Tag: crime

Teenage bomb-maker sentenced to jail

A Russian teenager who set off a major bombscare in downtown Oslo last spring was sentenced to prison for nine months on Monday. The...

Scope of Oslo’s housing scandal grows

Nearly NOK 700 million worth of residential real estate purchases by the City of Oslo, for use as housing units for troubled or financially...

Man charged in city housing scandal

UPDATED: Norway's economic crime unit Økokrim has launched an investigation of its own into the City of Oslo's questionable purchases, at inflated prices, of...

Housing scandal unfolds in Oslo

Political and administrative officials at Oslo's City Hall are alarmed, and accused of lacking control, after newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) revealed a pattern of suspicious...

Selje hotel director convicted of arson

The owner and manager of a popular waterfront hotel in Selje, near Norway's West Cape, has been convicted and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in...

Suspicion swirls on holiday island

The mayor of an island community that's a popular holiday destination in Southern Norway has asked local police to look into suspected irregularities regarding its...

Ex-Kongsberg boss appeals jail term

A former sales director at state-owned Kongsberg Gruppen was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted on charges of tax...

Drunk diplomat faces expulsion

Norway's Foreign Ministry claims it's following up on a police report that a Russian diplomat was driving under the influence of alcohol when he...

Officials crack down on school violence

Three government ministers, top politicians from the City of Oslo and the Norwegian capital's chief of police were among those sitting down for a...

Artist Odd Nerdrum wins royal pardon

Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum, convicted of tax evasion in several courts and facing a year in prison, has received a royal pardon from King...
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