Verdict against Air Baltic captain stands
Hamar (NTB): The Eidsivating Court has rejected the appeal from the captain of Air Baltic flight who were caught with a too large blood alcohol…
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800 Ethiopians may be forcibly returned to Ethiopia
800 Ethiopians living in Norway without having legal residence may now be forcibly returned to Ethiopia, according to news channel NRK. Ethiopia has previously refused…
Animal rights activists may be sentenced to pay compensation
Four animal welfare activists risk having to pay compensation of NOK 255,000 after having broken into a mink farm. Next week the four, who belongs…
A group will look into possible cooperation between the police and the Armed Forces
The government has put together a group to propose a new procedure for cooperation between the police and the armed forces on terror readiness. The…
The Government will provide the unemployed with more targeted assistance
Three minister acknowledge that people who have been left outside the labor market may struggle with assistance measures that are rigid or not targeted enough….
The Government will introduce talent centers in natural sciences
The Minister of education wants to bring together the nation’s top natural science students in talent centers across the country. The students with a special…
Støre fears that asylum seekers will escape
Thousands of asylum seekers who do not get their application treated, either in Norway or Russia, may escape from Norwegian asylum centers, Labor party leader…
The new Coop boss has fired half the management team
The new Coop boss Geir Inge Stokke has undertaken a rapid clean-up and slimmed down the management team in the group from 24 to 11…
Brende disagrees with Russia on one time-visa
Foreign Minister Brende still hopes that the returns to Russia may be resumed. But Norway and Russia disagree on the return of asylum seekers with…
Jensens stimulus package cause disappointment in the Parliament
The Center Party member Geir Pollestad is not impressed by the contents of the Government’s stimulus package against unemployment. He demands more answers from the…
More 18,000 were granted permanent residence last year
In 2015 a total of 18 431 individuals were granted a permanent residence permit in Norway, according to figures from the Directorate of Immigration (UDI)….
Christian Syrian family does not get asylum ranking in Norway
Syrians who have spent all their money to come to Norway is now being returned to Russia because they bought multiple-entry visas from smugglers. In Arrival…
Greatest rise in unemployment among those with higher education
The number of persons with a higher education who are registered as unemployed has increased by 13 per cent from November 2014 to November 2015….
UNE is losing one in five cases in the court
One in five who have had their asylum applications rejected will prevail when they go to court against the Immigration Appeals Board (UNE). – Extreme…
Asylum seekers will refuse to get on the bus to Russia
A group of asylum seekers in Finnmark have started a hunger strike and said they would refuse to board the buses for deportation to Russia….
Man charged with attempted poisoning of a fellow student
A male student at the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer has been put in custody for three weeks, charged with the attempted poisoning of a fellow student. The police arrived on…
New Norwegian initiative to promote freedom of expression and independent media
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is launching a new strategy today for efforts to promote freedom of expression. ‘Freedom of expression and independent media are…
The Government will extend the right to join kindergarten
The government proposes expanding the right to join a kindergarten from the age of one to include children born in September and October.Today only children…
Legal political views can decide who will be the new chief of the Supreme Court
The Governmentwill appoint a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Tore Schei who will reach the age limit.The Candidates’ legal political views…
The opposition seriously concerned that patients are becoming throwing balls
Patients are discharged too early from hospitals and are not getting the treatment they need in the municipalities according to the Auditor General’s report.The Labor Party, The…