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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...

Russia willing to take back refugees

Russia's consul general in Kirkenes says his country is willing to take back refugees who have no grounds for seeking asylum or settling in...

Swedish border controls can benefit Norway

Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen was applauding Sweden's decision on Thursday to impose border controls, part of efforts to stem the influx of refugees...

Asylum center fire under investigation

No one was hurt but more than 160 asylum seekers were evacuated during the night after fire broke out in the administrative wing of...

Hatred flowed through government’s Facebook page

The Norwegian government's attempt to spread the word via social media that it was clamping down on asylum seekers at its northern border to...

Tundra can turn into a catastrophe

With winter setting in, Norwegian government officials fear the Arctic areas around the Norwegian-Russian border could turn into an area more dangerous, and just...

Solberg struggles to stem refugee crisis

As another record number of asylum seekers streamed over Norway's border to Russia last week, Prime Minister Erna Solberg was visiting refugees not within...

Brende: ‘Border won’t close now’

Foreign Minister Børge Brende announced late Friday afternoon that Norway won't close its border to Russia, at least not right now. He added, though,...

Norway’s very own ‘House of Commons’

PHOTO FEATURE: A shabby old wooden house has risen outside Norway's Parliament building in downtown Oslo. It's an unusual art project that since late...

Hotels, barracks to house refugees

An acute shortage of housing for refugees has resulted in hundreds being sent to the mountains of Norway and put up in hotels. The boss...

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