Tag: extremism
PST wins right to store what Norwegians write online
The Norwegian government has decided to allow the police intelligence agency PST to store all comments written on public platforms for five years and...
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...
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