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Refugees from Somalia lose refugee status
UDI has now issued decisions to individual refugees from Mogadishu in Somalia that they no longer have refugee status in Norway. Last year Immigration notified 120…
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Governor responds to complaints of a mining company focusing on tourism
The state-owned mining company, Store Norske, operates in the areas of both tourism and research. This is contrary to regulations’, said the Governor (Sysselmannen).…
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Expelled asylum seeker charged with murder in Tromsø
A 35-year-old from Rwanda is accused of killing the 32-year-old woman, Linn Olsen Uteng, in Tromsø in July of last year. The man was allegedly her boyfriend. According…
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Eight years in prison for smuggling methamphetamine
A man from Lithuania has been sentenced to eight years in prison and three months for smuggling 22.1 kilograms of methamphetamine in a car. He was stopped at Svinesund.…
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Agreement on international cooperation on behalf of minorities
The Foreign Ministry has made a three-year’s deal with the Norwegian Centre for Studies on Holocaust and Religious Minorities for work helping minorities. – The centre’s…
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2.8 million Norwegians are likely to get money back from the tax man
From midnight on, close to 4.8 million tax returns were posted. And most of us get money back; only one in five have to cough up some extra dough. You can take note that…
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Proposal that DNA tests will expose cheaters
The Government will give the Norwegian authorities the right to demand DNA testing of those who claim kinship to Norwegian nationals and therefore claim reunion. Today,…
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Nearly half fails their driving test in Oslo
As much as 44 percent of those who will go up to their driving test in Oslo, will fail. It is far above the national average, which is 28 percent. The capital is clearly…
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Majority of Swedes in favour of scrapping nuclear power in Sweden
Opposition to nuclear power in Sweden is increasing. Now 52% of Swedes said they wish to discontinue this form of power generation. The figure comes from a survey…
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Grande denies regretting anything – Abid Raja makes it a little difficult
The internal strategy war in the Liberal Party was called off after Trine Skei Grande was reported to have apologized for making a statement about throwing FRP out of…
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EU does still not believe in peace under Assad
EU stands firm that there cannot be lasting peace in Syria under the current regime. But Syrians must decide this for themselves, emphasized the foreign policy chief…
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Enormous fine handed out for unlicensed heavy vehicle in Rogaland
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) handed out a fine of 247,000 on Sunday for illegally operating a mobile crane in Rennesøy in Rogaland. Customs officers…
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Died after swimming accident
The man in the middle of his twenties who was found unconscious under water near Skreia high school on Friday night, died from his injuries. The police are investigating…
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Chinese dissident believes Solberg lacks the balls
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Conservatives) lacks courage if she will not take up the issue of human rights on her visit to China, according to Chinese dissident, Hu…
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