Tag: children
State fails to halt abuse of children
A devastating report by a state commission has angered but not surprised Norway's government minister in charge of equality and family issues. The report found...
Organized protests baffle Barnevernet
After yet another wave of organized international demonstrations over the weekend against Norway's child welfare agency Barnevernet, both agency officials and top politicians appear baffled and...
Norway defends its child welfare laws
Norway's state child welfare agency Barnevernet has once again become a target of international protests, over its attempts to enforce national laws aimed at protecting children....
Children take initiative to integration
In the midst of Norway's biggest influx of refugees since the Balkan War, groups of small Norwegian children have been making a unique contribution...
Minister defends ‘Barnevernet’
The name of the Norwegian state agency charged with ensuring the welfare of children, Barnevernet, has become well-known far beyond Norway's borders, for all the wrong...
Kongsvinger kidnapping suspect back in Norway
A man accused of kidnapping his own two daughters as they got off a school bus near Kongsvinger earlier this year has returned to...
Boy killed by speeding ambulance
A 10-year-old Norwegian boy was killed instantly on the weekend when he was hit by an ambulance on its way to an emergency. The...
Police arrest car owner over kidnapping
Police in Romerike arrested the owner of a Volvo on Wednesday evening, wanted in connection to the abduction of two Chechen girls on Tuesday...
Abducted girls’ mother charged
Police have charged the mother of two Chechen girls, snatched by masked men in south-eastern Norway on Tuesday afternoon, with complicity in their abduction....
Father central to abduction case
Police believe the father of two young Chechen girls, grabbed by masked men after getting off a school bus in south-eastern Norway on Tuesday...
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