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Northern Norway will have the best weather in the coming weekend
Large parts of the country have experienced pretty summer weather lately, but this weekend Northern Norway will get summer temperatures. In southern Norway, autumn is…
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Government: – Brazil will continue rainforest cooperation
Brazil’s new government has announced that they will continue cooperation with Norway on the preservation of the Amazon rainforest. It is announced by Climate and…
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Gardermoen passport control is weak
Passengers with false papers have passed through passport control at Gardermoen airport. – Unfortunately, this has in fact happened. For an example, we had people sent…
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Man has to pay Norwegian NOK 96.000 for being thrown off plane for being a nuisance
A man has been sentenced to pay Norwegian NOK 96,000 in compensation after he made so much noise on a flight from Heathrow to Thailand that it had to land in Poland to…
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Dutchmen stopped with seven kilos of drugs in Larvik
Three Dutch nationals were in late August stopped with seven kilos of drugs in Larvik. The Dutch arrived by ferry from Hirtshals to Larvik during the night on August…
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Crown Princess tried milking during the commemoration
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited Dyrsku’n in Seljord and was able to watch the opening event’s 150th anniversary. The Crown Princess was on…
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Aftenposten dedicates entire frontpage to Facebook criticism
The entire front page of newspaper Aftenposten’s Friday edition is covered with criticism of Facebook’s picture censorship. “Dear Mark Zuckerberg” it says in large…
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A person is in hospital after fight in Oslo
A person was sent to hospital after being stabbed with glass in a fight at Skippergata in Oslo. Police have custody of several of the suspects. Police in Oslo came out…
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Norwegian border fence a “hot topic” in Russia
Last week work started on setting up a 200-meter-long fence along the border with Russia on Storskog in Sør-Varanger. The Russian media are closely monitoring. Border…
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No one arrested yet after robbery of the grocery store in Halden
It is still ongoing search for the man who used the gun during a robbery of a Prix store in Halden Thursday morning. – No one has been arrested yet but they are…
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HRW: Nepal doing little to stop child marriages
More than one and three girls in Nepal get married before they turn 18. Child marriage is prohibited in the country, but the authorities do not do enough to stop the…
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The government will spend 500 million on job creation in developing countries
The Government launches new grant programs to create economic development and vocational training in developing countries. They have set aside a sum of NOK 500 million…
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Government stops supporting with half a million to the Islamic Council
Culture Ministry stop payment of an extra contribution to the Islamic Council Norway at 484.000 NOK. The rationale is that the Council has not appointed someone to a new…
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Finnish kayaker died in Lofoten
A Finnish man died in a paddle accident in Lofoten Thursday afternoon. The man paddled at Unstad in Vestvågøy when he fell out of the kayak. The man was taken ashore and…
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150 partner homicides have been committed in Norway since 2000
The total number of killings in Norway has been reduced, but the proportion partner homicide is still high. A new list shows that 150 partner murders have been committed…