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Return Agreement between Norway and Pakistan
Norway signed on 25th of January 2017 an agreement on the return with Pakistan. The agreement was signed by Norway’s ambassador in Pakistan-Islamabad. -Return of persons…
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Amnesty: Thousands hanged in Syrian jail
In a prison known as the “butchers house” , Syrian authorities will have executed between 5,000 and 13,000 people by hanging over the last five years. The executions and…
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Three wolves kill dog in Eidskog
On Saturday, a Jack Russell terrier dog was attacked and killed by three wolves in the vicinity of his home in Eidskog municipality in Hedmark. The incident happened…
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Stoltenberg telephoned by President Trump on Sunday
NATO’s General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg and President Donald Trump agreed on Sunday that leaders of NATO countries will meet with President Trump in May. According to…
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Solberg: Norwegianisation policy is a black chapter
Prime Minister Erna Solberg took issue with ‘Norwegianisation policies’ during the centenary of the first Sami congress in Trondheim. – The Norwegianisation policy is a…
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Russia’s new submarines are more difficult to detect
Russian submarines move further west, while up to the minute, new technology makes them more difficult for the military to detect than in the past. ‘We are seeing an…
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Norwegians less satisfied with democracy
The percentage of Norwegians who are satisfied with the democracy in this country has declined from 75 to 61 percent in eighteen months, according to figures from the…
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Immigrants get cancer more seldom than Norwegians
Immigrants in Norway have, with few exceptions, lower cancer incidence rate than the general population, according to the Cancer Registry. A likely explanation is their…
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Arbeiderpartiet (the Norwegian Labour Party – Ap) to consider introducing third gender
Ap’s program committee are open to introducing a third gender category. Thus, an individual would no longer need to define themselves as male or female in a passport.…
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Solberg action plan for the elderly nutrition
Government plans in March presented a new plan of action for better diet among elderlies, announced by Prime Minister Erna Solberg. This information released in…
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Sami anniversary to be celebrated across Norway
Never before has the Sami National Day been so broadly trumpeted as it will be when the Centenary of the first Sami Congress is celebrated throughout the country on…
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Norway congratulates Morocco on its membership in the African Union (AU)
Foreign Minister Børge Brende welcomes the decision by the African Union (AU) to accept Morocco as a member. ‘Norway has a strategic partnership with the AU and we…
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Labor party will close down the au pair scheme
Labor party wants to replace the current au pair scheme with a scheme which imposes stricter requirements on host families. – I can confirm that the program in Labor…
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Kiosk robbery in Oslo
A kiosk holder on Tullinløkka in Oslo was robbed at knifepoint early on Sunday. The perpetrator grabbed an unknown amount of money and ran. The police were notified of…
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Foreign Minister Brende in Afghanistan
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende is visiting Kabul today for meetings with President Ashraf Ghani, Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of Foreign…
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Erna Solberg says that the ‘Russia problem has become visible’
Norwegian politicians have been denied visas, and the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) have accused Russian security forces of hacking. The cases reveal that…