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When Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits Barack Obama in Washington, the husband will attend a separate get-together along with the rest of the Nordic “first ladies”. –…
Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen thinks better cleaning of the road network in Oslo will increase air quality, and wants to initiate a pilot project for this in the…
Families with children who do not attend kindergarten, should get a home visit from people from their municipality , the Government proposes. In her speech to the…
Immigrants in Norway may now take the theory test for class B driving license in Arabic. From May onwards, the test may also be taken in Turkish and Kurdish, the…
‘The Government has presented a series of proposals to tighten Norway’s asylum rules, which we consider to be essential for ensuring a more sustainable asylum policy and…
A man from Sunnmøre has been sentenced to 215 hours of community service for having stored 281,554 photographs and 70 films showing sexual abuse of children. According…
Heart disease is more common among persons aged 60 years and over than among young people, who more often have injuries. Oslo, with its relatively young population,…
The influx of refugees leads to increased demand for council housing in Oslo. So far this year, the municipality has bought dwellings and residences for 270 million,…
Traffickers in prostitution are abusing the scheme to assist victims of trafficking, and use Nav-funded apartments in Oslo as brothels, police said. – We have been…
Norway is better than Denmark and Sweden in incorporating immigrants into the society, shows research from IMDi. The new report from Inclusion and Diversity (IMDi) is…