Tag: russ
‘Russ’ suspected of penguin-napping
UPDATED: Norway's partying high school graduates known as "russ" were suspected of sinking to a new low, after surveillance cameras captured some of them inside a...
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 investigate more reports of russ rapes
The annual party season for graduating high school students, called russ, is off to a bad start, with police reporting on Friday that another...
First ‘russ’ weekend marred by rape
Despite pleas for a non-violent party season for graduating high school students this year, a young woman reported being raped during their first weekend of...
‘Russ’ partying starts with sober pleas
This weekend marks the semi-official launch of the wild spring party season for graduating high school students called "russ." Politicians, a human rights organization and...
‘Russ’ girl drops gang rape case
An 18-year-old girl who alleged she was gang raped while taking part in the annual "russ" high school graduation celebrations has dropped her case....
‘Russ’ party hit by gang rape claim
Police in Lillehammer launched an investigation Sunday into an alleged gang rape, after an 18-year-old graduating student known as a "russ" said she'd been...
First big Russ party played out ‘quietly’
Music blared and thousands of partying high-school graduates turned out for one of the first major parties of the so-called Russ season at Tryvann...
Russ spending on music is ‘absurd’
The annual "Russ" season kicked off over the Easter break, the start of weeks of raucous celebrations for graduating Norwegian high school students. Students...
Russ season off to a ‘disappointing’ start
A regional president of this year's "Russ," the graduating high school students who party hard for several weeks beginning around Easter, said she was...
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