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Torgersen’s fight for justice to continue

Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, a Norwegian who fought for decades to overturn his conviction for a murder he claimed he didn't commit, died Thursday at the age...

Police can carry arms for at least another eight weeks

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has extended his provisional order allowing Norwegian police to carry weapons by another eight weeks.  The police themselves wanted the extension...

Parties agree to reorganize police

The government parties, their support parties and Labour agreed on Sunday to a major reorganization of Norway's state police force. The number of police...

Skull found in Bergen was from the Middle Ages

Police in Bergen called off a potential murder investigation on Thursday after a human skull was found Wednesday night near a popular shoreside park....

No one scared by armed police on parade route

Sunday marked the first time that Norwegian police carried weapons during national day celebrations on the 17th of May, but only politicians who'd complained about...

Big russ parties ‘went quite well’

Police in Lillehammer and Stavanger were relieved on Sunday when they finally could report a lack of major trouble at the weekend's huge gatherings...

Police to remain ‘generally unarmed’

The Norwegian Parliament's justice committee voted unanimously Tuesday morning to maintain a civilian police force that's unarmed except under special circumstances. The government parties...

New effort to battle animal cruelty cases

The government, heeding calls from animal rights activists, announced the creation on Monday of a new state authority aimed at investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty. The...

Security guards: ‘We can’t do our job’

Security guards working in and outside Norway's government ministries and at the residence of the prime minister say they can't do their jobs, since they've...

Police won’t be permanently armed

Norway's conservative minority government has signaled that it plans to withdraw its proposal for a new law that would allow the country's state police...
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