Tag: crime

Helicopter delayed, Breivik bluffing

Oslo won't be getting its second police helicopter, promised and funded after last summer's terrorist attacks,  for several more months because of delays tied...

Elderly woman found murdered

A 98-year-old woman living in a seniors' residence complex at Os in Hordaland, western Norway, was found murdered in her apartment after she'd rung...

Judges named for terrorist’s trial

Oslo's city court named on Friday the two judges who will handle the trial of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik next spring. Both said...

Commission upholds insanity claim

A seven-member commission charged with evaluating court-appointed psychiatrists' reports on the mental health of criminal defendants has upheld a recent controversial claim that confessed...

Negligent security still hushed up

Norwegian politicians have refused to address security concerns for years, at all levels of government, and still seem reluctant to clamp down with serious...

Young hackers under arrest

Five young men aged 17 to 21 were in custody this week after being arrested at several different locations and charged with hacking the...

Delegations more at risk of being spied upon

More delegations of Norwegian politicians and government bureaucrats are traveling abroad than ever before, and police intelligence unit PST warns they're more likely to...

Confessed terrorist writing in prison

A defense attorney for confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik says he's working on a manuscript while in custody. Breivik, meanwhile, has now been granted...

Finance minister in court after receiving threats

A man charged with threatening Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen apologized directly to Johnsen when both had to appear in court on Monday. The man...

Violence declines, but not for all

Police are crediting a decline in random street violence in Oslo this month on a concerted effort by themselves and the public to battle...
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