Tag: demonstrations
Harassment and death threats have followed wind power protests
The president of the Sami Parliament, other top politicians and many of those demonstrating last week against wind turbines on Sami land in Norway...
Wind turbines’ future still up in the air
Sami and environmental activists ended their blockades of several Norwegian government ministries on Friday, after securing official promises that huge turbines generating wind power...
Thousands marched against Putin
Norwegians turned out by the thousands in Oslo and elsewhere around the country on Friday, in a massive show of support for Ukraine. They...
Norway summons Iran’s ambassador
Norway's foreign ministry has once again called the Iranian ambassador in on the carpet this week. The official diplomatic summons on Monday comes after...
Foreign Nazi demonstrators kicked out
Prosecutors fined and summarily deported 31 out of 35 demonstrators from a Nazi group who'd traveled to Norway to mount an illegal march in...
Embassy demonstration turned violent
Police arrested more than 90 people on Thursday after a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in Oslo turned violent. Several of the demonstrators tried...
Anti-Islamist run off the road
The leader of a small anti-Islamic group in Norway who's known for demonstratively burning the Koran was literally run off a highway in Oslo...
Counter-demonstrators arrested
Seven people were arrested after police in Sandefjord had to use tear gas to subdue an estimated 300 demonstrators who objected to another demonstration...
Police want to relocate Koran-burning demonstration
Police in Oslo have not authorized a Koran-burning demonstration planned by the small but noisy organization SIAN (Stop the Islamization of Norway) on Friday....
Anti-oil protests clogged traffic
Police in Oslo arrested 29 young activists from the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion Norway on Monday, after they blocked traffic at a busy...
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