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‘The EU must make itself more attractive’

The EU must consider how it can become more attractive, says German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul after Iceland’s rejection of EU negotiations. He still hopes that Norway will join one day. Icelanders fear EU bureaucracy more than Trump, a German editor comments. No one believes in Europe, says an Icelandic business leader.

Violence, drugs and overdoses – Deichman library pays the price for Oslo’s youth crime

Oslo Police District’s own review of young repeat offenders has shown that 77 per cent of the city’s most active young criminals have an immigrant background. A separate police report from 2023 went even further: 86 per cent of the most active young criminals have backgrounds in Muslim countries with strong tribal cultures.

Iran attacks Jordan

On 25 August, Trump said that the Strait of Hormuz had been cleared of mines. On Sunday, the Americans saw that Iran was preparing to launch two missiles carrying mines to be dropped in the strait. They therefore took out the missiles on Larak Island. This prompted Iran to attack American bases in Jordan, without success.

Four stabbed at Amsterdam Centraal – attack livestreamed on TikTok

A personal trainer and influencer is suspected of stabbing three men after a fight near Amsterdam Centraal. Several media outlets identify him as Angelo Bryson, who they say has an immigrant background, recently converted to Islam and is an avid pro-Palestinian activist. Watch the video of the attack.

AfD gives CDU/CSU another cold shower

In Germany, the Union parties received a real cold shower in June, when a YouGov poll showed support for the AfD at 29 per cent, compared with 20 per cent for the CDU/CSU. Now the INSA poll shows the same result. This boosts the AfD’s morale one week before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt. Angela Merkel is now also attempting to discredit the AfD.

Finland cuts all funding for UNRWA

Finland is ending all funding for the UN agency UNRWA after the organisation’s employees took part in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. The €5 million in funding will instead go to more deserving organisations.

Iceland: No side wins by 52.8% to 47.2%

The final figures from South-West Iceland were a long time coming, but now that they are in, it is clear that the No side won the referendum on EU negotiations by 52.8 per cent to 47.2 per cent. This was reported by Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV. The reason it took so long to obtain the final result was that some votes had to be recounted.

Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Cem Özdemir (Greens) want to ban the AfD

Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, together with Baden-Württemberg state minister Cem Özdemir, is calling for a process to be launched that would ultimately lead to a ban on the AfD. They are making the proposal just before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD is on course to win 40 per cent.

Democratic senator dismisses immigrant crime as a ‘fake problem’

Senator Chris Murphy (D) is one of several who use false reports to claim that immigration has only positive consequences for people in the United States. Activist groups manipulate the figures and lump legal migrants together with illegal migrants to portray open borders as an unqualified boon.