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Escaped prisoner at last arrested in Bergen
The 20-year old man who escaped from the police at the ferry quay at Vangsnes, Sogn in February, has been apprehended after about three weeks on the run. He was arrested…
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The City Council of Oslo wants to replace Child benefits with tuition
The leader of the City Council in Oslo, Raymond Johansen (Labour), wishes to launch a pilot scheme where cash benefits are replaced by tuition and activities in some…
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Chief Physician believes many women die because of misinterpreted pap smears
Every year, at least 20 women die due to the fact that their pap smear tests have been incorrectly interpreted, says Chief Physician Sveinung Sørbye at University…
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Bomb Threats on elementary schools across the Norway
Several elementary schools in the country have received bomb threats Wednesday. Also schools abroad have received similar threats, police said. The first threat was…
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57 people have been deported or refused entry via new controls at Norway’s border
57 people have been rejected or expelled as a result of new border controls at the internal ‘Schengen’ border since new controls began. P4 obtained these figures from…
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Three Norwegian officers tested positive for cocaine
The three army officers tested positive on random checks of urine samples, writes the Forsvarets Forum. The three were immediately put under investigation by the Army…
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Government to fight against micro-plastic pollution
Climate and Environment Minister, Vidar Helgesen, has given an alert about damaging marine litter and micro-plastic. According to Bergen’s Tidende newspaper, Helgesen…
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Considerable variation in incomes between immigrants in Norway
Immigrant children are overrepresented in the low-income group in this country, but the gap is huge between groups from different background countries. Figures from…
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400.000 Norwegian kroner seized from Canadian and Romanian
A Canadian and a Romanian citizen are suspected of having attempted to smuggle a total of 400.000 kroner out of the country in late February. The 41-year-old Canadian…
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Trump’s new entry ban takes effect from March 16
Donald Trump’s new president orders will stop the issuing of new visas to citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to US media. This means that those…
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Shocking rape case in England
When a father heard that his teenage daughter was a lesbian, he raped her, claiming ‘to show that it was better to have sex with men.’ The 54-year-old father, from…
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