Norway
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway’s crown princess, cried during his trial in Oslo and said he did not remember taking videos police allege show him sexually assaulting a woman.
Kari Nessa Nordtun instructed the Norwegian Education Directorate to reject several new private schools despite Stortinget's support, prompting critics to say she exceeded her authority.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway’s Princess Mette-Marit, testified for the first time in his Oslo trial on 38 sexual‑abuse charges, saying the press had harassed him since age three.
Norway’s Environment Directorate moved to ban 102 popular garden plant species that threatened native ecosystems, while exempting the lilac from proposed sale and planting bans.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre demanded full disclosure of Crown Princess Mette-Marit's contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after fresh revelations, and polls showed many opposed her becoming queen.
