Anders Breivik has today apologised to “militant nationalists” for not having killed more people in the attacks in July last year.

Anders Behring Breivik’s defence lawyers say the confessed mass killer will not appeal if he is sentenced to prison but he will challenge any ruling that declares him insane.

Those expecting Anders Behring Breivik to spend the rest of his days alone in a cramped cell will be disappointed when the far-right fanatic is sentenced on Friday for killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage last year.

A handful of Norwegian right-wing extremists testified today in Anders Breivik's defence, backing his ideological claims that Norway is "at war" with Islam.

Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik say they believe he became depressed as he struggled to accept his sexuality.

Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said that some years before the massacre he came across as depressed, expressed feminine tendencies and led some to believe he might be gay.

Anders Behring Breivik shouted with joy as he fired off round after round at youngsters on Utoya, a survivor of his massacre of 69 people on the Norwegian island last July told an Oslo court yesterday.

Right-wing fanatic Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in bombing and shooting attacks in Norway, sees himself as a 21st century crusader battling against Islam in Europe.

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.

Mass killer Anders Breivik told a court today he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.

Prison psychiatrists monitoring Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik say he is not psychotic and he has not been put on medication, a prosecutor said.

The accused ringleader of a terror plot in Norway has rejected charges that he conspired with al-Qaida to attack a Danish newspaper, saying he was planning a solo raid against the Chinese Embassy in Oslo.

Security cameras captured images of the Norwegian far-right extremist accused of killing 77 people minutes before he detonated a car bomb outside the prime minister’s office two months ago, police said.

Survivors of a massacre which claimed the lives of 69 people in Norway last month carried flowers to the site of the killings today, laughter blending with tears as they remembered the joys of an island youth camp that turned into a scene of horror.

A court has extended the isolation detention of the man who massacred 77 people in Norway by another four weeks.

The man who has confessed to the twin terror attacks in Norway which killed 93 people will appear in court today and has requested an open hearing so he can explain his massacre to the public.

Oslo District Court spokeswoman Irene Ramm has said government lawyers will request eight weeks of pre-trial detention for the Norway attacks suspect so they can prepare their case.

The author and publisher of bestselling The Bookseller of Kabul have been ordered to pay 250,000 kroner (€31,345) in damages to a woman portrayed in the book.

A 38-year-old man was ordered to be jailed for four weeks by the Oslo District Court, in Norway, today, while police investigate his alleged involvement in the theft of Edvard Munch’s masterpieces The Scream and Madonna.