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Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke donates USD 25 million to Christian folk high school

Kjell Inge Røkke is donating no less than NOK 250 million to Bakketun Folk High School. It is not every day that a Christian school receives donations, and certainly not on this scale. Christian newspaper Dagen reports this.

Hospital raised the alarm over Maren Sømme’s injuries

Ten days before Maren Sømme was killed, she was admitted to Stavanger University Hospital. Nawid Bayan was charged with violence on that occasion as well. After initially reporting violence, Maren Sømme changed her account. But the hospital was seriously concerned, and a doctor contacted the police. They believed she should not be sent home, nrk.no reports.

Jason Arday found dead

Jason Arday, the Cambridge University professor who became embroiled in controversy over plagiarism, has been found dead at his home in London. By all appearances, it was suicide, according to several British newspapers. Arday resigned from Cambridge last week. Thus, one of the greatest academic scandals of modern times has come to a tragic end.

SPLC Finance Director charged with paying Neo-Nazi informant who was her lover

Attorney General Todd Blanche describes the Southern Poverty Law Center’s methods as creating the very extremism it claims to be fighting, by paying sources to stir up racial hatred. Heidi Beirich is charged with funnelling NOK 12 million to her lover in the white supremacist group National Alliance. Some of the money went towards wood and fuel for cross-burnings.

83-year-old Canadian woman euthanised without consent: ‘Are they going to kill me on Friday?’

An 83-year-old Canadian woman died on 10 July following a lethal injection under Canada’s MAiD programme. Her family claims that she had rejected euthanasia because it conflicted with her Christian faith.

Islam Net has been a gateway to radicalisation

Islam Net presents itself as a champion of peaceful Islam and the prevention of radicalisation. History tells a different story. The organisation has repeatedly served as the first step on the path towards violent Islamism for young people.

Aid without accounts

Abyrint has generated NOK 289 million from Norwegian aid to Somalia since 2013, paying its two owners NOK 59 million in dividends. The company missed the 31 July deadline for its 2025 accounts, triggering late-filing fees affecting owner Ivar Strand and his wife, Labour government minister Sigrun Aasland.

More Norwegian families queue for food aid

Around 115,000 people in Norway now need food assistance, according to Matsentralen Norge. The trend is linked to rising food prices. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), food prices in the country have risen by 12.4 per cent since June 2023, considerably more than the overall rate of inflation.

EU’s new packaging rules could shut small businesses out of the single market

Today, the EU’s new packaging rules enter into force. A Swedish small-business owner who sells goods to customers in several EU countries may need to register, report and pay fees in each country – and in some cases appoint local representatives. The European Commission itself has warned that the rules could become an unreasonable burden.

25 years of asylum fraud: Entire family networks lied their way into Norway

UDI has uncovered four large family networks that have systematically obtained residence permits and Norwegian citizenship on false grounds. The first network came to the country around the year 2000.