Tag: crime

Northug admits to being an ‘idiot’

Norway's former ski champion Petter Northug admitted on Friday to having  a "serious" problem with alcohol, narcotics and pills tied to "hard partying" since...

Northug wins the sympathy card

Norway's "bad boy of skiing," Petter Northug, has proven himself worthy of the title once again after being caught speeding last Thursday night and...

Prosecutors failed to jail convict

A former high-spending stock broker in Norway, convicted of tax evasion and fraud and sentenced to five years in prison, was formally pardoned by...

‘Family tragedy’ unfolds in Lørenskog

Police in Lørenskog, northeast of Oslo, have decided to charge a woman in her 30s with murdering her two children and then attempting to...

Ryanair drama landed in Oslo

UPDATED: A Ryanair flight from London to Oslo Friday afternoon ended up with a fighter jet escort and Norwegian police storming on board in...

Stabbings set off a terror response

UPDATED: Norway's emergency services responded in force late Tuesday night, after three women were stabbed in three separate locations in the southern city of...

Sandefjord mayor target of arson

Police in the coastal city of Sandefjord were quick to confirm that someone tried to set fire to the home of the city's long-time...

Au pair abusers can be banned

Among new laws and regulations taking effect in Norway from July 1st is a measure aimed at protecting au pair from exploitation and abuse. Families...

Police investigate double homicide

A man and a woman were found murdered in a residential building in Stvanger during the night. A third man at the scene was...

Bird cruelty case spurs reward offer

Norway's animal rights organization NOAH was so shocked after a seagull was found literally glued to a sidewalk in Sortland in Northern Norway over...

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