Fearing another New Year celebration with eye injuries
During last year’s New Year celebration 18 people got eye injuries caused by fireworks. Use goggles and stay sober, is among the advice to Norwegians…
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Polish man gets Five and a half years in prison for drug smuggling
A 49 year old Polish citizen in Kristiansand District Court was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment for having smuggled over seven kilograms…
Norway provides the most in humanitarian aid
Norway gave 1.05 percent of gross national income to humanitarian aid last year, versus an average of 0.3 percent in the 28 OECD countries wrote…
India’s Foreign Minister rages against Norway over CPS
India’s Foreign Minister raged against Norwegian authorities after the child welfare services in Norway took a five year old boy with an Indian mother. India’s…
Hunt intensifying for asylum seekers who have lied
The immigration chief calls for a comprehensive inspection to check whether asylum seekers have cheated their way into Norway. We know that there have been…
Norway’s oldest person celebrated her 112th birthday
Elisabeth Julie Ekenæs rounded the 2nd day of Christmas 112 years old. Norway’s oldest person celebrated the day at St. Halvard home in Oslo with…
Church decline provides financial boost to other faiths
40,000 people withdrew from the Norwegian Church as of December 1st this year. That means there was more money for muslims and humanists. The number…
40 people have died in fires in Norway during 2016
So far in December, seven people have died in fires in Norway. After fire fatalities in Oppland on the second day of Christmas, there have…
Fewer women than men are falling out of initial military service
After the first half year of military service, with equal numbers conscripted, the proportion of soldiers who drop out is least among women, reported Aftenposten…
Child Poverty in Norway increases
Over 90,000 children live in families defined as poor. It has doubled since 2000, according to UNICEF Norway. – Continuing on the track as we…
‘Urd’ has reached hurricane strength
The extreme Weather system ‘Urd’ has reached hurricane strength, acording to the meteorological service. Over 10,000 households are without power in several counties. The extreme…
The National Mobile Police Service (UP) stop a record number of intoxicated drivers
Never before have the Mobile Police in northern Norway stopped so many over the limit drivers as in 2016. Statistics show that through week 50,…
Confidence in the Bergen police is on the wane
Half of the Bergen population have proved, during the past year, to have had less confidence in the police’s ability to investigate crime, a new…
Ambulance drove off the road in Nord-Trondelag
No one was injured when an ambulance with four people inside, including a patient, went off the road in Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag. The patient’s condition…
Arson has cost over 100 lives since 1993
Since the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) began keeping statistics 23 years ago, over 100 people have been killed in fires caused by arson. DSB…
Extreme Weather heading toward southern Norway
Meteorological Institute reports that on Christmas Day that extreme weather is heading for southern Norway. Østafjells should expect high winds from the west or northwest…
Changes in Norwegian passports
Next year several changes will be introduced in Norwegian passports audience must relate to. The introduction of the new processing system for passports and national…
9 million for two Christmas ‘Lotto’ winners
Two people received the ultimate Christmas gift on Christmas Eve. They were more than 9 million richer after receiving a straight seven in Lotto. Tonights…
Queen Sonja is at home with a cold
Queen Sonja did not participate in worship in Holmenkollen Chapel on Christmas Day due to illness. Two other queens in the European royal families have…
No casualties in the Christmas traffic for the past two years
After several years of many serious accidents at Christmas, according to figures from the Public Road Administration, no one has died in Christmas traffic during…