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Hans Rustad

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Anti-Israel sentiment dictates Oslo city government's procurement of metro trainsets
Hans Rustad 
Oslo had already ordered 20 metro trainsets from the Spanish company CAF when the UN placed the company on a blacklist in September 2025…

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Massive drone attack on Moscow; oil refinery on fire
Hans Rustad 
Ukraine has carried out a large-scale drone attack on Moscow’s largest oil refinery, and the Russian military has failed to shoot down all of…

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The EU’s trade deficit with China: €1 billion a day
Hans Rustad 
The EU’s trade deficit with China is exploding, and the bloc’s heads of state and government are beginning to panic. Chinese exports to the…

Opinion

Trump: Iran already has a new leadership
Hans Rustad 
USA and Israel have killed the two top layers of Iranian leadership. Those who have taken over are far more compliant and smarter, said…

Editorials

Norway’s school crisis gives the Right a winning issue
Hans Rustad 
Schjøtt-Pedersen has handed the Progress Party (FrP) a winning issue: the decline in Norway’s schools is now too severe to hide. Government minister Kari…

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Planned drone attack on Trump martial arts event
Hans Rustad 
The FBI uncovered a conspiracy to use drones against the martial arts event outside the White House on Saturday, where 4,300 people had gathered.…

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Tough-guy Starmer: Boards Russian shadow ship, eyes uranium exports to Ukraine
Hans Rustad 
Against the backdrop of the G7 summit, Keir Starmer is expected to announce new sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet. This comes after British soldiers,…

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Four-month sick pay advance requirement could kill four in ten small businesses
Hans Rustad 
The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) agreed that employers should advance sick pay. This was a result of the strike in May. However, small…

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Iran deal signed
Hans Rustad 
The agreement with Iran was digitally signed on Sunday. Hormuz will reopen on Friday, according to JD Vance. Trump is attending the G7 summit…

Opinion

Russians set fire to cathedral in the Lavra Monastery complex
Hans Rustad 
Russian bombs struck the cathedral that forms part of the Lavra Monastery complex during the night. The cathedral’s roof is ablaze. Four people were…

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Marius Høiby sentenced to four years in prison
Hans Rustad 
The Oslo District Court has almost halved the sentence sought by the prosecution, which had requested seven years and seven months. In a unanimous…

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Markets believe Trump; Oil falls to its lowest price since March
Hans Rustad 
Trump says the war is over. The deal is done. And the markets believe him. The order to lift the blockade of the Strait…

Opinion

Europe’s sixth-generation fighter jet project collapses; $116 billion lost
Hans Rustad 
Last week, Macron announced that the joint project to develop a new European fighter aircraft must be abandoned. The companies involved have failed to…

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Source: Iran–US agreement to be signed in Switzerland on 19 June
Hans Rustad 
Pakistan says the Iran–US agreement will be signed in Switzerland on 19 June. If there is substance to the claim, it would mark a…

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British forces move against Russian shadow fleet vessel
Hans Rustad 
Keir Starmer has ordered British forces to board and seize a vessel from Russia’s shadow fleet. The justification for the operation was that the…

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Tren de Aragua leader killed with Venezuela’s assistance
Hans Rustad 
The United States has killed the leader of the notorious Tren de Aragua cartel, Niño Guerrero, in an operation carried out inside Venezuela in…