Confirmed: Iran has launched ballistic missiles against the British-American military base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, Indian Ocean. The remote base lies some 3,800 km from Iranian territory.
Continue reading »When the leader of Sweden’s Liberal Party, Simona Mohamsson, announced that she would be open to accepting the Sweden Democrats in a future government, she marked a clear political shift. The statement broke with the party’s previous position of never participating in a government that included the Sweden Democrats.
Continue reading »When the United States acts militarily or in foreign policy, it rarely takes long before the same explanation appears in Swedish debate: it must be about religion—preferably in its most dramatic form. The media quickly fills with theories about the apocalypse, doomsday beliefs, and “Christian nationalism.” But what happens when an explanation becomes more appealing than it is true?
Continue reading »The police in Oslo are now in a situation described as critical, and the use of resources at the city’s embassies has reached a point where it is affecting the general safety of the population.
Continue reading »In a major investigative piece, Aftenposten has examined what is currently regarded as the biggest and most active criminal gang operating in Oslo. The mapping makes clear that virtually every person the police have pinpointed as belonging to this network has parents with immigrant backgrounds.
Continue reading »Iran publicly executes 19-year-old wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi in open defiance—a direct thumb in the eye of the US and every voice that values basic human decency. His only offence: participating in January’s protests. The regime has just shown it gives zero fucks about international opinion.
Continue reading »The extraordinary meeting of the Council of State at the Royal Palace in Oslo on Wednesday followed a serious misstep by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who convened a Nordic summit with Canada’s Mark Carney and signalled that an expanded Nordic region would pursue an independent security policy, emphasising the High North. This coincided with Donald Trump in Washington calling for allied support.
Continue reading »A man in his 30s and the girl’s own mother have been charged after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly married off in a religious ceremony outside Bergen. An imam is said to have conducted the wedding.
Continue reading »Denmark’s war chest is nearly depleted, having already spent more than 500 billion on rearmament, with no sign of slowing. The Danes wish to retain control over Greenland and were prepared to stand up to the USA, while at the same time adopting an aggressively oriented stance towards Russia.
Continue reading »Jonas Gahr Støre praises Jürgen Habermas because he built his philosophy on conversation, interaction, and dialogue. The opposite of the use of power. But Støre is not consistent. He is waging war in Ukraine. There is not much dialogue towards Russia. Here, an entirely different philosophy comes into play, yet Støre sees no contradiction. He […]
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