American praise for Norwegian peace diplomacy
US praises Norway’s role in the diplomacy that led to a peace agreement in Colombia. Wednesday night Norwegian time it was confirmed that the two…
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School headmaster convicted in assaulting a girl
A school headmaster in the 50s was sentenced in Namdalen District Court to 16 months in prison for having committed a sexual assault against an…
Prison officer charged with receiving bribes
A prison officer from Oslo prison has been arrested and charged with having received bribes from the corruption accused lawyer Amir Mirmotahari. Prison officer is…
UDI is closing 7,000 reception places
Directorate of Immigration (UDI) removes 7,000 seats in the asylum centers in Norway. The reason is that it has come far fewer asylum seekers than…
Nearly one in ten get disability benefits
Nearly one in ten aged 18 to 67 years is currently disabled. The last year the proportion has increased from 9.4 to 9.5 percent, according…
Solberg: – A milestone for Colombia
Prime Minister Erna Solberg commends Norwegian diplomacy efforts in the talks that led to the agreement on a peace agreement in Colombia. – We have…
Nordic churches in Norway will have to prove their memberships
The Ministry of Culture has given the Finnish, Icelandic and Swedish Church in Norway six months to contact and confirm the membership of a total…
Solberg’s aim: New jobs and more people in work
More jobs in the private sector while new groups are included in the workplace. That’s the big political future goal of Prime Minister Erna Solberg….
Children gamble away thousands of kroner on online gambling
The Helpline for compulsive gamblers are concerned that children are able to open accounts with foreign game companies and gamble away thousands of kroner. –…
Ban congratulates Colombia and thanks Norway
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulates Colombia with their finalized peace agreement. He also thanks Norway for their support. – The UN Secretary General congratulated…
Norway will establish forum for preventing climate change
Damages caused by extreme weather has become more common. A separate forum will now look at what needs to be done to stem the problems…
Historic agreement on final peace deal in Colombia
The Colombian government and the FARC announced today that they have come to agreement on a final peace accord. The accord concludes more than four…
King Harald sends condolences to Italy
King Harald on Monday sent his condolences to the Italian President Sergio Mattarella after earthquake which has taken many lives in central parts of the…
48 years old man convicted of rape of seven years old girl
A 48 years old foreign man was in Gulating Court of Appeal and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for rape and…
Trønder terrorist accused of PST
A 32 years old Norwegian man from Verdal been arrested and charged for supporting the extremist group ISIS. On Tuesday the man was extradited from…
Liberal Party Leader Trine Skei Grande played Pokemon Go during defense hearing
Liberal Party Leader Trine Skei Grande hunted pokemons during the open hearing of the Armed Forces’ Long-Term Plan in the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs…
Police officer fined himself for illegal cell phone use
Police inspector Ingve Flikka put all the cards on the table and promised to pay the fine he wrote out to himself for having used…
Hopes for fee settlement within budget
A speedy solution is not in sight, but the four non-socialist parties hope to find a solution together on green fees until the state budget…
58 kg of amphetamines found in Frogner apartment
When the Oslo police took action against an apartment in Oslo avenue in October last year they found a refrigerator with a total of 58…
Concerns about the future of reindeer and deer because of brain disease
The brain disease CWD was in April and May discovered on a reindeer and two moose. Scientists fear that the disease has spread, which means…