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Government ‘passive’ on Krekar

Mullah Krekar, arguably Norway's least popular refugee, likely won't be sent out of the country any time soon. Documents made available by WikiLeaks indicate...

Hand grenade closed Gardermoen

Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen was forced to close temporarily Wednesday morning, after screening equipment spotted a hand grenade in a passenger's suitcase. The grenade...

Anti-terrorism efforts ‘inadequate’

Norwegian police are failing to confront extremists and lack the resources necessary to mount more effective anti-terrorism efforts, according to critics at the US...

Norway willing to discuss taking prisoners from Guantanamo

Among all the confidential documents pouring out of WikiLeaks is the account of a meeting Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had with new...

Stockholm blast sparks ‘disgust’

Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget said the government was reacting "med avsky" (with disgust) to the suicide bombing in Stockholm over the weekend. He...

Stoltenberg’s Twitter jeopardy

Security specialists are criticizing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for making himself an easy target for terrorists. Last April Stoltenberg "Twittered" his way through Europe...

Military shamed over explosive snafu

It was safe to assume that Norwegian defense department officials were both embarrassed and ashamed on Wednesday, after they set off a major bomb...

Military employee set off bomb scare

The main airport serving Bergen on Norway's west coast re-opened after a suspicious suitcase set off a full-scale bomb alarm Tuesday morning. The bag...

Bomb scare shuts Bergen’s airport

Police halted operations at the main airport serving Bergen Tuesday morning, after baggage handlers were alarmed by a suitcase that had been checked in....

‘Police knew about surveillance’

The US Embassy told Oslo's police chief about its then-new surveillance program when it was being launched 10 years ago, reports newspaper Aftenposten. That...
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