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Jens more popular than ever

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg could head into the Christmas holiday weekend with strong support from his fellow Norwegians. He wound up on the front...

Storberget’s new life in parliament

If any government official deserves a break over the Christmas holidays, it's arguably former Justice Minister Knut Storberget. He worked nearly round the clock...

‘National symbol must be preserved’

The head of Norway's state agency responsible for historic preservation is demanding that the government's badly damaged high-rise headquarters be saved from the wreckers'...

Tough Christmas looms for many

Oslo's cathedral, called Domkirken, became a gathering place last summer after a terrorist set off two attacks that left 77 persons dead, scores wounded...

Negligent security still hushed up

Norwegian politicians have refused to address security concerns for years, at all levels of government, and still seem reluctant to clamp down with serious...

Young hackers under arrest

Five young men aged 17 to 21 were in custody this week after being arrested at several different locations and charged with hacking the...

Confessed terrorist writing in prison

A defense attorney for confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik says he's working on a manuscript while in custody. Breivik, meanwhile, has now been granted...

Big increase in politicians assigned bodyguards

Threats and unusually strong expressions of displeasure have dramatically increased the number of Norwegian politicians who have been assigned bodyguards. More have bodyguards now...

More compensation for victims of violence

All the political parties in the Norwegian Parliament support the payment of higher compensation for victims of violence, and have approved both raising limits...

Attention turns to online extremists

Justice Minister Grete Faremo is promising to boost resources for police investigators trying to monitor online extremists who are active on radical right-wing websites....

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