Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and Beyond
Norway’s Justice and Police Minister Knut Storberget resigned. His job will be taken over by Grete Faremo, Minister of Defence since 2009 and Minister of Justice from 1992 to 1996. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced the change on Friday […]
The prison in Oslo, Norway, is struggling with unusual vacancy rates, as the Norwegian justice system has ‘delivered’ fewer convicts since the terror attacks of 22 July. Prison director Stig Meisler Storvik confirmed this on Monday to the Norwegian national […]
Police in Norway’s Nordre Buskerud stopped the sales of the red ‘Utøya boat’ on Thursday, after a storm of criticism. A month after the massacre on Utøya, the corps wanted to get rid of its ‘black sheep’: the rubber boat […]
Five days after at least 76 people were killed in a double terror attack in Norway, the Norwegian police has admitted that they are unable to respond quickly to incidents directly outside the capital due to lack of funds. After […]