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Man found guilty of deadly shooting during Oslo Pride celebrations

Graham Robson July 5, 2024

A Norwegian court has found a man guilty of carrying out a deadly shooting at a gay bar during Oslo Pride celebrations in 2022. Zanier Matapour killed two people and seriously injured nine others after opening fire into a crowd outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar in the Norwegian capital. The Oslo District […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Mr Gay Europe Tim Küsters meets up with Mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, to talk mental health

Graham Robson May 21, 2024

Mr Gay Europe Tim Küsters from the Netherlands and the mayor of Norway’s capital city, Anne Lindboe, talked about serious matters like mental health, but also the more light-hearted theme ‘first ladies’ when Tim was invited to the mayor’s office in Oslo. Earlier in May, Mr Gay Europe Tim Küsters visited Oslo to finalise plans […]

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International News

Man accused of a deadly shooting at a gay bar during Oslo Pride celebrations pleads not guilty on first day of trial

Graham Robson March 12, 2024

Zaniar Matapour, the Iranian-born Norwegian man accused of a deadly shooting at a gay bar in Oslo during the city’s annual Pride celebrations in 2022, has declared himself not guilty of committing gross terrorism and murder. Two people died, nine suffered gunshot wounds and 25 others were injured after the shooting at the London Pub, […]

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General News

Norway bans transphobic and biphobic hate speech

Rachel Badham November 15, 2020

On Tuesday November 10, the Norwegian government updated the country’s penal code to outlaw hate speech against transgender and bisexual people.

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