. Hemmingby believes physical…
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All systems go for AP after new poll shows that Erna Solberg is front runner for Prime Minister
A Norstat poll shows that 43.4% prefer Erna Solberg of Høyre (H) as prime minister. Jonas Gahr Støre of Arbeiderpartiet (AP) was the first choice for 40.7% of…
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Several thousand demonstrated against the imprisonment of student leaders in Hong Kong
Several thousand took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to demonstrate against the imprisonment of student leaders Joshua Wong (20), Nathan Law (24) and Alex Chow (27).…