Tag: terror
Police to remain ‘generally unarmed’
The Norwegian Parliament's justice committee voted unanimously Tuesday morning to maintain a civilian police force that's unarmed except under special circumstances. The government parties...
Police won’t be permanently armed
Norway's conservative minority government has signaled that it plans to withdraw its proposal for a new law that would allow the country's state police...
New effort to track down publisher’s attacker
Champions of freedom of expression recently quadrupled their reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who shot Norwegian publisher...
19-year-old denies terror plans
A 19-year-old Norwegian woman who's being sought internationally by Norway's police intelligence unit PST denies she has any plans to become a suicide bomber,...
‘Dark day’ for the government
Top politician Per Sandberg's "half-hearted" apology for what's been called his "unprecedented verbal assault" on the Christian Democrats was threatening his own government on Friday. The...
Anti-Muslim tirades stun government
Three veteran politicians of the conservative Progress Party have launched anti-Muslim and anti-immigration tirades this week that have surprised even those accustomed to their occasional...
Muslims embrace Oslo synagogue
An estimated 1,000 young Muslims in Oslo had already signed up by Wednesday to help form a "ring of peace" around the city's synagogue this...
Police stay armed against extremism
Norwegian politicians and community leaders are launching new efforts to fend off extremism, especially among young Muslims. They're also calling on Norwegians to resist...
Sanctions imposed against Norwegian charged with terrorism
A committee of the UN Security Council has, as expected, imposed sanctions against a group of Islamic extremists, among them the 35-year-old Norwegian man...
‘Too many roses, not enough anger’
NEWS ANALYSIS: It's taken three years, but Norwegians are finally beginning to publicly display pent-up anger over a home-grown right-wing extremist's murderous attacks on July 22, 2011....
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