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Norway courts Iran, but Trump doesn’t hesitate: “No Deal”

While Norwegian politicians wish to initiate a dialogue with the regime in Iran, the President of the United States is more concerned with MIGA (Make Iran Great Again). Trump repeats the Allies’ demand towards Germany in the Second World War: unconditional capitulation.

Norway pays for Jordan’s climate cuts – Counts them towards its own targets

Norway has signed a climate agreement with Jordan under which Norwegian funds will finance emission reductions in the country’s waste sector. In return, Norway can purchase carbon credits (or emission reduction units) and count the resulting emission cuts toward its own climate accounts.
The arrangement is based on the Paris Agreement’s system for international cooperation and trading of emission reductions between countries (specifically under Article 6). Critics argue that such mechanisms allow wealthy countries to meet their climate targets on paper without making equivalent emission cuts domestically.

Moroccan convict’s legal soap opera returns to appeals court – Round Three

A convicted Moroccan national who has been permanently expelled from Norway may still be granted a residence permit because he has married a Norwegian citizen. After several rounds of appeals, the case is soon coming before the court for the fifth time.

NRK presenter apologises after sexualised attack on Document journalist Lise Sørensen

NRK’s Agr Soni explodes at Document’s Lise Sørensen in immigration row, points finger, yells “Shut up!” and demands: “Can someone give that woman some dick.”

“New Danes” hail dictator Khamenei in Copenhagen

Activist Mohamad Ali Haidar Saleh defends Danish citizen praising Iran’s dictator, citing “free speech” absent in his “beloved” Iran he supposedly escaped. Nørrebrogade: once anti-regime rallies, now tyrant worship.

Europe prepares for Iran’s threats of attack

European countries fear Iran could strike the continent in retaliation for US attacks on the Islamic regime — so they protest America’s strikes. Yet no European politicians seem worried about how Kremlin will react to the hatred Russia faces.

US considers arming the Kurds

The Trump administration has been in contact with Kurds in northern Iraq and Syria, with a view to their entering Iran with American weapons. Bush II did the same when the United States overthrew the Taliban regime after 9/11: the CIA, together with the Northern Alliance under Ahmad Massoud, initiated a campaign that drove the Taliban out.

«Edinburgh man» caught by police after stabbing and scaring locals

A man of hitherto unknown origin was arrested in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, after stabbing one person and injuring another and subsequently barricading himself in a block of flats on Monday. The police have not released any description of the perpetrator, but images show a man who can scarcely be described as typically British in […]

The Revolutionary Guard closes the Strait of Hormuz

A commander in the Revolutionary Guard states that the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean is closed, and that all vessels attempting to pass will be set on fire. The question is whether the Revolutionary Guard can put force behind its words.

Narges Mohammadi beaten, suffers double vision

The regime in Iran has shifted to a different course, in which all opposition is treated more harshly. Status abroad means nothing. The Nobel Prize offers no protection. On 15 February, news came that prizewinner Narges Mohammadi had been beaten so severely that she suffered double vision and dizziness.