Norway’s state broadcaster, NRK, has put in place a 5-year plan in order to chip away at its mostly Norwegian workforce and talent. “The aim is to reflect the population to a greater extent than we do today” said Director of Broadcasting, Thor Gjermund Eriksen. Currently about 4% of NRK’s permanent staff are from a “multicultural background.” About 13% of Norway’s total population are... 

Authorities have discovered images of ISIS flags and severed heads on the cellphones of hundreds of asylum seekers crossing into Norway, highlighting concerns about terrorists exploiting the migrant crisis to infiltrate jihadists into Europe. Nettavisen reports that an “explosion” of refugees crossing into the country in recent months meant that the Police Immigration Service (PU) had to register... 

Aisha, an immigrant from Dubai, United Arab Emirates went to Norway and claimed to be a refugee. Despite receiving 3,000 Kroner (400 Euros) a month and free housing without any kind of work, she complained that it was too cold, that she had to carry her own groceries, and that she didn’t like the food. “Honestly, I was shocked” she told NRK.no, “I thought Norway was more modern and more civilized.... 

Several residents of the village Bolkesjø in Telemark, Norway, are in despair over that they can be forced to receive 400 new asylum seekers. A hotel has already been converted into an asylum center. Gran hotel Bolkesjø has been converted into emergency rooms for 150 refugees, and now the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is negotiating with the owners of the village’s other hotel, Bolkesjø Hotel,... 

Three African immigrants who brutally raped a 14-year-old girl to the point where she wanted to kill herself were given extremely light sentences by a court in Norway, with one receiving community service and avoiding prison altogether. The incident happened on the night of July 30 when the three men accosted the girl on a commuter train before also molesting her in a farm house and at an apartment... 

Earlier this month as illegal and largely Muslim migrants continued to surge into Europe from Syria, Iraq, Eritrea and Afghanistan, a German political scientist, Jürgen W. Falter, warned his country faces disaster. Falter said during an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung newspaper that statements by Chancellor Angela Merkel sound “like an invitation to the entire world that unlimited... 

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), a domestic intelligence agency, warns that Islamists are recruiting recently arrived illegal migrants at refugee centers. “We have seen signs that extreme Islamists have approached the reception centers and asylum seekers. They have been there to get contacts. Aside from that, it’s difficult to say what their specific purpose is,” Jørn Presterudstuen... 

Former Secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee Geir Lundestad reportedly notes in his new book that the body “didn’t achieve what it had hoped for” when it gave Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt and conferred the prestigious award on him in 2009. While it is quite rare for Nobel officials to openly discuss the nuts and bolts of their secretive committee, the former director of the... 

In the UK, people are advised to do 150 minutes of moderate activity such as gardening, dancing, cycling or brisk walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise including playing sport, running or aerobics every week. Elderly men who exercise for just half an hour on most days of the week can extend their lifespan by around five years, a new study has found. The research suggests that older men who boost... 

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s chairman has been removed from his post for the first time in the award’s 114-year history. He’s been criticized over a number of the panel’s controversial picks, like US president and the EU. Ousted Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, a former Norwegian Labor prime minister, had been in charge of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for six years before he was voted... 

A survey conducted by the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) has found that 72% of Norwegians surveyed believe immigrants cause more crime than native Norwegians, with just 11% disagreeing. However, 50% agreed with the statement “immigrants improve society with their ideas and cultures”, and only 22% disagreed. A similar survey from 2000 found that 50% believed immigrants caused more... 

A Swedish sociology professor has nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. He says the NSA whistleblower could help “save the prize from the disrepute incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision” to give the 2009 award to Barack Obama. In his letter addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Stefan Svallfors praised Snowden for his “heroic effort at great personal cost.” He... 

Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level. The proposed amendments make it easier to locate both website owners and end-users of unauthorized material online. Thus, the new legislation would... 

A chilling report written by newly appointed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu circulating in the Kremlin today states that the permanent deployment of the 200th Motorized Infantry Brigade by the Northern Fleet to the border of Norway last week is meant to insure that Russia is able to “seize and control” the Svalbard Global Seed Vault located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town... 

A Norwegian lawyer criticized the local judicial system that, in her opinion, protects pedophiles. As a result, in many families children are forced to live with parents who subject them to sexual abuse. All attempts to appeal to the court are unsuccessful because the testimony of the children simply is not trusted. Norwegian lawyer Thea Totland shared her fears with a reporter of local newspaper...