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Begging bans could be in by summer

Controversial plans to give individual municipalities the power to ban begging could be underway by summer, if the government secures a majority vote in...

Stolen bikes found in Roma camp

Police and city employees found 36 stolen bicycles when they were called in to clear out another illegal camp of Roma folk in the...

Begging spreads beyond the cities

Oslo braced for a wave of beggars expected to arrive from eastern Europe, but fewer have actually been seen in Norway's capital so far...

Holocaust Center wins more funding

At a time when many museums in Norway are struggling with budget cuts, the Holocaust Center in Oslo has been granted NOK 20 million. The funding...

Parliament refused to ban begging

A majority in the Norwegian Parliament have voted to restrict but not ban begging, leaving local governments and the police to decide how to...

Diplomat caught in Roma debate

"I'm cautious," says Romania's ambassador to Norway, Daniel Ionita, before agreeing to share his thoughts on the presence of thousands of beggars in Norwegian...

Begging on streets OK, not sleeping

Police were voicing approval on Thursday after city politicians in Oslo, quarreling over how to deal with thousands of migrant poor on the streets...

Prizewinner scolds anti-beggar attitudes

Dr Per Fugelli, a professor at the University of Oslo's medical school who's been an active voice in social issues for years, accepted Norway's...

Finance minister ‘on steady course’

Norway's left-center government coalition aims to keep the country's strong economy on what Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen called "a steady course" when he released...

Majority backs a ban on begging

Six out of 10 Norwegians now want a nationwide ban on begging, according to the results of a new public opinion poll. The poll...
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