Tag: crime

Hope runs out for stolen penguins

Four graduating high school students known as russ remained charged with cruelty to animals after they admitted to breaking into an aquarium in Ålesund last...

‘Russ’ suspected of penguin-napping

UPDATED: Norway's partying high school graduates known as "russ" were suspected of sinking to a new low, after surveillance cameras captured some of them inside a...

Driver who ran over girls sentenced to jail

A 48-year-old motorist who ran down and killed two young girls who were out exercising a horse pulling their sulky was sentenced to five months in...

Nine arrested in alleged prostitution ring

Police in Bergen have arrested nine suspects in what's described as a crackdown on a Romanian prostitution ring. The arrests came Monday after raids...

Four arrested in restaurant shooting

Four men were in custody on Sunday after what police described as a clash of rival gangs that involved several shots being fired into a...

Three men convicted for terrorist ties

A court in Oslo convicted three young Norwegian citizens on Friday for their ties to the brutal extremist group that calls itself The Islamic State (IS). The...

Mayor on leave, fined for sexually offensive behaviour

The mayor of the northwest coastal city of Kristiansund has gone on sick leave and been replaced by the city's acting mayor, after he...

Convicted serial rapist faces more charges

A 37-year-old man described by police as "Norway's most active" rapist has been charged with nine more rapes by women who claim he exploited,...

Oslo youth more obedient

Oslo police are having to arrest far fewer local teenagers than in earlier years. New statistics show a marked decline in the numbers of Norwegians...

Train service improves, station declines

State railway NSB could boast new figures this week showing a marked improvement in its on-time record and passenger satisfaction. The main station serving NSB...
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