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Trade unions given special permission to nominate their own quota refugees

The Labour government has given LO and three other trade unions permission to select trade union representatives from among the world’s refugees for resettlement in Norway.

Russia helping Iran with supersonic missiles, Financial Times reports

According to an investigation by the Financial Times, Russia has secretly helped Iran with technology for developing supersonic missiles. Such weapons would take Iran’s conflict with the United States to a new level, even though the Russians are not sharing their most advanced missile technology.

Swedish Left Party politician threatened to kill 16-year-old girl: ‘I want to kill all racists!’

A Left Party politician on Upplands Väsby’s education committee threatened to kill a 16-year-old during a Sweden Democrats election meeting, saying she wanted to kill all racists. When the situation escalated, four police officers carried the politician away. The video is now spreading on social media.

44 per cent of those convicted of murder in Denmark are non-Western

Statistics from Denmark’s Ministry of Justice show that 44 per cent of those convicted of murder or attempted murder in 2025 were non-Western immigrants or their descendants. For rape convictions, the proportion was 30 per cent. The information is not public but has been leaked to the press. A Danish researcher says the overrepresentation is culturally determined and cites Islam as a factor.

King Haakon VIII has taken the oath: ‘So help me God’

– I promise and swear that I will govern the Kingdom of Norway in accordance with its Constitution and laws, so help me God, the Almighty and Omniscient, said King Haakon VIII.

Conservative party leadership used King’s death to halt diesel revolt

The embattled Conservative Party leader has effectively halted the revolt within her own party against the fuel tax bomb.

Trump administration plans crackdown on ‘non-profit’ organisations

To crack down on fake charitable organisations, the US government plans to revoke the tax-exempt status of organisations such as George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, according to sources familiar with the matter.

‘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.