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Kidnapped girls found safe and well
UPDATED: Two girls aged one and three respectively who were kidnapped on Tuesday in the rural district of Hadeland, southern Norway, have been found...
Treholt demands apology for illegal surveillance
Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian diplomat convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Iraq, said Tuesday he was glad to hear that the...
Police: ‘No more beers on the fjord’
Norwegian police are cracking down on pleasure boat skippers who join their passengers in enjoying a beer or a glass of wine on the...
Treholt vows to take case further
Convicted Cold War spy Arne Treholt has told the Norwegian media that he is considering a number of options for having his case re-opened,...
Convicted spy loses latest appeal
Norway's most famous convicted spy, Arne Treholt, failed to win a new day in court on Thursday. A state commission reviewing his latest appeals...
A police chief out of the ordinary
Øystein Mæland, tapped late last week to be Norway’s new chief of police, is a psychiatrist and Labour Party veteran who’s held a long...
Hells Angels ‘leader’ jailed
One of the suspected leader's of the motorcycle club Hells Angels, which is alleged to engage in organized criminal activity in Norway, has been...
Treholt open hearings request fails
The Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission has rejected calls to hold an open hearing of experts as part of its deliberations over whether to...
Rwandan genocide accused held in Bergen
A 45 year-old man arrested in Bergen, west Norway, is believed to have been guilty of crimes as part of the Rwandan genocide in...
Press sue state for Treholt documents
Journalists, editors and newspapers have joined forces to launch a case against the government in order to gain access to sound recordings and documents...
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