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Fewer minors arriving from Afghanistan
The stream of minor asylum seekers from Afghanistan has almost completely come to a standstill. Only eight have come in the first three months of this year. In 2015…
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Fewer and fewer bears left in Norway
125 brown bears were recorded in Norway in 2016, new numbers from Rovdata reveal. It is the lowest number of bears since the comprehensive monitoring was started in…
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14 arrested on cruise ship in Bodø
The Police Thursday arrested 14 of the crew of the former coastal steamer MS Nordstjernen (North Star) which was moored in Bodø. The police took action against the ship…
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UDI changes security assessments as two provinces of Afghanistan declared ‘generally unsafe’
Norway’s Immigration Department (UDI)changed its security assessments to define two of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces as ‘generally unsafe’. According to VG newspaper, UDI…
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Ubaydullah Hussain too sick to work
However he is healthy enough to supply the terrorist group ISIS with Norwegian warriors. Today, he was sentenced to nine years in prison according to Khadafi Zaman…
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Sunny start to Easter in eastern Norway
Østlendingene looks set to win the hypothetical competition for the best weather over the palm weekend. Beyond the Easter week, weather will be changeable in most…
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Soon, the police can force suspects to unlock their phone
The government has proposed to give police permission to force suspected offenders to unlock any equipment that can be unlocked with a fingerprint. – It is becoming more…
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Record number of unaccompanied minors are residing in Norway as refugees
Never before have so many unaccompanied minors been living in Norway as refugees as over the past two years, according to new figures from Statistisk sentralbyrå…
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Rails closed until Sunday
Efforts to stabilize soil on the so-called Østfoldbanen, meant to give people of the south east transportation in the direction of Oslo, leads to cancelations and…
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New defibrillator registry in place
Where can I find the nearest defibrillator? Officials hope to get all of the 20,000 starters into the new register that has now been initiated. Sudden cardiac arrest…
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Mass arrests and torture of gays in Chechnya
Chechen authorities have arrested, and tortured, around 100 men, and killed three people suspected of homosexuality, according to the Russian newspaper Novaja Gazeta.…
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Jonas Gahr Støre gains momentum
Of the respondents 44 percent said that they believe the Labour leader to be more suited to be the prime minister, compared to the 38 percent that still believe in…
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FpU want investigation of preaching in mosques
Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom (The Progress Party Youth – FpU) want public scrutiny of what is being taught in Norwegian mosques, to assess whether mosques are what they…
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The dramatic rise of the female hunter
The percentage of women on the Norwegian Hunting Register has increased by over 20% in the past five years. New figures show that of a total of 493,228 people listed on…
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Three men convicted of gang rape in Kongsberg
Three young asylum seekers are sentenced to imprisonment up to six years for raping a woman who was walking home from the jazz festival in Kongsberg last summer. The…
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Sweden: Löfven condemns gender-segregated school bus
Pupils at a Muslim private school in Stockholm have on several occasions been separated by gender on the school bus, according to Swedish TV4. The Swedish documentary…