Tag: crime

Norway’s ‘russ’ – the good, the bad and the ugly

NEWS COMMENTARY: As the end of another school year draws to a close, the annual party season for graduating students known as "russ" is...

Doctor admits extortion, denies assault

A doctor facing a long list of serious criminal charges including sexual assault denied guilt on most of them as his trial got underway...

A police chief out of the ordinary

Øystein Mæland, tapped late last week to be Norway’s new chief of police, is a psychiatrist and Labour Party veteran who’s held a long...

What revolution means for Martine

In Yemen civil discontent is turning into a major uprising aimed at unseating top leaders. This may make a difference for Norwegian student Martine...

Robbers storm another jewelry store

Three masked and armed robbers burst into an historic Oslo store known for dealing in antique jewelry and other treasures. Thursday's robbery was the...

Alcohol often involved in rape cases

Norwegian police released a new statistical report on rape cases in the capital, and could tie many of them to both consumption of alcohol...

Military fends off major cyber attack

Norwegian military personnel were the targets of what's being described as a "massive" cyber attack this spring, one day after Norway started bombing Libya...

Americans discover Jo Nesbø

Fourteen years after he published the first of his wildly successful crime novels in Norway, Jo Nesbø suddenly seems all the rage in the US. It makes one wonder what took the Americans so long to dig into Nesbø's books and get scared along with the rest of his millions of fans.

Hells Angels ‘leader’ jailed

One of the suspected leader's of the motorcycle club Hells Angels, which is alleged to engage in organized criminal activity in Norway, has been...

Treholt open hearings request fails

The Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission has rejected calls to hold an open hearing of experts as part of its deliberations over whether to...

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