Tag: russ
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...
Border bottle shop to close over Easter
Swedish authorities will close the Systembolaget bottle shop this Thursday at the border town of Strømstad, in a bid to curb Norwegian drunkenness over...
Two more rapes reported by ‘russ’
Police in Oslo are investigating two more reported rapes at another major weekend gathering of graduating high school students known as "russ." The young...
‘Russ’ keen to move up exams
Norway's non-socialist political parties want to move up the date of high school students' final year exams to before the Constitution Day holiday on the 17th of...
More rapes amid russ’ wild partying
Police in western Norway were investigating four reported rapes over the weekend at one of the biggest outdoor events of the "russ" partying season...
Rapes reported at huge ‘russ’ party
Police in Oslo were investigating reports of two rapes of young women taking part over the weekend in one of the huge annual parties...
Partying ‘russ’ stirred plenty of trouble
The hard-partying graduating teenagers known in Norway as "russ" launched into their first major round of celebrations over the weekend. It resulted in calls...
‘Russ’ partying may be delayed
Graduating students known as "russ" in Norway may be able to party with even more abandon from 2013, after the Labour Party announced this...
Norway’s ‘russ’ – the good, the bad and the ugly
NEWS COMMENTARY: As the end of another school year draws to a close, the annual party season for graduating students known as "russ" is...
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