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Fewer asylum seekers came last week

The numbers of asylum seekers crossing borders into Norway dipped for the first time in a month last week. Officials claim it's too early...

Health minister to slice surgery costs

Five local hospitals in Norway will lose their ability to carry out acute surgical procedures under a new national hospital plan unveiled by Health...

Compromise ends state budget battle

After weeks of arguments complicated by the rapidly rising costs of the refugee crisis, Norway's government has finally struck a compromise with its two small...

Asylum centers can breed unrest

The tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving in Norway create not only huge challenges for officials scrambling to house them but also for those trying...

Norway’s foreign ministry charted IS hostage-takers’ ‘disgusting’ methods

Members of the terrorist organization IS not only called Norway's foreign ministry but also sent more than a dozen emails over the past eight months, accompanied by...

Jensen’s party gains on crisis

Finance Minister and Progress Party boss Siv Jensen has reason to smile in the midst of Norway's refugee crisis. Her party has rebounded in...

‘No reason to doubt’ executions

UPDATED: The Islamic extremist organization IS claimed on Wednesday that it has executed both a Norwegian and a Chinese hostage they'd captured earlier this year. Prime...

State budget talks extend into overtime

Negotiations between the government and its two support parties continued on Wednesday, well past the deadline set last Friday and forcing postponement of any...

Oil workers rally for more support

Norway's Oil Museum in Stavanger was chosen as the site on Wednesday for a major politial demonstration mounted by nine labour organizations and their...

Parliament sets Telenor inquiry

The Norwegian Parliament's supervisory committee plans to grill three current and former government trade ministers and no less than 14 people who have served in top...
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