Tag: crime

Hijacking attempt on flight from Oslo

UPDATED: A Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen was the target of an attempted hijacking Wednesday night. A man on board...

Thieves blasted their way into jewelry store

Another jewelry store in Oslo was hit hard just before the New Year's weekend, by thieves who used explosives to blow up its entrance....

Pedophile arrested in Gambia

A 45-year-old Norwegian man from Telemark, with a criminal history of sexual assaults against children, remained in custody in Banjul, Gambia over the weekend...

Russian neo-Nazi wanted longer jail term

Vjateslav Datsik, a Russian neo-Nazi arrested in Oslo after fleeing a psychiatric ward in St Petersburg, was sentenced to eight months in prison on...

Anti-terrorism efforts ‘inadequate’

Norwegian police are failing to confront extremists and lack the resources necessary to mount more effective anti-terrorism efforts, according to critics at the US...

Stockholm blast sparks ‘disgust’

Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget said the government was reacting "med avsky" (with disgust) to the suicide bombing in Stockholm over the weekend. He...

Computer security chief resigns

Government communications systems have been under fire in recent months over inadequate security measures. Now the man in charge of them has resigned, along...

Politicians boost pressure in murder case

Members of Parliament from all of Norway's political parties plan to ask large companies doing business with billionaire Shaher Abdulhak of Yemen to reevaluate...

US blasts Norway’s anti-terror efforts, minister rejects criticism

Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget reacted strongly on Tuesday to critical remarks about Norway's anti-terrorism efforts made by the US ambassador to Norway and...

Silence disrupts surveillance probe

A police investigation into controversial surveillance carried out by the US Embassy in Oslo has been stymied by the investigators' inability to question the...
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