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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

JAN M. OLSEN

Zaniar Matapour appears in court in Oslo, Norway, March 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
July 4, 2024, 5:49 pm
Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty of terror attack at Oslo LGBTQ festival
Zaniar Matapour, who had sworn allegiance to ISIS, sentenced to 30 years after killing two people and seriously wounding nine in the Norwegian capital in 2022
By JAN M. OLSEN
Illustrative: Iranian police in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 4, 2023, 5:10 pm
Swedish national has been held by Iran since last year, Stockholm confirms
Man identified as Johan Floderus, a Swede working for the EU’s diplomatic corps whom Tehran seemingly accused of spying for Israel
By Karl Ritter and JAN M. OLSEN
Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, January 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 25, 2023, 4:47 pm
Danish bill would make it illegal to burn Quran or other religious texts  
A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by anti-Islam activists has sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JAN M. OLSEN
Illustrative: A beluga whale in Alaska, August 25, 2017. (NOAA Fisheries via AP)
May 30, 2023, 4:33 pm
Beluga whale, once a suspected Russian spy, appears off Swedish coast
Whale-watchers in Norway have nicknamed it Hvaldimir, combining Norwegian word for whale — hval — and Russian first name Vladimir
By JAN M. OLSEN
Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 11, 2022, 7:11 pm
Iran-born brothers indicted by Sweden over spying for Russia
One of the suspects, who were identified as Peyman Kia and Payam Kia, worked for the Swedish domestic intelligence agency
By JAN M. OLSEN
File: Picture taken on August 3, 2022 shows a visitor taking pictures of Edvard Munch's iconic painting "The Scream" at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway.(Heiko Junge / NTB / AFP)
November 11, 2022, 4:00 pm
Climate activists attempt to glue themselves to Munch’s ‘The Scream’
Oslo cops say 3 protesters under their ‘control’; painting is not seriously harmed, though glue residue left on glass mount
By JAN M. OLSEN
The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
September 27, 2022, 3:14 pm
Danish premier says ‘cannot rule out’ sabotage to Russian gas pipelines
Leaks detected in Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany that have been at center of energy war since Moscow’s forces invaded Ukraine
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and JAN M. OLSEN
FILE - A bridge straddles Ivangorod, Russia, left, and a border crossing in Narva, Estonia, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
September 8, 2022, 8:14 pm
Four nations bordering Russia to restrict entry to Russians, citing ‘growing influx’
New measures from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to take effect September 19; Estonian PM: ‘We believe that this is becoming a serious threat to our public security’
By JAN M. OLSEN
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
August 24, 2022, 3:02 pm
Finland’s PM apologizes for photo of topless women kissing at official residence
‘That photo shouldn’t have been taken,’ says PM Sanna Marin, who is already facing criticism for a video showing her dancing with friends at a private party
By JAN M. OLSEN
Emergency services personnel work at the Field's shopping center after a fatal shooting attack in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday July 3, 2022. (Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
July 4, 2022, 2:39 am
3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Copenhagen mall
PM Mette Frederiksen decries ‘cruel attack’ — Denmark’s worst since 2015
By JAN M. OLSEN and Karl Ritter
People evacuated from the Field's shopping center run, in Orestad, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022, after reports of shots fired. (Olafur Steinar Gestsson /Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
July 3, 2022, 11:39 pm
Several killed in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting; terror not ruled out
Police say suspected gunman, 22-year-old Danish man, detained at scene
By JAN M. OLSEN and Karl Ritter
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik arrives in court on the first day of a hearing where he is seeking parole, in Skien, Norway, Jan. 18, 2022. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB scanpix via AP)
January 18, 2022, 1:21 pm
Showing no remorse, Norwegian mass murderer appears before parole hearing
Anders Behring Breivik displays white supremacist message at session, where he is not expected to win early release from his 21-year sentence
By david keyton and JAN M. OLSEN
Magdalena Andersson poses during a press conference after being appointed as Sweden's first female prime minister at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on November 24, 2021. (Erik SIMANDER / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
November 24, 2021, 1:35 pm
Sweden’s parliament approves first female prime minister
Though viewed for decades as one of Europe’s most progressive countries on gender relations, Sweden had until now never placed a woman in top political post
By JAN M. OLSEN
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven arrives at the Swedish Parliment in Stockholm on June 21, 2021 (Claudio BRESCIANI / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
June 21, 2021, 1:22 pm
Sweden PM loses confidence vote amid housing crisis, toppling government
Lofven becomes 1st Swedish premier to lose such a vote, giving him a week to decide if he’ll call snap election; political upheaval triggered by plan to deregulate rental market
By david keyton and JAN M. OLSEN
Police investigators work at the scene where a man attacked seven people, seriously injuring three, in the Swedish city of Vetlanda on March 3, 2021. (Mikael FRITZON / various sources / AFP)
March 4, 2021, 7:01 pm
Sweden looking at terror links following knife spree that injured 7
Afghan man faces several attempted murder charges, was shot in the leg during the attack
By JAN M. OLSEN and david keyton
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