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Norway’s Foreign Minister: EU is Norway’s Salvation in Trump’s ‘Crazy World’

Norway must reconsider its EU policy in the “crazy world” of the US and China, according to Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Labour Party). The statement was given on Sunday to the Financial Times through its Brussels correspondent Mari Nøvik, a Norwegian journalist.

Norwegian politician Mímir Kristjánsson defends Viking-inspired kits: “Norse heritage does not belong to the Nazis”

The Norwegian national football team’s new World Cup kits have led cultural critics to see everything from right-wing extremism and chauvinism to exclusion.

Norwegian county governor probes leading campaigner in child welfare death case

The County Governor of Møre og Romsdal, Else-May Norderhus (Labour Party), has tasked County Medical Officer Karin Müller Mikaelsen with launching an investigation into Rodgeir Vinsrygg.
Vinsrygg has been a leading figure in efforts to uncover what happened when Shada Barghouthi died at a child welfare institution in Stavanger in August 2019.

Norwegian Progress Party: New asylum plan will make Norway a magnet for asylum seekers – ‘Utterly detached from reality’

The Progress Party (FrP) fears that the new asylum proposal to grant permanent residence to more refugees will act as a magnet for new asylum seekers coming to Norway.

Accused teen hitman ‘shot’ at police with finger guns as cops stormed his hotel room

The trial of the 19-year-old from Stavanger, who is alleged to have been recruited as a contract killer for the Foxtrot network, is underway in London. Previously unknown information about the preparations is among the details presented to the court.

Zelensky humiliated Putin

The St. Petersburg Economic Conference gathered a record 20,000 participants from 130 countries this year, signaling that the isolation of Russia no longer works as it once did. The UN Secretary-General is attending, and the United States has also sent a delegation. Ukraine took the opportunity to launch drones, causing thick black smoke to billow outside the windows. Flights were delayed.

US opinion shifting away from homo-idolization and transgenderism

A new Gallup poll shows that American support for LGBTQ+ issues has plateaued and begun to decline. Fewer Americans now support same-sex marriage or consider homosexual relationships morally acceptable. This is a new trend and is creating problems for the gay lobby, which remains very strong in Europe.

At least one killed in Iranian attack on Kuwait airport

At least one person was killed when Iran attacked the international airport outside Kuwait City. Terminal Building 1 sustained severe damage. Iran has claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it was a legitimate punishment for Kuwait allowing the United States to operate from its territory. The question now is whether the US sees it the same way.

Henry Nowak murder puts police minority-preference policies under the spotlight

The police’s response following the fatal knife attack on Henry Nowak in Southampton has triggered strong criticism of the force’s guidelines on positive discrimination towards minorities — guidelines that reportedly make police officers afraid to confront individuals from minority backgrounds.

Four migrants burned alive in Italy; two Pakistanis arrested

It’s worth noting what NTB chooses to downplay in its coverage: the fact that the two arrested suspects are Pakistanis.