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Poverty hits 10 percent in Oslo

Government figures released on Tuesday show that 9.68 percent of residents in the Norwegian capital Oslo are defined as living in poverty, giving the...

Labour will end private care homes

The Labour Party and others in the workers' movement in Norway heavily criticized private nursing homes and pledged to end them in Oslo during...

State workers get big pay rise

Government employees at the national and local authority level have received 4 and 4.3 percent wage increases respectively after the close of the annual...

Chinese want Norwegian apology

Remarks made by the Chinese ambassador to Norway at a meeting in Bergen have been reported by participants as some of the strongest since...

Cold response to anti-pirate arming

Industry minister Trond Giske's suggestion to allow private ships to be equipped with armed guards to protect Norwegians from Somali pirate attacks has been...

Parliamentarians doubt own power

Only 10 percent of Norwegian parliamentarians believe that parliament is the most important political institution in the country, the lowest number ever recorded by...

Government ends Syria deportations

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (Utlendingsdirektoratet, UDI) has stopped deportations of failed asylum seekers to Syria in light of the civil turmoil and violence...

Farmers want 18 percent subsidy rise

Norwegian farmers' organizations are demanding a NOK 45,000 (over USD 8,500) increase in income for the average farmer from the state next year, an...

Norway ‘earns from Libya conflict’

The Norwegian state has earned large amounts of money since the beginning of the UN-backed international military operations in Libya because of the effect...

New ritual circumcision law proposed

Changes have been proposed to the law on ritual circumcision in Norway, with health officials hoping to ensure that the procedure can be done...
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