Lessons we can all learn from failure
Norway rightly shuns scapegoating. But systems are not improved where character cannot be impugned , writes Martin Sandbu
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Norway is trying to come to terms with the devastating after-effects of the brutal twin terror attacks in July 2011 by a right-wing extremist on a government building in Oslo and at a youth summer camp on Utøya island organised by the ruling Labour party
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Breivik given 21 years for Norway killings
Oslo court finds extremist sane and hands down maximum sentence with the possibility of indefinite extension if he continues to pose a threat
Police criticised over Breivik massacre
Commission finds series of delays, communication failures and transport problems hampered response to the Utøya shootings
Prosecutors want Breivik declared insane
Court is asked to commit the Norwegian mass murderer, who killed 77 people in twin attacks last year, to a secure mental institution
Thousands gather to sing song Breivik hated
Norwegians gathered in Oslo and other towns across the country for a musical protest to show killer had not destroyed multicultural society
Breivik ‘planned to behead’ Norway’s ex-PM
Extremist tells court he wanted to attack the Dagsavisen newspaper and the Socialist Left party headquarters and ‘execute as many people as possible’
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Heart in darkness
Nothing can undo the tragedy and terror that took place in Oslo and on Utøya island just over a week ago. But if one thing can bring relief, it is the response Norwegians have shown
Do not look for a coherent ideology in violence
The distinction between murder and terror is important to Breivik. You can see why, writes Christopher Caldwell
A plea to those who nourished the killer
Populist and rightwing parties carry profound responsibility for creating a climate in which hate and violence are options for their impatient followers, writes Petter Nome
Terror in Norway: Utopia no more
Terror in Norway: As a nation struggles to deal with an attack at the heart of its polity, some say far-right extremism has been ignored too long, write Martin Sandbu, Andrew Ward and Robin Wigglesworth
Norway lost its innocence a long time ago
We must be careful not to take Anders Behring Breivik’s logic at face value when he appears in court but he must not be ignored, writes Martin Sandbu
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