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Three persons are charged with gang rape in Kongsberg
Three men are accused for gang rape of a young woman in Kongsberg during last summer. While The young woman from Kongsberg was walking on Thursday night of last July…
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Søreide: Russia is posing in Baltic Sea
Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide mentioned that Russia is trying to have some show off by using atomic powers in Baltic sea. Russia has now moved two corvettes that…
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Russian criticism of US troops in Norway
The Russian Embassy in Oslo has repeated its criticism of the plan to deploy more than 300 US soldiers at Værnes, and says it will not make northern Europe safer. – The…
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Police incapacitated by data failure
A major police computer went down for a whole day on Tuesday last week. The so-named BL system (basic solutions) went down after lunch, reported the trade journal Police…
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Big poll lead over Solberg shrinks
Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) remains more popular than Erna Solberg (H) as a prime ministerial choice, but the distance between them has diminished. In a poll taken by Ipsos…
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Ten robberies in three months in Stavanger
Since July, ten robberies have been investigated by police in Stavanger. There are clear similarities between several of the robberies. This weekend, two men in their…
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Stoltenberg: Russia is trying to divide us
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sees a Russia that is showing military muscle while trying to split Europe. On Wednesday and Thursday defence ministers from NATO…
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Road Administration adopts emergency network on mountain passes
NPRA started the new emergency network in crisis organization throughout the country, as well as six mountain passes. Mountain Transitions Hardangervidda (Highway 7),…
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No European refugees to Norway: – Organizations consider this to be embarrassing
The Government hasn’t brought even a single person from the 1,350 refugees Norway has promised the EU to receive this year; and this is embarrassing and startling,…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs condemns terrorist attack in Quetta
‘I condemn last night’s terrorist attack on a police training centre in Quetta in Pakistan in the strongest possible terms. My thoughts and sympathies are with the…
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Fruitless hunt for submarine outside Bodø
Armed Orion planes flew rapidly to the scene on Saturday morning when a fishing boat reported that it had almost collided with a submarine at Vestfjord. A search west of…
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The first European Union refugees arrive this week
The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) reported on Friday that Parliament decided in December 2015 that Norway’s contribution to the European Union (EU) program to relocate…
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Employee at reception-center for minors a victim of attempted rape
An asylum-seeker at the reception of minors in Kyrksæterøra, Sor-Trondelag has been charged after a woman on night-duty at the reception center was assaulted and…
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Claims of eight years in prison for human trafficking
Four people in Glåmdal Court who stand accused of trafficking may be sentenced to prison terms from two years and three months to eight years, according to the…
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Bondevik in talks with Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Kjell Magne Bondevik is in Myanmar where he met Tuesday the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi. During the meeting Suu Kyi stressed that there is continuous consultation…