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# oslo - Monday 7 January, 2013

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PFAI names squad for Norway tournament

The annual FIFPro tournament for out-of-contract footballers takes place in Oslo on Thursday.

# oslo - Monday 10 December, 2012

Pics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.

Enda Kenny to accept Nobel Peace Prize today

The Taoiseach will be present at the prize-giving ceremony in Oslo.

# oslo - Tuesday 27 November, 2012

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CCTV footage shows Anders Breivik parking van at explosion scene

The video footage also shows the damage done by the bomb which killed eight people.

# oslo - Friday 9 November, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik complains about “sadistic” Norwegian prison conditions

Complaints range from not having a personal light and TV switch, censored phone calls, “screaming” prison mates and cold coffee.

# oslo - Tuesday 9 October, 2012

French and American scientists win Nobel Physics Prize

“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.

# oslo - Monday 8 October, 2012

Nobel Prize season kicks off with medicine award

This week, some of the world’s top scholars will look to Stockholm and Oslo as the 2012 Nobel Prizes are announced.

# oslo - Saturday 25 August, 2012

Column: Breivik’s victims have been largely forgotten during his trial

The 22 July 2011 attacks could have happened here, writes Ciara Galvin, and could still happen.

# oslo - Friday 24 August, 2012

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The Evening Fix: Friday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

Breivik says he won’t appeal 21-year jail term over killings

The man behind the Oslo and Utoya Island attacks says he rejects the court’s legitimacy and therefore can’t appeal.

21-year-sentence does not mean Breivik will walk free in 2033. Here’s why:

There is actually no limit to the number of times the court can extend the sentence.

Anders Behring Breivik found to be sane, sentenced to 21 years

The verdict was delivered at a court in Norway this morning.

Verdict in Breivik trial due at 9am this morning

The trial of the man who has admitted killing 77 people in two separate attacks in Norway last year will hear a verdict from the judges this morning.

# oslo - Thursday 23 August, 2012

Breivik will challenge any ruling that declares him insane

The confessed mass killer says won’t appeal if he’s sentenced to prison – as long as he is declared sane.

# oslo - Saturday 18 August, 2012

‘Breivik sympathiser’ arrested in Czech Republic

Local media reports that the 29-year-old man was arrested for building up a stash of weapons and explosives.

# oslo - Friday 17 August, 2012

Norway’s police chief quits after Breivik report

A major report this week found that Norwegian authorities could have stopped Anders Behring Breivik.

# oslo - Monday 13 August, 2012

Oslo attack ‘could have been prevented’

Investigation into official response to double terror attack last summer also found that the attacker could have been arrested much sooner.

Norway to publish report on response to 22 July attacks

Report on how so many people were killed that day is expected to be highly critical of the official response to the attacks.

# oslo - Tuesday 31 July, 2012

Update: US Embassy in Oslo evacuated after discovery of suspicious object

A bomb squad attended the scene after the suspicious package was found under a vehicle. However it’s thought that the object is not dangerous.

# oslo - Friday 22 June, 2012

Defence argues that Breivik was sane when he carried out killings

The prosecution is calling for Breivik to be declared insane, but Breivik has said he will appeal the verdict if he is found criminally insane.

# oslo - Saturday 16 June, 2012

The Daily Fix: Saturday

All the day’s main news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed.

21 years later: Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel Peace Prize

The Burmese pro-democracy campaigner finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this afternoon.

# oslo - Tuesday 5 June, 2012

Verdict of Norway’s Breivik trial expected later this summer

Court says verdict won’t be out for at least a month after the hearings end in late June.

Breivik judge caught playing Solitaire in court during trial

Ernst Henning Eielsen, one of the three ‘lay judges’ handling the trial, was busy during a professor’s testimony yesterday.

# oslo - Wednesday 30 May, 2012

Breivik’s friends reveal details of nose job and possible depression

Four of Brievik’s former friends testified yesterday on the killer’s concerns about his appearance, and their thoughts on his sexuality. The computer game World of Warcraft is being mentioned in court today.

# oslo - Thursday 24 May, 2012

Breivik ‘won’t appeal’ if found sane

The self-confessed mass killer spoke after court proceedings today.

# oslo - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

Man seriously injured in self-immolation outside Breivik trial

Norwegian police say they do not believe the man had any connection with the terror trial.

# oslo - Monday 14 May, 2012

Survivors of Breivik gun attack describe shootings

Victims of the Utoya island attack describe their efforts to escape from the gunman.

# oslo - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

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Considering a holiday? Use the Club Sandwich Index to pick a destination

Dublin is the seventh cheapest of all the cities surveyed by Hotels.com with an average club sandwich price of €12.

# oslo - Thursday 26 April, 2012

The 5 at 5: Thursday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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VIDEO: 40,000 people sing Anders Behring Breivik’s most-hated song

Breivik told his trial that the song ‘Children of the Rainbow’ was an effort to brainwash kids. Oslo responded by singing it.

# oslo - Tuesday 24 April, 2012

Breivik blames ‘racist’ plot for questions over sanity

Confessed killer of 77 people in July 2011 told court he would do what he could to avoid going to an asylum.

# oslo - Friday 20 April, 2012

Breivik to give more evidence on details, motives of attacks

Throughout the first week of his trial, the Norwegian has spoken at ease about the killing of 77 people last July.

# oslo - Thursday 19 April, 2012

Breivik planned to decapitate former Norwegian prime minister

Defendant says he cut social contact for a whole year in preparation for the double attacks of July 2011.

# oslo - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

Prosecutors press Breivik on ‘Knights Templar’

The 33-year-old Norwegian admitted today that the network described in his online manifesto is “not an organisation in a conventional sense”.

# oslo - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

Explainer: how the Norwegian courts operate

Why do officials shake hands with the accused? What is a lay judge?

Breivik says he would carry out “spectacular” attack again

The man who has admitted to killing 77 people last summer said he acted out of “goodness not evil” and claims that he would carry out such an attack agian.

Anders Behring Breivik set to take stand at terror trial

Meanwhile, one of the lay judges has been dismissed over ‘death sentence’ remark.

# oslo - Monday 16 April, 2012

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VIDEO: Breivik cries as he watches his own propaganda video

Anders Behring Breivik was shown one of his own propaganda videos in court earlier today – and cried while watching it.

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