The young new leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee isn’t the only fresh face behind the Oslo-based process of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize. Jørgen Watne Frydnes has another new colleague on the committee and now its five members also need to find a new director for the Norwegian Nobel Institute that administers the prize. The […]
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Police in Trondheim have arrested a man in his 40s after he was caught tagging one of the country’s most revered and historic buildings from the Middle Ages: Nidaros Cathedral. His vandalism is being viewed as especially serious, claimed prosecutors, given the cathedral’s historic, national and religious value. The man, who has a police record, […]
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The economic crime unit of the Norwegian police (Økokrim) has closed its cases against two former government ministers. Anette Trettebergstuen of the Labour Party and Ola Borten Moe of the Center Party had both resigned their posts amid a series of political scandals last year. Trettebergstuen resigned her post as minister of culture over alleged […]
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