Tag: Norway

Norway security chief quits over Pakistan agents row

Internal security chief of Norway Janne Kristiansen resigned late on Wednesday after revelation of confidential information that the country had intelligence agents in Pakistan,...

Radical Islamists main threat to Norway: intelligence

Radical Islamists pose the biggest threat to Norway even though it was a rightwing extremist who carried out the twin attacks there last July...

Netflix programme puts New York mobster in Norway

Online film and television show titan Netflix will make its original programming debut in February with ‘Lilyhammer’, a “fish-out-of-water story” about a New York...

Who knows, who knows not

It was certainly perilous news that Pakistan is at No 145 in Human Development Index (HDI). But it is not the only set back...

Norwegian FM discusses Bonn with Khar

Foreign Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre called Foreign Minister Khar on Sunday to convey his sympathy on the killing of the Pakistani soldiers...

Norway gunman appears in open court

Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to carrying out the deadly July 22 attacks in Norway, made his first public court appearance...

Pakistan outclass Norway in Kabaddi World Cup

Pakistan registered their fourth win in the Kabaddi World Cup after beating Norway in their fifth group match in India on Friday. Pakistan outclassed...

Fire on Norway coastal cruiser, hundreds evacuated

A fire that the broke out in the engine room of a Norwegian fjord cruise ship on Thursday forced hundreds to evacuate and injured...

Norway freezes Afghanistan aid: report

Norway is blocking payments of 300 million crowns ($55.2 million) in aid to Afghanistan until issues surrounding the collapse of the country's biggest private...

‘Never again’: Norway sets up July 22 commission

Three weeks to the day after it was hit by the most murderous attacks on its soil since World War II, Norway on Friday...

EU opposition in Norway falls after attacks: poll

Seven out of 10 Norwegians are against joining the European Union, a poll showed Thursday, attributing the record opposition to the debt crisis but...

Norway gunman’s erratic demands puzzle investigators

To be named head of the army or force the king to abdicate: the man behind Norway’s July 22 attacks has made a number...

Norway killer planned other targets: lawyer

Anders Behring Breivik's lawyer said the killer behind Norway's July 22 attacks was planning to hit other targets, a local newspaper reported on Friday....

Psychiatrists to report on Norway killer

Norwegian prosecutors have appointed two psychiatrists to assess the mental health of Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman who has admitted carrying out the July...

No Norway trial before next year: prosecutor

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik will not be brought to trial before next year, the country's top prosecutor said Thursday, ruling out the...

Norway killer praises Japan as model country

The confessed killer of 76 people in Friday’s bomb and gun attacks in Norway described Japan as a model country in a document he...

Norway killer could get 30 years: prosecutor

Norwegian police could seek to charge the man who says he carried out last week's killings of 76 people with crimes against humanity, which...