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Dangerous alcohol in circulation: Man hospitalised with methanol poisoning

A man from Østfold has been admitted to the intensive care unit at Ullevål Hospital with methanol poisoning. Dangerous alcohol may be in circulation, warns the hospital. After a man was hospitalised with methanol poisoning, people are being asked to be careful about drinking alcohol they are not sure about. NTB reports on the case. […]

The government will spend NOK 11 billion more on defence by 2026

Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram (Sp) says that the defence budget will be increased by around NOK 3.8 billion annually until 2026. Norway must also meet NATO’s 2 percent target. It was announced at a press conference on Tuesday with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) and Defense Minister […]

Top researcher quits Google and warns against artificial intelligence

One of the world’s foremost experts on artificial intelligence (AI), Geoffrey Hinton, fears he has helped develop technology that could eventually threaten humanity. He is just the latest in a line of researchers to come forward and warn against a development that could prove fatal. – It is difficult to see how to prevent evil […]

Støre rejects crisis in the Labor Party

Ap has sunk like a stone in the polls since the Støre government took office, with criticism pouring in against Støre and his crew, from the public and from within the party. But Støre does not want to hear talk of any crisis. Difficult matters have been queuing for Prime Minister Støre and Ap-Sp since […]

A police officer charged with violence claims the police received death threats

A policeman who has been charged with violence against a person during an arrest in Kongsberg last autumn claims in his report that the police received death threats. This is written by Dagbladet, who reproduced the report that the Bureau of Police Affairs has described as “Obviously not correct”. While the other police officers who […]

Comparing treatment of asylum seekers in Oslo with Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews

Majoran Vivekananthan is editor of Norway’s first multicultural newspaper, Utrop, and has a background as an advisor at the Norwegian Directorate of Children, Youth and Families and as a project advisor for Diversity Year 2008 at the Ministry of Culture. Vivekananthan, who lives in Sri Lanka, from where he runs the newspaper Utrop, makes mildly […]

Foreign taxi owner fleeced Norwegian pensioner

The journey from Oslo central station to a Frogner apartment, where retired and former policeman Roald Berntsen lives, is 6.2 kilometres. The taxi bill came to NOK 909. Berntsen is used to paying a maximum of NOK 350 for this taxi ride. I initially reacted by saying that I did not want to pay. That […]

Russian newspaper: Personal motive behind Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

he independent Russian newspaper Verstka published a report last week titled “How Putin Began to Hate Ukraine.” The article quotes Ukrainian and Russian officials, who claim that Putin’s “true motives” for the invasion of Ukraine were driven by a desire to take revenge on Ukrainian President Zelensky, writes the Daily Mail. In 2021, Zelenskyy sanctioned […]

India will increase trade with Russia

India and Russia are looking for ways to deepen trade ties. Moscow sees the South Asian country as an alternative market for its products in the face of crippling Western sanctions, while New Delhi, for its part, hopes to reduce a growing trade deficit, writes India’s agency chief, Nirmala Ganapathy in The Strait Times. India’s […]

PST: Russian intelligence agent wanted to buy mini submarine “as a gift for a friend”

Over the last couple of years, Russian military intelligence (GRU) has tried on several occasionst o buy advanced technical equipment, including underwater equipment, from Norwegian companies. This is claimed by the PST, writes E24. According to Police Superintendent Dag Røhjell, who is an adviser at the Counter-Intelligence Section of the PST, there have been at […]