Tag: July 22
Utøya memorial finally underway
Construction began Monday on a highly disputed memorial to honour the victims of a right-wing extremist's massacre on the island of Utøya in 2011....
Picasso’s art saved before Y-blokka razed
Construction crews were proceeding this week with the complicated job of removing two huge sandblasted pieces of Pablo Picasso's art from the concrete walls...
Questions linger at hug-free memorials
NEWS ANALYSIS: It's been nine years since a young Norwegian man set off an unprecedented wave of right-wing extremist terror in his homeland and...
Norway comes to grips with racism
NEWS ANALYSIS: After weeks of demonstrations, news stories, and personal accounts of discrimination, Norwegians are coming to grips with racism in their otherwise egalitarian...
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...
Utøya neighbours still fighting memorial
Residents living near the island of Utøya, where a right-wing gunman massacred 69 young Labour Party members on July 22, 2011, have once again...
Preparedness was ‘not a real priority’
NEWS ANALYSIS: Does it take a crisis to get political leaders to respond to looming threats? Yes, according to two Norwegian academics who have...
‘Y-blokka’ fans may drop lawsuit
Protesters who've been trying to preserve the damaged government office building known as "Y-blokka" say they're evaluating any further legal action, after the Oslo...
NATO chief also working from home
NATO's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has first-hand experience in dealing with a crisis that forced him out of his office. Now he's been working...
Lawsuit can halt plans to tear down ‘Y-blokka’
Opponents of plans to tear down a low-rise concrete building in Norway's government complex, which was bombed by a right-wing extremist in 2011, have...
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