A “Refugees Welcome” campaigner has been arrested in Norway for trying to take away migrants scheduled to be deported. “I have not done anything illegal,” Merete Eriksson told Norwegian news VG after she attempted to whisk away migrants who were in
The commencement of group deportations of failed asylum seekers from Norway to Russia has prompted dozens to abscond from the low-security migrant camps in which they have until now been housed. Norway is one of the northern European nations which has been
“She kissed him — it’s an invitation to have sex.” The asylum seeker’s answer hangs in the air. The instructor’s smile falters, and an explanation is required. In Norway, migrants are being given courses to prevent violence against women, especially
A three-year-old migrant has allegedly been raped by multiple people at an asylum centre in the Norwegian city of Stavanger. Police are investigating the incident amid claims the boy was abused in the shared common area of the asylum centre,
The head of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has traveled to Sweden and warned counterparts in the largely liberal, pro mass migration nation that Muslim immigrants are resistant to integration and can cause “problems” for the host nation. “A
As Europe’s migrant crisis deepens, Norway is considering passing a new law to stop its citizens fighting for Islamic State. Anders Anundsen, Norwegian Minister of Justice, said current laws were too lenient and that more must be done to punish
Norway is offering classes to newly-arrived migrants telling them that “to force someone into sex is not permitted in Norway, even when you are married to that person.” The five-hour programme involves group discussions on sex and rape and has
Norway’s Prime Minister has appointed a politician from the anti-mass migration Progress Party as the country’s first ever immigration minister. In a reshuffle of her cabinet this week, Prime Minister Erna Solberg appointed Sylvi Listhaug to the new post in
Hundreds of migrants entering Norway have images of severed heads and executions on their phones, police have admitted. Norway has seen an “explosion” of migrants crossing into the country in recent months, meaning that police are finding it increasingly difficult
Parents at a Norwegian school were left astounded when the school asked permission for their children to take part in a Christmas ritual in which children dance around a tree singing carols. Some questioned just how much further schools will
An Iraqi national who is believed to have smuggled jihadists into Europe has been arrested as part of a wider anti-terror sweep after being heard planning further terror attacks. Majid Muhamad, a 45-year-old kebab shop owner, was arrested in the Italian city of
Nearly one thousand migrants who have not found Europe to be quite as nice as they hoped have applied for government funding to go home again through a voluntary repatriation scheme. The Norwegian government offers voluntary repatriation to unwanted migrants
The Norwegian government has dropped requirements for religious buildings housing migrants to remove crosses after a national backlash. The requirement by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) had been directed at Churches hoping to house asylum seekers, to ensure the buildings
Norway last week changed their asylum rules so refugees who had previously resided in safe-state Russia would be sent back, but they aren’t wanted there either — leaving a large number of migrants stuck at the frozen Russia Norway Border crossing
Norway has taken out a front-page advertisement in a major Afghan newspaper warning would-be migrants that potential asylum seekers “will be returned by force”, while the Belgian asylum secretary has written directly to migrants asking them not to come. The headline
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Two thirds of Norwegians oppose their country taking in more asylum seekers, a poll has found. The results represent a near reversal of public opinion on the issue in just five months. The Norwegian government is already working to dissuade
A large Scandinavian hotel chain is to banish pork from breakfast at the behest of the group owner’s wife — a globally active climate change campaigner. With over 150 hotels and resorts across Norway and Sweden, Nordic Choice Hotels is
In coordinated raids involving simultaneous arrests in several European countries, counter terrorism forces arrested 13 alleged jihadists at the crack of dawn Thursday, on charges of conspiracy for purposes of international terrorism. In a press conference Thursday morning at the
The Norwegian government has launched a new Facebook campaign called “Stricter Asylum regulations in Norway” aimed at providing “factual” information for migrants regarding changing asylum laws. Human rights organisations have accused the page of fostering racism. “This Facebook page is
A senior Norwegian politician has raised the hackles of pro-migrant voices in her country by saying that Jesus would support her government’s tough migrant policy. Sylvi Listhaug (pictured above), the Norwegian Minister for Agriculture and Food, said that Jesus would support relieving
Terrorists from the Abu Sayyaf Philippines-based jihadi group, an affiliate of the Islamic State, have demanded over $60 million dollars for three Western hostages who were kidnapped at the country’s resort island of Samal.
