Tag: extremism
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....
New commission to study extremism
The Norwegian government plans to set up a new commission to examine ways of preventing radicalization. The plans were announced in connection with a...
Hatred, bullying soiled campaign
NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg, her main Labour Party challenger Jonas Gahr Støre, other candidates and especially volunteer campaign workers were all subjected...
PST sees a rise in far-right threats
Norway's police intelligence agency PST is reporting a rise in reports of far-right radicalization among young Norwegian men and even teenagers. The heightened concern...
Police bust alleged right-wing radicals
Police have seized dozens of weapons and arrested three men from various places around Norway in a case tied to a right-wing radical milieu....
Anguish spills over the July 22 attacks
NEWS ANALYSIS: It's been 10 years since a right-wing terrorist massacred Labour Party youth at their summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya, after first...
Anti-Islamic demonstrations costly
Police were out in full force last weekend in connection with another demonstration by the anti-Islamic group SIAN (Stopp islamiseringen av Norge). Police couldn't say...
Trump fans in Norway retreat
NEWS ANALYSIS: There's a lot of soul-searching going on among Norway's most conservative politicians, especially by the Norwegian who twice nominated the now-shamed US...
Racist attacks draw toughest jail term
UPDATED: A court in suburban Oslo handed down Norway's strictest punishment on Thursday to a young Norwegian man who murdered his Chinese-born adopted sister last...
Hate crimes double against Muslims
A young white supremacist's attack on a mosque in Bærum last year came amidst an alarming rise in the number of hate crimes against...
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