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		<title>Courts face shortage of interpreters</title>
		<link>https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/07/16/courts-face-shortage-of-interpreters/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some lawyers are warning that legal rights are at stake after Norway&#8217;s justice ministry made changes in how interpreters are paid. The changes resulted in what some interpreters claim was a 30 percent reduction in their pay. &#8220;I&#8217;m now turning down all jobs in the courts and for the police,&#8221; interpreter Natalia Maria Vigrestad told [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gyrocopters flying over Preikestolen scared hikers and tourists</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Small gyrocopters flew low over Norway&#8217;s famed Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) last week, disturbing visitors, scaring others and angering tour guides. The gyrocopters were noisy and two of them reportedly held an elevation of only around 15 meters above people&#8217;s heads. Tour guide David Bruns was on the mountain plateau with its sheer drop down to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heat wave hits Southern Norway</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norwegians and tourists alike were sweating through what one meteorologist called &#8220;absolutely abnormal&#8221; temperatures this week. They rose to between 30-35C (85-95F) on Wednesday afternoon, and that&#8217;s uncomfortable when most homes and many businesses lack air conditioning. Norwegian weather site yr.no was noting how many cities and towns in Norway were warmer than in Southern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New duties for next royal generation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concerns have been flying for months that Norway&#8217;s royal family is stretched too thin, since the king and queen are elderly, the crown princess has been seriously ill and her children with Crown Prince Haakon are in or entering college. There were fewer royals available for representation duties in earlier generations, though, and both Princess [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Norwegian ship attacked off Oman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norwegian shipowning firm Stolt-Nielsen confirmed that one of its chemical tankers was fired upon earlier this week while sailing in waters off Oman in the Middle East. The attack set off an explosion and a fire on board the Stolt Magnesium. It&#8217;s the latest example of vessels caught in the crossfire of US President Donald [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Norway&#8217;s royal family can cheer again</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Noway&#8217;s long-troubled royal family could finally reassemble this week after the past few years of scandal, serious illness and criminal offenses. Crown Princess Mette-Marit was released from hospital, her two youngest adult children have been home for the summer and her oldest son Marius Borg Høiby was released from prison, just as Norway itself was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Triumphant return for football heroes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norway&#8217;s national men&#8217;s football team received a rousing welcome home from the World Cup on Monday. Fighter jets escorted their private flight when they entered Norwegian air space, and that was followed by a royal reception and more than 100,000 cheering fans outside the palace in Oslo. It all but overwhelmed everyone from team captain [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;People&#8217;s party&#8217; kept police busy during and after World Cup action</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norwegian police had boosted their presence in most cities and town around the country on Saturday night, when Norway faced off against England at the World Cup in Miami. There were a few accidents and some rowdiness, most of it tied to alcohol consumption. Several football fans ended up spending the night in custody until [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Norway embraces World Cup unity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians haven&#8217;t seemed so proud, happy and unified since the end of World War II, even after losing to England in Saturday night&#8217;s World Cup quarter-finals. Never before had their homeland advanced so far in the World Cup, and few were upset that Norway lost to one of its otherwise closest allies in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turkish president&#8217;s gift to NATO leaders misfired</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was among NATO leaders who received an unusual gift last week from the president of the recent NATO summit&#8217;s host country Turkey. Recep Erdogan gave Støre and other leaders a revolver with their names engraved on it, plus ammunition for it, but most had to leave it behind in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Calls rise for Olympic ban on Russia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite Norway&#8217;s success at the World Cup, Norwegian commentators were calling it &#8220;a dark week for sports,&#8221; after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to recommend Russia&#8217;s return to the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. Russian athletes have been banned from taking part in the Olympics under their own flag since 2016, because [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Norway braced for World Cup action</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As hundreds of thousands of Norwegians streamed into their cities and hometowns to cheer for their football heroes at the World Cup, police and other emergency officials were on full alert. Not only could the country become a terror target, the locals could get into trouble on their own. &#8220;As with all events where many [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prospects rise for NATO, and football</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS: Neither Donald Trump nor nagging conflicts ruined NATO&#8217;s summit in Ankara this week. Founding NATO members Norway and England also faced a major standoff at the World Cup during the weekend, but their prime ministers were smiling even after the UK was left out of a new Norwegian-initiated alliance within NATO. Norway&#8217;s Jonas [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Snow surprised summer tourists, and the locals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a lengthy stretch of beautiful summer weather in Southern Norway, visitors and residents alike woke up to snow on the mountain plateau behind the Hafjell ski center on Tuesday. Guests at the Pellestova Hotell Halfjell were mightily surprised, as were everyone working there. Lars Ivar Ødegaard from Bærum outside Oslo had taken his family [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nordic countries urge China to halt Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norway was the last stop on an unusual Nordic tour for China&#8217;s foreign minister Wang Yi over the past five days. After visiting Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Wang landed in Oslo on Monday for meetings and dinner with Norwegian leaders, and Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine was on the agenda. &#8220;In these times of global instability,&#8221; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New general consulate open on Greenland</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Norway&#8217;s foreign ministry claims it has &#8220;strengthened&#8221; its presence on Greenland after opening a new general consulate on the Arctic island&#8217;s largest town of Nuuk. The new consulate that opened in June comes at a time when the Arctic is of what the ministry calls &#8220;rising strategic importance.&#8221; No mention was made in the announcement [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Government wants to restrict refugee movements</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian government wants to prevent refugees who&#8217;ve been housed in small towns around the country from moving to larger hard-pressed cities in the more popular southeast around Oslo. Officials plan to propose concrete measures that could block moves within Norway for up to 10 years. The proposals will prevent jobless refugees who can&#8217;t support [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beer sales nearly double during the World Cup</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Football fans and beer make for what one major Norwegian beer producer calls &#8220;an unbeatable combination.&#8221; Sales at the Aass Brewery in Drammen were up 88 percent last week, between two of Norway&#8217;s World Cup victories, and its commercial director tied the increase to all the football fans out enjoying the matches in local bars [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Norwegian jailed for murder in Sweden</title>
		<link>https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/07/06/norwegian-jailed-for-murder-in-sweden/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Norwegian man in his mid-50s who committed his first murder at age 15 has been convicted for at least the third time of another murder, and is believed to have helped others kill themselves. Steinar Wangen, who&#8217;s already in prison for helping another woman kill herself in Strömstad in 2023, quickly appealed his latest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New heat wave on the way</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State meteorologists were warning on Monday that another Norwegian-style heat wave was on the way, with temperatures due to hit 30C or more in southern inland areas during the weekend. It&#8217;s expected to be warmest in Telemark and Buskerud, where thermometers are likely to rise to 27-28C (around 80F). The warm, dry summer weather isn&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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