Norway’s bishops have given the go-ahead to gay church weddings after a poll described by campaigners as an “historic breakthrough”. The vote will need to be ratified by the church synod next spring, but paves the way for the first gay weddings to
Norwegian media on Friday blasted a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo as a “fiasco” after the Canadian pop star walked off the stage after just one song, leaving his teenage fans stunned and in tears. The 21-year-old put an abrupt
Texans are generally thought of as a special breed, strong and independent,and unpredictable. Texans are also associated with cowboys. Norwegians use the word “Texas!” to describe “wild” and “crazy.” “Der var helt texas!,” or That was so totally Texas, is a phrase often used by citizens of Norway.
Radical Islamists have been caught infiltrating migrant reception centres in Norway and trying to recruit new arrivals to their cause, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has warned. The extremists have been so visible that some migrants have asked whether or not
OSLO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Norway may have to spend an extra 40 to 50 billion crowns ($4.9 billion-$6.2 billion) over the next five years to cope with a rising number of people seeking asylum, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (pictured above)
The Norwegian embassy in Israel has condemned a comic strip in the Dagbladet newspaper that compared Israel to Nazi Germany and North Korea as a “nation of murderers.”
Anders Behring Breivik, who went on a killing spree at a left-wing political youth training camp in 2011 has told media he intends to kill himself in prison, because the government has restricted his ability to take a degree while incarcerated.
When European elites speak of their fears surrounding the migrant crisis, it isn’t demographic change or rising crime they mention – but the political right wing which offers an alternative. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, European Commission vice president Frans
A recently released memoir revealed new details about the former Director of the Nobel Institute and his regret for agreeing to hand over the famed Peace Prize to President Barack Obama during his first days in office.
Norway’s Green Party has floated proposals to open up a migrant reception centre – in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where polar bears outnumber people. The idea was first mooted by Norway’s anti-immigration People’s Party, but they quickly made
The latest issue of the ISIS online magazine, Dabiq, includes photos of two men it claims to have taken hostage, and provides a telegram number for “whoever would like to pay the ransom” for their release.
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has ruled against the nation’s oldest mosque providing emergency aid in the country. The 1974-vintage Islamic Cultural Centre, Oslo, had offered accommodation to some of the 700 mostly Syrian refugees accepted by Norway, remarking “We have
Armed forces in Norway have prepared transportation, barracks and sleeping arrangements for 3,000 migrants in preparation for a “mass arrival”. The country is said to be braced to receive a large number of migrants as the number of people leaving Syria
It has taken two years but Norwegian security services have finally confirmed a Norwegian man of Somali descent was one of the terrorists who attacked a Kenyan shopping mall in 2013. On 21 September 2013, a group of terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall, an
A Norwegian bank has issued a credit card featuring an anti-Semitic cartoon. The bank allows customers to design their own card and suggested that in this case their system failed to detect and reject the insulting image. But the customer
A Norwegian documentary film festival has rejected an Israeli documentary charting the lives of disabled children, telling the director that it supports the cultural boycott of Israel and will only show films that deal with “discrimination against Palestinians.” “The Other
Norwegian prisoners have a constitutional right to unlimited porn to watch in their cells – but now the police union is calling for curbs. Claiming that free access to pornography can harm the “peace, order and security” of the prison
Norway’s newest bishop has said he would refuse to officiate at gay weddings, but would support a service blessing couples who have already wed in civil ceremonies. The Local reports that Per Arne Dahl, Bishop of Tunsberg in the Lutheran
