Tag: crime

Asylum seekers turned bandits

Three asylum seekers who claimed they were fleeing persecution in Georgia ended up going on a robbery spree all over southern Norway, raiding stores...

Prisoner’s death in Congo ruled a suicide

Norwegian officials have supported the conclusion of authorities in Congo that the Norwegian prisoner who was found dead in his cell last week, Tjostolv...

Disgraced mayor still wants to fight to clear his name

Rune Øygard, the former Labour Party mayor who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young teenaged girl, expressed disappointment on Wednesday when told that...

Editors send protest to UK

Editors of four of the Nordic countries' leading newspapers were sending a sharp letter of protest to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday,...

Seized refugee toddler back in Norway

A two-year-old girl whose mother was murdered and whose father then fled Norway with the toddler in tow has been sent back to Norway...

Smuggler convicted after fatal crash

A 41-year-old man from Poland who set off a massive collision on the busy E18 motorway west of Oslo last spring was convicted on...

Priest charged with sexual assault

A Catholic priest employed by the diocese in Oslo has been defrocked and charged with assault after admitting to having had sexual relations with...

Police investigators head for Congo

A team from Norway's state police investigation unit Kripos were heading for Congo this week to probe the circumstances around the death of a...

Cuffed prisoner fled on motorcycle

UPDATED: A man jailed for stealing luxury cars in both Norway and France made a dramatic escape after a court appearance in suburban Oslo...

Mass-murderer’s mom told her story

Wenche Behring Breivik, the late mother of the Norwegian right-wing extremist who attacked Norway's Labour Party and the government it led on July 22,...
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