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Merete Skar
Polish president turned the plane around – allegations of a coup d’état
Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short a flight to Africa when police were deployed outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw. The court’s leadership has…
Frederiksen: ‘Sweden and France have been partly ruined by foreigners’
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has sharply criticised the Council of Europe and believes that Sweden and France have been ‘partially devastated’ as a…
Nordic women top the suicide statistics – in the world’s happiest country
The Nordic countries dominate this year’s happiness rankings, but Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland also have the highest suicide rates amongst women in Eurostat’s…
Navi Pillay awarded the Peace Prize – a controversial decision due to her investigation into Israel
Navi Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work for peace and international law. The former UN High Commissioner has a…
France remembers its faith
Pope Leo XIV has completed a four-day visit to France. He met President Macron, prayed at Notre-Dame, gathered hundreds of thousands for Mass on…
Half of Danes say no to armed resistance in event of invasion
Only 34 per cent of Danes believe they would be prepared for armed combat if the country were invaded, a Megafon poll shows. Half…
Trump Launches “Shield of the Americas”, reshaping the global order
President Donald Trump hosted Latin American leaders in Miami to launch the Shield of the Americas, a new U.S.-led security initiative targeting drug cartels…
Norway pays for Jordan's climate cuts – Counts them towards its own targets
Norway has signed a climate agreement with Jordan under which Norwegian funds will finance emission reductions in the country’s waste sector. In return, Norway…
NATO is failing, exactly as Trump predicted
The war in Iran lays bare where loyalty and risk tolerance lie. In Davos, Trump said the USA had «never gotten anything out of…
Iran gets 9/11 in return, and Europe is put to the test
Trump’s intervention in Iran may mark a new phase in the relationship between Islam and the West. Yet Islam’s ideological struggle continues within the…
Now begins Lent – the Christian fasting season before Easter
For many Scandinavians, Lent itself has become an unfamiliar word. Yet it is one of Christianity’s oldest and most biblical practices. Let us recover…
Government says no to Norwegian peat
The government wants to ban new extraction of peat from Norwegian bogs. The reasons are well known: biodiversity and reduction of greenhouse gases.
Greta Thunberg claims her boat was bombed by Israel
A vessel attempting to break Israel’s legal naval blockade of Gaza as part of a controversial activist flotilla was reportedly hit by a drone…