Tag: immigration

Swedes still stream to jobs in Norway

Fully 20 percent of all young workers in Oslo are currently Swedish, according to fresh figures from the independent social economic research foundation Frischsenteret....

Irony surrounds immigration debate

NEWS COMMENTARY: This man, the leader of Oslo's chapter of the Progress Party and a Member of Parliament, seems to be doing his best...

Norway may offer refuge to Syrians

Norway's outgoing left-center government wants to take in 1,000 refugees from Syria and offer them permanent resident status. It's a tiny portion of the...

State needs more asylum centers

A resurgence of asylum seekers arriving in Norway this year has created a need for as many as 40 new asylum centers around the...

Criminal refugees active in drug trade

Nearly all the foreigners arrested on narcotics charges by police in Oslo have either been residing illegally in Norway or have had asylum applications...

Vikernes charged with hate crimes

Kristian "Varg" Vikernes, the Norwegian black metal musician who was arrested in France on terrorism charges last month but later released, now faces new...

Norwegian cricket boosts integration

Cricket is now one of the fastest growing sports in Norway, with its own national team, and it also is said to help players integrate into...

Immigration salvo splits coalition

Uncertainty over the make-up of a new conservative coalition government in Norway has been elevated to near chaos after the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp)...

Refugees ‘spied on and threatened’

Refugees in Norway are regularly spied on and threatened by agents of the governments they fled, confirms the acting leader of the counterespionage unit...

Immigration viewed more favourably

Two years after a right-wing extremist Norwegian attacked the country's Labour Party-led government, claiming it was too open to immigration, a vast majority of...
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