Tag: crime

Band strikes sour note with mourners

One of Norway's most popular bands, DeLillos, and its lead singer-songwriter Lars Lillo-Stenberg have suddenly fallen out of harmony with fans over a new...

‘Normal’ day in prison for Breivik

While most of his fellow Norwegians were honouring the memory of all the people he killed on July 22 a year ago, confessed right-wing...

ATM and payment scams abound

Dozens of automated teller machines (ATMs) known as "minibanks" in Norway have been hit by various criminal scams again this summer, while several merchants...

Encouraging words as Utøya memorials loom

Just a few hundred meters away from the scene of Norway's worst attacks since World War II is a well-preserved message from the war...

Future unclear for massacre site

One year after a lone gunman unleashed a massacre at a Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utøya, survivors and other Labour...

Mayor unhappy over ‘crime capital’ designation

Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang is none too happy that his city has been dubbed the "crime capital of Scandinavia" in the latest edition of...

Coach admits to tipping gamblers

A burgeoning scandal involving match-fixing and gambling within Norwegian football took a new turn over the weekend, when the coach for one of the...

More football players face charges

Police in Oslo charged another player for the Follo football club on Friday, plus a player for the Asker club. Both young men were...

Police probe sale of forged statue

Oslo policed are investigating the sale of a forged version of Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland's popular  statue "Sinnataggen." They fear more forgeries of Vigeland's...

Foreign aid hasn’t hindered begging

Several Norwegian politicians have claimed recently that the best way to halt an influx of beggars to Norway is to keep extending foreign aid...
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