Tag: crime

Men tied to Hells Angels go on trial

The largest narcotics trial in the history of northern Norway got underway in Tromsø this week, with all eight defendants linked to the motorcycle...

Diplomats refuse to pay parking fines

Foreign embassies in Oslo currently owe the city nearly half-a-million kroner (around USD 80,000) in parking fines. Some of the fines are up to...

Ministry confirms counterattack

Norway's Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday afternoon that the Algerian military had launched a counterattack on radical Islamists who'd been holding hostages, nine of them...

Statoil had braced for lengthy crisis

Helge Lund, chief executive of Norwegian state oil company Statoil, was the one to go live on national TV in Norway Thursday morning, to...

Norwegians held hostage in Algeria

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg went on national television Wednesday evening to say, at that point, that 13 Norwegians were caught in a hostage...

Statoil gas plant hit by terrorists

Employees of Norwegian state oil company Statoil and two oil industry partners were the targets Wednesday of an attack on a gas production plant...

Banks face potential rate scandal

Norwegian banks are facing claims by several international financial institutions that they've been manipulating their interbank lending rates. Norway's central bank, Norges Bank, is...

Suspect admits she killed 12-year-old

One of the two suspects charged in the hit-and-run accident in western Norway earlier this month that killed a 12-year-old roller skier has admitted...

Hit-and-run defendants kept in jail

A court in Jæren, western Norway, ordered that a couple charged with negligent homicide in the death of a 12-year-old boy last Friday be...

Ski jumpers robbed in Poland, but end up winning

UPDATED: Members of Norway's national men's ski jumping team, flying high after thrilling performances at last week's Hoppuka competition, were brutally brought back to...
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