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 Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies. https://www.thelocal.no/20240407/top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:48:03 +0200 top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Some of Norway's leading lawyers, including the celebrated defender of the mass killer Anders Breivik, have come forward to condemn proposals for a new coronavirus law giving the government enormous emergency powers. https://www.thelocal.no/20200319/norway-lawyers-hit-back-at-undemocratic-coronavirus-law Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:14:23 +0100 norway-lawyers-hit-back-at-undemocratic-coronavirus-law A spokesperson for Norway’s opposition Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) has said that it supports current restrictions on asylum for minors introduced by the government. https://www.thelocal.no/20170419/norways-labour-party-tough-asylum-rules-must-be-kept Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:07:32 +0200 norways-labour-party-tough-asylum-rules-must-be-kept A Norwegian student who earns money by selling revealing photos of herself could be asked to leave her school after a file was opened to assess her behaviour. https://www.thelocal.no/20170327/norwegian-student-fears-being-expelled-for-topless-photos Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:39:51 +0200 norwegian-student-fears-being-expelled-for-topless-photos A law goes into effect on Thursday that officially bans stalking in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20160512/norway-finally-outlaws-stalking Thu, 12 May 2016 12:49:24 +0200 norway-finally-outlaws-stalking The mayor of Oslo has called on the Norway's new government to look at making prostitution illegal, after women were reported to be selling sex outside the parliament building. https://www.thelocal.no/20131118/oslo-mayor-calls-for-ban-on-sex-workers Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:50:00 +0100 oslo-mayor-calls-for-ban-on-sex-workers How to defend a mass-murderer whose guilt is not in question? Anders Behring Breivik's defence will take the unusual approach of trying to prove he is criminally responsible and should be sent to prison. https://www.thelocal.no/20120411/breiviks-strategy-secure-jail-sentence Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0200 breiviks-strategy-secure-jail-sentence