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Something is rotten in the state of Norway
The Norwegian Epstein network could have been taken straight from Shakespeare’s «Hamlet», with deep corruption at the centre of power. That the scandal has…
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…
Støre's self-esteem bruised by Trump
Norway PM Støre’s address to the Storting echoed the interwar years, casting the US as the chief destabiliser through its “unconcealed use of force”.…
How the toxic culture in the Foreign Ministry became possible
The release of the Epstein files has exposed numerous alarming reports of serious and long-standing irregularities within Norway’s Foreign Ministry (UD). The unhealthy entanglement…
How Jeffrey Epstein recruited Norwegian and Swedish girls for sex and prostitution
“I’m ready to get started tomorrow and send you 16-year-olds,” wrote the Algerian groomer Daniel Siad, who holds Swedish citizenship, to Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince of Darkness Shines a Light on the Murky World of Lobbying Companies
Peter Mandelson is featuring heavily in the headlines as his role in the Epstein scandal threatens to bring down Keir Starmer’s government. But the…
Archbishop: "We resist nationalism" - changes name of the Church of Sweden
In a long debate article published in Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s Archbishop Martin Modéus launches a harsh attack on what he calls “Christian nationalism”, a…
Does Norway have space for conservative thinkers like Asle Toje?
If Norway wants genuine pluralism of opinion, the mainstream press has to accommodate voices like Asle Toje’s. Truth-telling isn’t welcome here, though. The sustained…
Why won't Norway's FM allow an independent inquiry into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Neither the Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide nor the former Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide wants any independent investigation of the Ministry of Foreign…
Børge Brende - probably the last Norwegian to meet Epstein alive
Børge Brende dined on sushi at Jeffrey Epstein’s home just three weeks before the latter’s arrest. The two continued texting right up until days…
How Epstein blackmailed a ship owner following Labour minister's property heist
Epstein archives reveal a high-stakes property deal: Shipowner Morits Skaugen Jr. claims he was coerced into selling his Frogner flat well under market price,…
Who was Jeffrey Epstein? What did he get his acquaintances to do?
Was Jeffrey Epstein an information broker or a spy running a global honeytrap? Either way, compromised individuals—including Norwegians—may have breached national security laws. That…
Minneapolis is the bastion against Trump and for the inclusive caliphate
Those who insist that fascism is returning to the West will one day find themselves in a grim Somali slum, shrouded in full-face veils,…
The Crown Princess: A piquant derailment in the Epstein affair – with kompromat at the heart of the explosives
The fact that Mette-Marit has been on the sidelines and is now lying through her teeth is part of a pattern in an otherwise…
– How much will it take for you to keep quiet?
If I hadn’t met Andrew Bridgen in Oslo and seen the interview Flavio Pasquino did with Naomi Wolf, I might not have paid their…
Mette-Marit was "friendly" with Epstein
Crown Princess Mette-Marit allowed herself to be dazzled by the glamour surrounding Jeffrey Epstein. She became quite chummy with a man of unimaginable wealth…