Tag: politics

July 22 attacks commission appointed

Members of the independent commission to review the July 22nd terrorist attacks were named on Friday by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The commission...

Police answer terror critics

The Norwegian police has rejected the idea that its response to the Oslo bombing and Utøya shootings could have been any faster under the...

Breivik ‘knew al-Qaeda members’

Newspaper VG has revealed that the suspect for the Oslo bombing and Utøya shootings, Anders Behring Breivik, wrote a string of unchallenged posts on...

Calls to tackle racism after attacks

Issues of racism and discrimination continue to be hotly debated in Norway in the aftermath to the Oslo bombings and Utøya shootings that the...

Soldiers come home from Libya

Norwegian soldiers who have returned from the NATO operations in Libya this week have described their experience in the military conflict, while domestic criticism...

‘Fjordman’ reveals identity

36-year-old Peder Jensen has given an interview to Norwegian newspaper VG where he reveals that he is the man behind the "Fjordman" blog referenced...

Part of Sellafield nuclear plant closes

Part of the British nuclear energy plant Sellafield is to be closed down as a consequence of the after-effects of the Fukushima incident in...

‘Fear of foreigners’ breeds extremists

Anders Behring Breivik is by no means Norway's first home-grown right-wing extremist. Concerns are rising that the country, with its relatively small population, has...

Police want stricter gun control

Calls are going out for stricter gun regulation and changes to the Norwegian criminal code after the terrorist attacks on Oslo and Utøya, with...

Majority calls for July 22 memorial

A new public opinion poll indicates that a majority of the Norwegian population wants to make July 22, the day Norway was attacked by...
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