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State snubs Sami again, protests loom

The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...

Harassment and death threats have followed wind power protests

The president of the Sami Parliament, other top politicians and many of those demonstrating last week against wind turbines on Sami land in Norway...

Wind turbines’ future still up in the air

Sami and environmental activists ended their blockades of several Norwegian government ministries on Friday, after securing official promises that huge turbines generating wind power...

Thousands marched against Putin

Norwegians turned out by the thousands in Oslo and elsewhere around the country on Friday, in a massive show of support for Ukraine. They...

Norway summons Iran’s ambassador

Norway's foreign ministry has once again called the Iranian ambassador in on the carpet this week. The official diplomatic summons on Monday comes after...

Foreign Nazi demonstrators kicked out

Prosecutors fined and summarily deported 31 out of 35 demonstrators from a Nazi group who'd traveled to Norway to mount an illegal march in...

Embassy demonstration turned violent

Police arrested more than 90 people on Thursday after a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in Oslo turned violent. Several of the demonstrators tried...

Anti-Islamist run off the road

The leader of a small anti-Islamic group in Norway who's known for demonstratively burning the Koran was literally run off a highway in Oslo...

Counter-demonstrators arrested

Seven people were arrested after police in Sandefjord had to use tear gas to subdue an estimated 300 demonstrators who objected to another demonstration...

Police want to relocate Koran-burning demonstration

Police in Oslo have not authorized a Koran-burning demonstration planned by the small but noisy organization SIAN (Stop the Islamization of Norway) on Friday....
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