Tag: crime

Yara finally finds a new CEO

UPDATED: After more than a year of corruption charges and top-level personnel drama at Yara International, the company finally announced on Monday that it had...

Farmer let his cattle starve to death

A Norwegian man living in the county of Nord-Trøndelag has admitted that he's responsible for the deaths of 92 cattle on his farm in Fosnes....

Man admits raping elderly woman

A 23-year-old Norwegian man made a surprise admission in court in Tønsberg on Wednesday that he had raped an 86-year-old woman in broad daylight...

Ombud assails Norway’s jails

Norway's prisons are often described as "hotels" by foreign inmates who marvel over their single cells, some of which even have flat-screen TVs. Norwegian...

CEO’s defense cites ‘conspiracy theory’

The former chief executive officer of Oslo-based industrial firm Yara has fallen victim to a "conspiracy theory" formed by state prosecutors who failed to present...

Krekar avoids banishment, but not confinement

Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar has managed to avoid being banished to a remote Norwegian village, at least for now. His appeal was successful, with...

Jihadists try to win asylum in Norway

Norwegian police and intelligence officers have confirmed that several people believed to have taken part in violent jihadist operations abroad have tried to seek asylum in...

Prosecutors seek five-year jail terms for alleged jihadists

Two Norwegian men charged with supporting the terrorist organization IS (Islamic State) should each be jailed for five years, prosecutors argued at the end...

‘Halloween killer’ won’t be released

A young Norwegian man who suddenly stabbed and killed a friend and nearly killed another at a Halloween party in Oslo in 2011 won't...

Murder victim’s father files charges against UD staff

The  frustrated father of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen, who was found raped and murdered in London seven years ago, announced on Wednesday that...
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