MPs receive violent threats
Members of the Norwegian Parliament were recently threatened, according to reports from NRK. The threats of violence against the politicians have led ...
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Norwegians imprisoned in their homes
Six counties in Norway will begin trialling a new system in which some prisoners will serve out their prison sentences in the comfort of their own hom...