Editorials

Støre seeks to curb digging in the Epstein case

Norway’s parliament is set to approve the mandate for a high-stakes inquiry into the Epstein case, led by its Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. PM Jonas Gahr Støre, however, has already voiced concern in an interview with NTB that the investigation could overreach, calling for clear limits. The intervention appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to shape the scope of the probe before it has even begun.

Gender imbalance: Female takeover in government communications

The Government’s Equality Shock: In the Ministries’ communications staff, 64% are women! While the government in 2025 launched its first national equality strategy aimed at improving gender balance in professions and leadership, women dominate the state’s information gatekeepers: 80 of 125 communications advisers are women (64%). In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are no men. Journalists often wait days for email replies. Only four ministries are evenly balanced; the rest are skewed. Irony within its own administration?

NOK 100 million in foreign aid channelled to Marxist activism

With slogans such as “Hands off Venezuela” and “Hands off Cuba”, and claims that capitalism undermines women’s rights, the organisation Latin America Groups has received around NOK 100 million from the aid budget. Nearly half of the money goes to political activism in Norway, clearly rooted on the left. The remainder is used for “solidarity brigades”, which involve travelling to Latin America, visiting social movements there, and taking part in agricultural work, voluntary labour projects, or other activities organised by the solidarity brigades.

The rift is visible

The faction meeting that the Nordic members of NATO and the Arctic Council held together with Canada in Oslo on 15 March was convened on the initiative of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The entire initiative and the diplomatic process that follows from it bear the mark of the political megalomania that has become characteristic of Støre.

Tight budget, but aid spending still fuels activism

The foreign aid budget invariably expands when the Norwegian Labour Party is in government. In this way, taxpayers finance thousands of people across hundreds of organisations engaged in left-leaning activism. Since 1960, aid has cost NOK 1,500 billion in 2025-adjusted kroner—equivalent to NOK 268,000 per inhabitant. No tangible results from this spending are evident. Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg has signalled a tight budget, but he is unlikely to have the stomach to cut these funds, just as he will not touch the sickness-benefit scheme or disability benefits.

The Rød-Larsen case and how the Labour Party ran a shop within a shop

Do not underestimate the stupidity of politicians. Reason and integrity are often inversely proportional to self-awareness and restraint. The Fideco scandal, like the Oslo Process and large parts of the peace mediation, are examples of this.

A 2016 judgment raises new questions in the Shada case

A ten-year-old judgment raises new questions in the case of Shada, the Palestinian girl who died at a child welfare institution in 2019. The parents have been convicted of subjecting all three children to violence over a period of more than three years. The judgment is based on statements and interrogations, but no physical evidence was presented.

Could the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have financed international terrorism?

Since the mid-2010s, Norway has taken the initiative to play a role in international negotiations with Iran. This aligns with Norway’s longstanding engagement policy, of which the Oslo Accords were a part. From 2010 onward, Norwegian aid to Iran increased. Meanwhile, the investigation into the William Nygaard case faded into obscurity, while the Islamic Republic was able to free up resources for other purposes, thanks to Norwegian assistance.

Britain is being held hostage to Sharia law thanks to Keir Starmer

Labour councils in northern England warn teachers that drawings of religious figures, including Jesus, or activities such as music and dance may conflict with some Muslim pupils’ beliefs. The guidance comes as the government introduces a new definition of “anti-Muslim hostility,” which critics say risks creating a de facto blasphemy law and restricting debate about Islam and sharia law in Britain.

Trade Union LO: We’ve taken Norad funds since 1979 – Probably more than a billion NOK

What began as Document’s exposé of over 700 million kroner flowing from the aid budget to LO has been updated: the confirmed total since 1999 stands at 715 million. But the money trail actually stretches back 20 years further – potentially pushing the grand total up by another half a billion kroner.