Tag: July 22

Terror recovery takes a long time

More than a million Norwegians committed and even forced themselves to watch state broadcaster NRK's highly acclaimed TV series about their national trauma on...

Wreckers’ crews loom at ‘Y-blokka’

Plans to tear down the low-rise government building in Oslo known as Y-blokka, damaged in the terrorist bombing on July 22 2011, won't be...

U-turn taken on disputed ‘Y-blokka’

Norwegians seem to either love or hate the low-rise Y-shaped office building that was damaged in the bombing of the state government complex in...

Challenges pile up for new PST chief

Hans Sverre Sjøvold took over as the new chief of Norway's police intelligence agency PST just last spring. Since then he's had to deal...

PST targets more right-wing extremism

The arrest in Oslo this weekend of a right-wing nationalist from the US marks the latest example of how Norway's police intelligence unit PST...

Iron roses form new July 22 memorial

It's been eight years since Norwegians impulsively laid down thousands of roses outside Oslo's Cathedral to honor the 77 people killed in a right-wing...

Prime minister’s office won’t return

Norway's Office of the Prime Minister (Statsministerens kontor, SMK) won't be returning to the top floors of the government complex that was bombed by...

Men convicted for expressing hatred

Two cases of expressing hatred have ended in convictions and even a jail term for the men involved. Norway is cracking down on the...

Security boosted at mosques, court

UPDATED: Norwegian police and the public themselves were boosting security at mosques around the country, as Muslims began their most important holiday season this...

Mosque shooting widely condemned

A young Norwegian man who fired shots inside a mosque in suburban Oslo Saturday evening was refusing to talk with police on Sunday. He's...

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