Tag: crime

Woman convicted for poisoning husband

A 30-year-old woman was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for lacing her husband's food with mouse poison on 12 occasions. The...

Man admits to 17-year-old rapes

A 42-year-old man in Oslo who was indicted for raping two girls, ages six and seven, in 2000 has admitted to the assaults as...

Threats lodged against city politician

Lan Marie Nguyen Berg of the Greens Party has received so many threats from angry city residents that the City of Oslo is reporting...

Sexual harassment complaints soar

Nearly 500 actresses in Norway have signed a petitition complaining of sexual harassment on the job, with many of them anonymously sharing details of...

Ex-con sentenced to death writes a book

Joshua French, the British-Norwegian soldier convicted first of murdering a taxi driver in the Democratic Republic of Congo and then for killing his partner...

Cleared executive claims compensation

Jo Lunder, the former CEO of VimpelCom who was cleared of charges tied to the massive corruption scandal at the company, is now demanding...

Breivik inspires right-wing terror

After an autumn in which Norwegian media have deplored a rash of deadly mass shootings in the US, commentators often neglect to mention that...

Man fired shots in downtown Oslo

A man in his 20s suddenly started shooting with a revolver at buildings around Stortorvet, one of Oslo's central squares, on Sunday morning. Police...

Woman fed mouse poison to husband

A 30-year-old mother of two children was due in court in Oslo on Thursday, charged with having added vanilla-flavoured mouse poison to her husband's...

Two men arrested after bank robbery

Two men were arrested in eastern Hedmark County after the local bank in Rendalen was robbed early Monday morning. The car they were driving...

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