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Øystein Steiro Sr.
What use are naive generals who never learn?
Norwegian generals have good reasons to hate Donald Trump. Former Chief of Defence (2005–2009) Sverre Diesen and former Chief of the Defence Staff (2005–2008)…
What’s the deal with the Somalis?
Continuing to pretend that integration problems are merely temporary, or caused by racism, or can be explained away by socio-economic factors and a lack…
The normalisation of the abnormal
The ultra-liberal immigration policy, which began with misguided humanism, post-modern lawlessness and a desire for cheap labourlabour, is on the verge of escalating into…
Zelensky and Witkoff have arrived in Norway. The war may well follow
For several hours now, I have been watching Norwegian commentators discuss today’s meeting between Zelensky and Witkoff in Oslo. NRK has devoted Dagsnytt 18,…
The US’s message to Europe
Marco Rubio’s remarkable speech in front of the Acropolis and the Parthenon on 7 October has a sense of historical significance about it, yet…
Stop immigration! Stop it now!
Immigration is destroying Norway. It is happening fast, and the pace is accelerating. Without radical political changes, this will result in a demographic replacement.…
It’s about more than just diesel
Whilst the Trump administration has changed course and is now attempting to revise its globalisation policy, the EU continues undeterred along the same path.…
Mona Juul, the PST and Section 8.4(c) of the Security Act
We have now learnt that Mona Juul had her security clearance downgraded from ‘Strictly Confidential’ to ‘Confidential’ in 2021. So how could she continue…
What the Epstein case is really about
The privatisation of foreign policy began in the 1980s and had its origins in a small circle centred on the Labour Party, the trade…
An insider’s account of what happened in 1981
Nothing is accidental. The puzzle pieces are falling into place. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway’s first female prime minister, known as ‘Gro’ among Labour supporters,…
The paradoxical Norwegian model
When competition disappears, price ceases to be information. It becomes a levy that established businesses can collect. Profit ceases to be a reward for…
Press freedom only for those who toe the narrative?
When Document and Rustad strike a chord with an audience that does not recognise itself in NRK, VG and Aftenposten, the legacy media’s response…
‘All for Norway’ or ‘Norway for everyone’?
It is of course legitimate to commemorate a popular king. It is quite another matter when the state broadcaster and the media machine use…
The biggest elephant of them all
As the war in Ukraine threatens to escalate further, the world’s largest subsea gas pipeline network, which supplies Europe with Norwegian gas, lies virtually…
Social Democracy is sawing off the branch it sits on
The left’s radical redistribution, Labour’s expansionary fiscal policy, the parliamentary parties’ mindless globalisation policies and immigration form a toxic mixture that is destroying Norway’s…
Elephants are roaming the streets of Arendal
The entire spectacle at Arendal, Norway’s PC conference – the self-congratulatory platitudes, the endless panels on ‘diverse communities’, ‘green transition’, ‘inclusive working life’, ‘sustainable…