https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced a woman who lived as a housewife in Syria to prison for being a member of the Islamic State group (IS), despite not actively fighting herself. https://www.thelocal.no/20210504/ex-jihadi-housewife-jailed-in-norway-for-joining-is Tue, 04 May 2021 22:11:48 +0200 ex-jihadi-housewife-jailed-in-norway-for-joining-is A 24-year-old man from Norway’s Telemark county has been charged on three counts of being an accomplice in planning terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.no/20210412/norway-charges-man-for-planning-terror-in-denmark Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:59:31 +0200 norway-charges-man-for-planning-terror-in-denmark A woman on trial in Norway for supporting the Islamic State group provided a glimpse this week of life with members of the terror group she said she was unable to flee despite numerous attempts. https://www.thelocal.no/20210304/woman-on-trial-in-norway-provides-glimpse-of-life-under-isis Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:22:47 +0100 woman-on-trial-in-norway-provides-glimpse-of-life-under-isis A woman on trial in Oslo has denied charges of supporting the Islamic State (Isis) terror group in Syria. https://www.thelocal.no/20210301/isis-linked-norwegian-woman-denies-charges-in-terror-case Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:08:04 +0100 isis-linked-norwegian-woman-denies-charges-in-terror-case Norway's decision to allow a woman linked with the Islamic State terror group back into the country on humanitarian grounds could have far-reaching consequences for the government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200116/how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:06:56 +0100 how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria a woman linked to the Islamic State (Isis) group and her two children, one of them reportedly seriously ill, citing humanitarian reasons. https://www.thelocal.no/20200115/norway-repatriates-isis-linked-woman-and-children-from-syria Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:22:11 +0100 norway-repatriates-isis-linked-woman-and-children-from-syria The alleged leader of a group of jihadists admitted killing one of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco, and accused his co-defendant of killing the other. https://www.thelocal.no/20190530/trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco Thu, 30 May 2019 18:33:59 +0200 trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamist to nine years in prison for recruiting a jihadist candidate who wanted to join the Islamic State (Isis) group. https://www.thelocal.no/20170404/norway-sentences-is-recruiter-to-nine-years-in-prison Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:06:03 +0200 norway-sentences-is-recruiter-to-nine-years-in-prison In its 2017 threat assessment released on Monday, the Norwegian Intelligence Service (Etterretningstjenesten - NIS) warned that Russia will continue to carry out extensive intelligence activities on Norwegian targets. https://www.thelocal.no/20170207/norwegian-military-intelligence-warns-of-increased-threats-from-russia Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:05:04 +0100 norwegian-military-intelligence-warns-of-increased-threats-from-russia A cement company with a factory in Syria that has received 4.2 billion kroner from Norway’s massive oil fund is accused of giving money to the terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.no/20161124/norways-oil-fund-invested-in-company-with-alleged-isis-ties Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:08:01 +0100 norways-oil-fund-invested-in-company-with-alleged-isis-ties The international community must use all means necessary to stop the the Islamic State terror group, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20161115/norways-pm-cites-moral-obligation-to-fight-isis Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:44:04 +0100 norways-pm-cites-moral-obligation-to-fight-isis An Oslo court on Wednesday jailed two jihadists of Pakistani and Chechen origin for six and seven and a half years respectively for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. https://www.thelocal.no/20160804/two-jailed-in-norway-for-joining-isis-in-syria Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:35:21 +0200 two-jailed-in-norway-for-joining-isis-in-syria According to Ritzau, reports from the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish intelligence services indicate that there are fewer Scandinavian citizens travelling to the Middle East to fight for the militant group Isis, also known as Daesh or Islamic State. https://www.thelocal.no/20160725/number-of-norwegians-joining-isis-declining Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:56:00 +0200 number-of-norwegians-joining-isis-declining A Norwegian flight from Sweden was delayed on Thursday after it was claimed that one of the passengers had an Isis flag tattooed on his arm. https://www.thelocal.no/20160722/man-kicked-off-norwegian-flight-over-isis-tattoo Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:00:56 +0200 man-kicked-off-norwegian-flight-over-isis-tattoo US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia on Wednesday that US patience on the Syria conflict and the issue of President Bashar al-Assad's fate is running out. https://www.thelocal.no/20160615/kerry-in-oslo-us-patience-on-syria-very-limited Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:18:01 +0200 kerry-in-oslo-us-patience-on-syria-very-limited A 23-year-old man who joined Isis in Syria told an Oslo court on Wednesday that what he witnessed there went against his views of Islam. https://www.thelocal.no/20160518/norway-man-who-joined-isis-what-i-saw-was-contrary-to-islam Wed, 18 May 2016 18:45:24 +0200 norway-man-who-joined-isis-what-i-saw-was-contrary-to-islam Two Norway men arrested in June and charged with supporting the Islamic State in Syria are suspected of making a terror pact, VG reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20160408/norway-charges-foreign-fighters-for-terror-pact Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:39:08 +0200 norway-charges-foreign-fighters-for-terror-pact Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has proposed allowing authorities to confiscate or refuse to issue passports to people who are seen as potential foreign fighters. https://www.thelocal.no/20160120/norway-wants-to-confiscate-foreign-fighters-passports Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:08:34 +0100 norway-wants-to-confiscate-foreign-fighters-passports The Borgarting Court of Appeal on Tuesday sentenced three men to prison for having supported and fought alongside the terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.no/20160119/norway-court-sentences-isis-foreign-fighters Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:20:30 +0100 norway-court-sentences-isis-foreign-fighters Norway's justice minister is set to propose a law reform which will make it easier to charge Norwegians suspected of participating in the Syrian conflict. There will also be harsher punishments. https://www.thelocal.no/20151222/new-law-proposals-aim-to-prevent-norwegians-from-fighting-in-syria Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:18:04 +0100 new-law-proposals-aim-to-prevent-norwegians-from-fighting-in-syria