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 Unlike its Scandinavian neighbours, Norway is yet to move towards a reform of sexual violence laws to make consent rather than violence the basis for determining rape. https://www.thelocal.no/20200903/why-does-norway-not-have-a-rape-law-requiring-sexual-consent Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:18:19 +0200 why-does-norway-not-have-a-rape-law-requiring-sexual-consent Six firemen in Paris were set to be charged on Monday over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old Norwegian student at a fire station in the city, legal sources said. https://www.thelocal.no/20190506/six-paris-firemen-to-be-charged-over-alleged-gang-rape-of-norweigan-student Mon, 06 May 2019 14:54:40 +0200 six-paris-firemen-to-be-charged-over-alleged-gang-rape-of-norweigan-student Norwegian authorities have charged a man in his twenties, reportedly a football referee, with sexual offences involving some 300 teenage boys -- the biggest such case in the country's history, prosecutors said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20181120/man-charged-with-sex-crimes-involving-300-boys-in-norway Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:41:21 +0100 man-charged-with-sex-crimes-involving-300-boys-in-norway A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the suspected rape of a girl of the same age, as well as filming the assault and sending the video to others online. https://www.thelocal.no/20171201/14-year-old-norwegian-suspected-of-raping-girl-and-filming-assault Fri, 01 Dec 2017 17:26:56 +0100 14-year-old-norwegian-suspected-of-raping-girl-and-filming-assault Norwegian police said on Tuesday they had uncovered 151 alleged sexual assaults, including child rape, in a small community in Lapland, sending shock waves across the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20171129/norway-reveals-rape-and-sexual-assault-scandal-in-lapland Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:04:55 +0100 norway-reveals-rape-and-sexual-assault-scandal-in-lapland A Romanian woman will appear in a Norwegian court in March to face accusations of having raped a 12-year-old boy. https://www.thelocal.no/20170214/romanian-woman-charged-with-raping-12-year-old-boy-in-norway Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:27:46 +0100 romanian-woman-charged-with-raping-12-year-old-boy-in-norway A 19-year-old man is accused of having sexual relations with an underage girl in a child care institution in Akershus. https://www.thelocal.no/20160913/norway-man-drugged-girl-for-sex-in-child-care-home Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:13:06 +0200 norway-man-drugged-girl-for-sex-in-child-care-home The Oslo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old Iraqi to seven years in detention for three assault rapes and two attempted rapes in the Norwegian capital. https://www.thelocal.no/20160907/iraqi-gets-seven-year-sentence-for-oslo-rapes Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:15:54 +0200 iraqi-gets-seven-year-sentence-for-oslo-rapes A 38-year-old man with an Eritrean background was charged with four counts of rape in Oslo District Court on Monday, Nettavisen wrote. https://www.thelocal.no/20160906/man-charged-with-raping-three-oslo-women Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:10:17 +0200 man-charged-with-raping-three-oslo-women A Norwegian man in his 40s has been charged with assaults in the year 2000 on two girls - then aged six and seven - on the basis of DNA evidence. https://www.thelocal.no/20160711/dna-evidence-brings-in-suspect-of-rape-crimes-from-2000 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:08:46 +0200 dna-evidence-brings-in-suspect-of-rape-crimes-from-2000 A Trondheim man has been acquitted on charges of having sexually abused his own grandchild, Adresseavisen reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160621/norwegian-grandpa-acquitted-of-abusing-grandchild-while-asleep Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:34:24 +0200 norwegian-grandpa-acquitted-of-abusing-grandchild-while-asleep An attorney is accused of suggesting that a rape victim should be kidnapped and drugged so that she couldn't testify against his client. https://www.thelocal.no/20160617/norway-attorney-charged-with-rape-victim-kidnap-plot Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:40:00 +0200 norway-attorney-charged-with-rape-victim-kidnap-plot The man charged with raping a four-year-old boy in a Bergen nursery has admitted to additional assaults in other daycare institutions. https://www.thelocal.no/20160420/norway-man-admits-additional-daycare-sex-assaults Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:44:02 +0200 norway-man-admits-additional-daycare-sex-assaults A man in his 30s who has worked at several area daycare institutions is charged with raping a four-year-old boy at a Bergen nursery. https://www.thelocal.no/20160418/norway-daycare-worker-raped-four-year-old-boy-police Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:06:53 +0200 norway-daycare-worker-raped-four-year-old-boy-police Police studies of teenagers’ online habits have found that an increasing number of boys and girls, some underage, are being coerced into sharing compromising images. https://www.thelocal.no/20160303/norway-teens-pressed-to-share-nude-photos Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:15:15 +0100 norway-teens-pressed-to-share-nude-photos The accused and the victim are all asylum seekers who knew each other before coming to Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20160222/four-men-charged-with-norway-asylum-centre-rape Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:47:21 +0100 four-men-charged-with-norway-asylum-centre-rape Both police and numerous rape crisis centres say they have noticed an increase in the number of women subjected to sexual attack after having met someone through online dating or apps like Tinder. https://www.thelocal.no/20160219/norway-seeing-more-rapes-in-connection-with-tinder Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:13:21 +0100 norway-seeing-more-rapes-in-connection-with-tinder Known sex offenders have abused underage asylum seekers in Norwegian centres, the National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) said. https://www.thelocal.no/20160208/sexual-criminals-prey-on-norways-asylum-centres Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:53:13 +0100 sexual-criminals-prey-on-norways-asylum-centres Irish prosecutors are hoping to overturn the suspended jail sentence of a Norwegian man who admitted to raping his Irish girlfriend up to ten times while she slept. https://www.thelocal.no/20160205/norwegian-who-raped-woman-in-sleep-faces-appeal Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:03:41 +0100 norwegian-who-raped-woman-in-sleep-faces-appeal A look inside Norway's courses teaching refugees about sexual customs in their new country. https://www.thelocal.no/20160120/no-means-no-norway-sends-migrants-on-anti-rape-courses Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:21:04 +0100 no-means-no-norway-sends-migrants-on-anti-rape-courses