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 Norway announced Thursday that it had extradited a fundamentalist Islamic preacher to Italy, despite the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, where he has been sentenced to jail for leading a jihadist network. https://www.thelocal.no/20200326/norway-extradites-islamist-preacher-to-italy Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:49:00 +0100 norway-extradites-islamist-preacher-to-italy The first prosecution in Norway of returned jihadists accused of fighting for the banned terror group Isis began on Tuesday at Oslo City Court, with the first defendant claiming he had only travelled to Syria to provide humanitarian aid. https://www.thelocal.no/20150224/norway-starts-first-trial-under-new-anti-jihadist-law Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:49:12 +0100 norway-starts-first-trial-under-new-anti-jihadist-law Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Monday met Jewish leaders at Oslo’s synagogue to reassure them that Norway will do all it can to ensure that Jews continue to live safely in the city. https://www.thelocal.no/20150216/dont-let-terror-change-our-ways-norways-pm Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:18:00 +0100 dont-let-terror-change-our-ways-norways-pm The last Norwegian citizen still missing after the attack on Algerian gas plant In Amenas has been identified among those killed, Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20130131/fifth-norwegian-confirmed-dead-in-algeria-statoil Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:25:00 +0100 fifth-norwegian-confirmed-dead-in-algeria-statoil Islamist commandos behind the spectacular hostage-taking at an Algerian gas field probably had help from someone inside the plant, Norway's foreign minister said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20130125/algeria-hostage-drama-likely-an-inside-job-norway Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:55:00 +0100 algeria-hostage-drama-likely-an-inside-job-norway Norway, which has eight nationals unaccounted for in the hostage crisis at a remote Algerian gas plant, said on Friday it was ready to send two air ambulances to the site but was awaiting the green light from Algiers. https://www.thelocal.no/20130118/norway-air-ambulances-await-algiers-green-light Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:43:25 +0100 norway-air-ambulances-await-algiers-green-light One Norwegian worker was brought to safety overnight, after Norway said on Thursday it had no news on nine of its nationals working at a remote gas plant in Algeria where dozens of captives were killed in a military assault on Islamist hostage takers. https://www.thelocal.no/20130118/eight-norwegians-missing-after-algeria-attack Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:49:00 +0100 eight-norwegians-missing-after-algeria-attack