Tag: security
Terror threat still high in Norway
The threat of a concrete terrorist attack carried out by Islamic extremists remains high in Norway, according to the latest evaluation by the state...
Police pounded over Nobel ‘scandal’
UPDATED: Norwegian police were being roundly accused on Thursday of failing to respond quickly to a potential threat and failing to ensure the safety of,...
Armed guards posted at Parliament entrances
Security around the Norwegian Parliament has been strengthened, with armed police now permanently posted at all entrances. The change went into effect last week.
The heightened...
Hackers ‘identified’ as sabotage-driven
Hackers who've been unleashing attacks on at least 50 oil- and energy companies in Norway recently are using a program called "Crouching Yeti," which...
Oil industry under attack by hackers
UPDATED: State authorities are warning as many as 300 companies in the country's major oil and energy industries this week that they're the targets of the largest coordinated hacker...
Risk catches up with oil firm DNO
Oslo-based oil and gas firm DNO, known for operating in high-risk areas of the Middle East and North Africa, was the first foreign company to start drilling...
Police likely to remain unarmed
Norwegian police officers and the country's conservative government aren't likely to prevail with their proposals to change the country's long-held tradition of maintaining an unarmed police...
Norway deported Taliban minister
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported on Tuesday that a former member of a Taliban government in Afghanistan, who'd been living as a refugee in Norway,...
Terror threat level ‘back to normal’
Norway's top police, intelligence gathering and justice ministry officials have called off the alarm they rang last week when they took the unusual step...
Leaders reach out in local mosques
Norwegian leaders from both ends of the political spectrum have been visiting local mosques and reaching out to the country's Muslims in the wake of...
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