Editorials

– A nobel cause

With his eight-minute speech on Iran, Trump has taken a decisive step towards re-establishing the United States as the indispensable nation that fights for freedom for all peoples. Trump takes up again the tradition established with the victory over Nazism and Japan and crowned when the Wall fell in 1989. But by then Europe had become soft and had lost the will to sacrifice.

220 million to queer siblings in Africa and Asia

You may perhaps have thought that Terje Rød-Larsen and his New York-based IPI reigned at the top among organisations that have received Norwegian aid kroner? Or Børge Brende’s WEF? Both fall into the shadow of FRI – The Association for Gender and Sexuality Diversity. For since 2006 they have received 220 million. Last year alone, 28 new million came from Norad. A substantial increase from the year before, to compensate for the loss of queer kroner from USAID.

Missionaries in Norway: Christians have begun street evangelisation

Many have been irritated that it is only Islamic and Islamist activists to be seen on the streets, moreover such as are so brazen that they write “Jesus is Muslim” on their tents. These work diligently to convert searching and perhaps vulnerable Norwegian youths to Islam. Now Christians are taking up the competition for attention. They too engage in street evangelisation. Not only Norge for Jesus, but also Foreningen Tro og Håp.

Here they meet in secret

While the Epstein revelations dominated all attention, three men met in a conference room at Oslo’s Grand Hotel. A retired senior Norwegian Foreign Ministry official with close ties to Terje Rød-Larsen, a consultant funded through the Norwegian aid budget, and a key advisor to the Palestinian president. The natural question is: What did they discuss? No one is willing to answer.

Travelogue from freedom

The last time I experienced this feeling was almost 15 years ago, when I woke up in Sweden after six months in Afghanistan. Now I’ve experienced it again, when I left Sweden and woke up in the United States.

Norway gives 141 million in development aid – to its own journalists

In 2025, the Norwegian Journalists’ Association (Norsk Journalistlag) received 10.5 million kroner from Norway’s aid budget. Since 2013, a total of 92 million kroner has flowed to them through this channel. Add in funding from Norad to the Institute for Journalism and the SKUP Foundation, and the grand total reaches 141 million kroner. That’s more than the International Peace Institute received under Terje Rød-Larsen—and this should not be confused with ordinary press subsidies. Should Norwegian taxpayers foot the bill for exporting Norwegian journalism abroad?

The toxic culture is everywhere, but those at the top bear the responsibility

The Epstein files expose parts of a corrupt snake pit of network relationships where profiteers are sucking money from the Norwegian state. The toxic culture is so pervasive that everyone at the top undoubtedly knew about it. The small and medium-sized fish are important enough, but the responsibility lies with the biggest fish: Espen Barth Eide, Ine Eriksen Søreide, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Jens Stoltenberg, whose lofty dictum to ‘take responsibility by staying in their positions’ can no longer hold.

Quran burner in UK eyes US asylum: How did things come to this?

Hamit Coskun burned a Quran in London, was convicted then acquitted, but UK prosecutors have appealed to reinstate the ruling. If he loses again, he’ll seek asylum in the US—citing threats and shrinking space for Islam critics amid demographic shifts. Britain increasingly handles Islam with kid gloves out of fear and political opportunism. “It starts small, like type 2 diabetes,” warns psychologist Gad Saad.

Sweden’s Deputy PM urges terror designation for Muslim Brotherhood affiliates

The Muslim Brotherhood infiltrates society and abuses democracy. It should be designated as a terrorist organisation, and mosques and institutions should be scrutinised. That is the view of the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) in Sweden, who also wish to halt foreign financing from extremists to foundations, associations and congregations in Sweden. They further seek to stop the disbursement of Swedish taxpayers’ funds to extremist organisations.

On the other side of the mound

The EU’s Kaja Kallas called for an Arctic strategy in Tromsø, but Brussels has little to offer. Will Norway become the EU’s proxy in the north? Greenland buzz offers an excuse, and Russian Arctic mobilization might relieve Ukraine—yet it’s a risky play Norway isn’t equipped for.