Corruption in Norway

An indictment of two former Höegh Autoliners executives has been unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ingar Skiaker and Øyvind Ervik …

The hunger strike of Jock Palfreeman in protest of corruption and abuse of power in Sofia prison continues – 16 days today. Palfreeman is the Chairman of the Board of …

According to the expat group «Bulgarian Diaspora and Friends», Norwegian tax money is invested in the prisons of Bulgaria via the Norwegian Financial Mechanism – in partnership with the Bulgarian …

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report on a visit to Norway carried out in spring 2018. During its visit, …

One of Latvia’s leading construction companies, AS BMGS, is preparing to sue the Scandinavian construction giant Veidekke Entreprenad AB (subsidiary of the Veidekke company in Norway) to recover a substantial …

Newspaper Aftenposten reported the Norwegian government to have paid up to USD24.800 over the past three years for Facebook services. Media researcher at the Institute for Social Research Kjersti Thorbjornsrud …

Norwegian biopharmaceutical firm Nordic Nanovector has revealed that its Chief Executive Officer Luigi Costa is set to step down from his role at the company, with the decision made with …

The streaming platform Tidal, whose most public owner and champion is rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, is facing heavy criticism and possible legal action from several Scandinavian artist organizations and other …

Police in Norway have contacted the FBI as part of an investigation into a fake nomination for Donald Trump to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian police have contacted …

The EU and Norway have signed a new agreement on administrative cooperation on VAT compliance. The agreement was signed on February 6. It will provide EU member states and Norway …

One of the most senior police officer in Norway has been suspended, the NRK can reveal. The policeman normally works for the Oslo police district. He has been suspended from …

Norway’s economic crime police have dropped an investigation into former VimpelCom CEO Jo Lunder after two years. The country’s Økokrim – economic crime – unit had been investigating him since …

A former senior Norwegian police officer was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday for aiding drug smugglers and taking bribes in a case that captivated a nation accustomed …

A Norwegian court has sentenced a former police officer to 21 years in prison for severe corruption and being an accomplice in one of Norway’s biggest drug-smuggling cases. After over …

Barnevernet became Human Rights Violations and systematic and institutionalised abuse towards families in Norway. The Barnevernet is cruel, inhuman, system! It’s walls has to come down, enough it’s enough!! Norwegian …

The Nordic counrtries together with New Zealand and Singapore in the Asia Pacific are this year once again on the top of the list of the World’s least corrupt countries. …

A Norwegian court will hear an appeal next week by four firms seeking to overturn a ruling that upheld a government decision to cut offshore gas transportation tariffs. The firms …

A Norwegian appeals court acquitted the former chief executive of fertiliser maker Yara, Thorleif Enger, and two other former top executives in a bribery case on Friday, reversing the verdicts …

Norwegian competition authority claims incumbent deliberately tried to thwart rivals’ network deployment. Telenor could face a 906 million kroner (€99.71 million) antitrust fine, after the competition watchdog accused it of …

The World Anti-Doping Agency, fresh from its revelations of widespread drug use among Russian athletes, should now turn its attention to allegations of doping among Norwegian skiers, says the medical …

The Norwegian government has allegedly tried to hide millions of dollars in contributions to the Clinton Foundation spread out over eight years. Daily newspaper Dagbladet has tracked $89.6 million of …

The police suspect one of Trondheim’s most prominent real estate companies of fraud for tens of million, according to the newspaper Adresseavisen. The reason why the police opened an investigation …

Attorney Amir Mirmotahari, 38, who is accused of having planned the kidnapping and drugging of a rape victim, was arrested by Oslo Police on Thursday. “The accused showed up at …

Airports Council International Europe (ACI) has criticised the introduction of Norway’s new aviation tax, calling it “short-sighted”, and warning that it “ignores the economic and wider strategic benefits of air …

Norwegians have spent more than 30 hours reading out terms and conditions from smartphone apps in a campaign by the country’s consumer agency, the BBC reported. The average Norwegian has …