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Far-right attacker receives tough punishment of 21 years imprisonment

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A Norwegian youngster, who killed his step-sister and opened fire at a mosque, has been sentenced to as many as 21 year imprisonment.

The punishment has come with a minimum term of as many as 14 years – recently, the country has hiked the minimum term for hate crimes.

It is said that the attacker was inspired by similar attacks happened in New Zealand in the recent past.

The attack is one of the gravest crimes the country has seen in its recent history.

The far-right movement is not less active this part of the world.     

In the year 2011, similarly, a right-wing extremist carried out a horrific attack in the country. Unlike this time, his minimum sentence was at least four year shorter than what has been awarded to the latest case of far-right extremism.

It is high time for the European countries to look into this matter seriously. Norway is not the only European country struggling with the issue of far-right extremism.

Many European countries like Germany, Poland and Hungary are vulnerable to this issue.

Germany has recently reported several similar cases. In some states, even the rebirth of Neo-Nazism has been reported.

The development exposes a serious threat which needs urgent intervention.

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Anti-abortion advocates lost case in ECHR

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Two nurses, who approached the European Court of Human Rights against the discrimination they had undergone in Sweden for their refusal to carry out abortion, has not succeeded in winning their case in the top court based in the continent of Europe.

Ellinor Grimmark and Linda Steen, though are born in Sweden, are originally from the European country of Norway.

They applied for the post of midwife in Sweden. As the Swedish law requires midwives to carry out abortion, they were asked by their employer to do the service.

The nurses denied performing the service as they found that against their religious belief. Subsequently, they lost their jobs for that reason.

They approached several courts in Sweden before they has reached the ECHR.

Like every other court, the ECHR has also failed to understand the ground that they faced discrimination from their employer for their belief.

It is unclear what the next move of the duo will be. The possibility of the duo to approach the same court with the case is less, as that court is less likely to entertain the duo again in the future as there is no precedent exists like that so far.


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Spy Swap: Norwegian spy Frode Berg freed by Russia

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Russia has released at least two Lithuanian spies and a Norwegian spy, Frode Berg, from their custody. In return, the country has managed to get at least two of its spies freed from the Lithuanian custody.

The three country spy swap deal is the most complicated deal the continent of Europe has witnessed in its recent history.

Norway is the one which has played a central role to get this deal materialised. Why they have gone that far is because the country was under severe pressure to get Mr. Berg, who was a high level officer, freed.

The family members of Mr. Berg have expressed their happiness in the deal. His daughter has already reached the city where he is expected to land within the next few hours.

Lithuania was an integral part of the erstwhile Soviet Union. Since the independence of the country, the spies of Lithuania are on continuous battle with its Russian counterparts.

The case is not very different with Norway, though it has no direct link with either the erstwhile Soviet Union or its successor, the present Russia.

Russia, Norway and Lithuania are situated very close to each other. Both Norway and Lithuania see Russia situated close to them as a threat.


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