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 One of Stavanger Cathedral's famous stained-glass windows was seriously damaged at the weekend after vandals threw huge stones through the artwork, it was reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141201/thugs-smash-rare-stained-glass-church-window Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:24:00 +0100 thugs-smash-rare-stained-glass-church-window A reveller who turned up drunk and uninvited to a Norwegian Christmas office party at the weekend, died in suspicious circumstances. Police charged three guests they suspect murdered the man. https://www.thelocal.no/20141130/christmas-party-gatecrasher-death-mystery Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:43:00 +0100 christmas-party-gatecrasher-death-mystery A Norwegian OAP has been charged with attempted murder after he shot and nearly killed a policeman in Lillehammer, on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141127/pensioner-shoots-policeman-with-shotgun Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:54:00 +0100 pensioner-shoots-policeman-with-shotgun A company which provided customers with Tarot card readings and clairvoyant services has seen its owners charged with embezzlement and jailed, a court ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141126/false-prophets-fortune-tellers-jailed-in-norway Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:01:00 +0100 false-prophets-fortune-tellers-jailed-in-norway A male dancer who starred on Norwegian children's television is in court defending six charges of rape and domestic abuse, and is currently serving a prison sentence for three previous rape convictions. https://www.thelocal.no/20141118/kids-tv-dancer-begins-rape-trial Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:52:00 +0100 kids-tv-dancer-begins-rape-trial Police on Sunday night arrested an Italian man who was dressed as a woman when he allegedly stabbed and killed one man and seriously wounded his friend in Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20141116/oslo-police-hunt-for-italian-killer-in-drag Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:25:00 +0100 oslo-police-hunt-for-italian-killer-in-drag The body of a young woman, found in a western Norway fjord on Friday, has been identified as that of a missing 22-year-old student, it was confirmed on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141116/dead-body-from-fjord-is-missing-student Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:41:00 +0100 dead-body-from-fjord-is-missing-student A Norwegian bank worker has been charged on Tuesday with embezzling 19.5 million kroner ($2.9 million) from several banks in south-east Norway over a six year period. https://www.thelocal.no/20141104/woman-defrauds-norway-banks-of-195m-kroner Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:17:00 +0100 woman-defrauds-norway-banks-of-195m-kroner Two teenage boys from Norway swindled many thousands of kroner after they posted fake sex ads on an online website, it was revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141022/norwegian-teens-caught-in-fake-web-sex-scam Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:54:00 +0200 norwegian-teens-caught-in-fake-web-sex-scam A minister whose crimes include pulling his son by his ears and threatening his wife with a knife, has been charged with family violence in Norway, on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141020/norway-minister-charged-with-violence-to-family Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:50:00 +0200 norway-minister-charged-with-violence-to-family 40 Norwegian youths gatecrashed and caused havoc at a taco evening on Saturday organised by a group of teenage girls in south-east Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20141020/taco-terror-gang-wreck-girls-house-party-in-norway Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:01:00 +0200 taco-terror-gang-wreck-girls-house-party-in-norway A Norwegian martial arts fanatic subjected his wife to over a decade of rape and extreme violence, a court in Oslo heard on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141010/norway-martial-arts-champ-charged-with-wife-beating Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:29:00 +0200 norway-martial-arts-champ-charged-with-wife-beating A Norwegian man, who killed his family over 27 years ago and has been imprisoned since 1989, is not to be granted his freedom, the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141009/killer-who-served-25-years-in-jail-refused-realease Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:05:00 +0200 killer-who-served-25-years-in-jail-refused-realease Three men in Norway have been caught and charged on Friday after they posed as children's charity workers and conned donors out of over 2 million kroner of donations. https://www.thelocal.no/20141003/kids-charity-con-men-in-2-3-million-kroner-sting Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:19:00 +0200 kids-charity-con-men-in-2-3-million-kroner-sting Five horses got their tails cut off during a burglary at Spydeberg riding school in Indre Østfold on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141002/burglars-in-norway-steals-horses-tails Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:29:00 +0200 burglars-in-norway-steals-horses-tails A notorious sex attacker from South-East Norway has been charged on Friday for raping two 14-year-old girls and infecting them with Chlamydia, bringing his tally of sex crimes on underage girls to 84 in under two years. https://www.thelocal.no/20140912/attacker-charged-with-84-sex-crimes-in-norway Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:25:00 +0200 attacker-charged-with-84-sex-crimes-in-norway Wedding guests in the town of Skedsmo, south-east Norway, watched in horror as two men were attacked with a Samurai sword on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140901/samurai-sword-attack-at-norway-wedding-two-stabbed Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 samurai-sword-attack-at-norway-wedding-two-stabbed An 18-year-old man has been arrested on Thursday for the sexual assault of a six-year-old schoolgirl in Bergen. https://www.thelocal.no/20140829/man-arrested-over-sexual-assault-of-six-year-old-girl-in-bergen Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:05:00 +0200 man-arrested-over-sexual-assault-of-six-year-old-girl-in-bergen Police hunting a man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl in Bergen on Tuesday, believe two dogs seen near the scene of the crime may help them catch the attacker. https://www.thelocal.no/20140822/police-hunt-for-bergen-schoolgirl-attacker Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:44:00 +0200 police-hunt-for-bergen-schoolgirl-attacker A Swedish man has been apprehended trying to smuggle half a tonne of frozen chicken into Norway by car on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140818/serial-chicken-smuggler-caught-in-norway Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:58:00 +0200 serial-chicken-smuggler-caught-in-norway