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Breivik’s complaint tests system again

NEWS ANALYSIS: Right-wing Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik entered his prison's gymnasium in predictable fashion on Tuesday, dressed in a suit and tie and...

Legal community condemns Turkey

Norway's entire legal community, represented by professional organizations for the country's judges, legal scholars and attorneys, has sent a letter to Foreign Minister Børge...

Addicts can be sentenced to treatment

Norway's conservative minority government, with support from most all other parties in Parliament, is making it possible for courts to sentence drug-addicted convicts to treatment...

Courts may cut jobs, too

The state agency running Norway's courts (Domstoladministrasjonen) reports that it may need to impose a hiring freeze and reduce staffing in order to save...

Public defenders stay off the job

Norwegian lawyers who serve as state-paid public defenders were refusing to answer calls to duty this week, after years of frustration over relatively low...

Creative cooperation screeches to a halt

What started as a creative cooperation between the late Norwegian artist and author Kjell Aukrust and filmmaker Ivo Caprino has braked to a halt in an...

Norway ‘broke human rights’

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Norway violated the human rights of businessman Hroar Hansen when its courts threw out his...

Stream of new laws takes effect

Smokers now face even more restrictions in Norway, criminals face some tougher punishments and a variety of new workplace laws took effect this week....

Breivik’s judge wins high court seat

Oslo City Court Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen has been nominated for one of two seats available on Norway's Supreme Court, with her confirmation expected...

Breivik’s judge seeks High Court post

Oslo City Court Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, who won widespread praise for her handling of the lengthy and difficult lawsuit against mass murderer Ander...
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