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Anti-oil protests clogged traffic

Police in Oslo arrested 29 young activists from the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion Norway on Monday, after they blocked traffic at a busy...

Police targeted in demonstrations

For the third time in a row, Norway's state police force has become targets in demonstrations where they've had to protect a Norwegian anti-Islamist...

Demonstration provoked violence

Police in Bergen arrested 15 people after a demonstration by the anti-Islam organization SIAN turned violent on Saturday. Most of those taken into custody...

Historians puzzled after statue razed

Norwegian officials were surprised and saddened by news that the statue of a Norwegian-American anti-slavery activist is among the latest to be toppled and...

Sparks fly over Koran burning in Kristiansand

Turkey's foreign ministry has issued a formal complaint following a demonstration in Norway's southern city of Kristiansand over the weekend, during which an anti-Islamic...

Local Kurds blast Norway’s response to Turkey

Kurdish residents of Norway are calling on Norwegian officials to demand more of their NATO ally Turkey, and stop being so "passive" regarding Turkey's...

Kurds’ demonstrations peaceful this time

The latest in a series of demonstrations by groups opposing Turkey's military offensive in Northern Syria were carried out during the weekend, this time...

Storm stops oil drilling protest

Stormy seas and bad weather prevented climate and environmental activists from trying to stop a large drilling rig's controversial oil exploration efforts near a...

Police unprepared for weekend riot

The US Embassy had managed to warn its own citizens in Oslo of potentially violent demonstrations outside the Turkish Embassy on Saturday. Local police,...

Solberg heckled by climate demonstrators

When Prime Minister Erna Solberg formally re-opened the Museum of Natural History in Bergen on Monday, demonstrators were on hand to protest her government's...
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