Tag: crime

Memorial held for slain student

On their first day back at school on Monday, students and teachers at the agricultural high school in Sparbu, Nord-Trøndelag gathered in sorrow to...

Police busy over New Year’s holiday

Police all over Norway reported cases of violence often caused by drunkenness during the New Year's holiday. Two murders were linked to domestic violence,...

Government plans to build new jails

After suffering a severe shortage of jail space for years, Norway's conservative government has proposed building no less than four new prisons and expanding cell space at...

Police raided right-wing extremists

Police carried out a series of raids last week on a group of right-wing extremists in Stavanger, seizing illegal weapons, two kilos of hash,...

Bank customers threatened during robbery

An armed robber who held up a bank branch at one of Oslo's busiest intersections Monday morning was in custody after what police called...

Northug can train during ‘jail time’

Disgraced Norwegian skier Petter Northug has been allowed to serve his prison sentence for drunk driving by wearing an electronic ankle cuff that will restrict his movements...

Hotel hostage-taker jailed

A 41-year-old Hungarian man charged with holding a hotel worker hostage earlier this week was ordered held in custody himself for at least another...

Telenor boss quits VimpelCom board

Jon Fredrik Baksaas, chief executive officer of Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor, has resigned his seat on the board of mobile phone operator VimpelCom, which...

Hotel guest set off hostage drama

A 41-year-old guest at Oslo's Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania near the city's central train station took a hotel employee hostage on Monday and threatened to...

Man sentenced to 21 years for killing his wife

The 34-year-old German man charged with killing his wife Agnes Müller in western Norway earlier this year has been sentenced to Norway's longest prison...
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