Opinion

Juliana Baffoe is Norway’s new ambassador to Estonia

Juliana Baffoe was appointed Norway’s new ambassador to Estonia on Tuesday, 11 August. ‘We are pleased to announce that the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway, Juliana Baffoe, today presented her diplomatic credentials to the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, and conveyed personal greetings from His Majesty King Harald of Norway,’ the Norwegian Embassy in Tallinn wrote in connection with the ceremony.

Diary from Ukraine – Day 6

The diary has reached the Ukrainian highlands, which at times offer glimpses of Nordic latitudes, but history reminds us that Ukraine has had a worse past – and Norway may have a worse future.

Diary from Ukraine – Day 5

A detour from the rain of bombs over Kyiv brings the diary to the time capsule of a village at Chernelyts’ka, south-east of Ivano-Frankivsk, near the Romanian border.

The justice system does not believe women subjected to intimate partner violence by foreigners

A recurring feature in the accounts of Nawid Bayan’s relationships with Norwegian women is the use of violence. Normally, this should lead to the recognition of a pattern and to reports and circumstances being taken seriously. But not with Bayan, even though Maren Sømme died the day after she was found. Defence counsel Arvid Sjødin even insists that he believes his client, who is charged with murder.

Diary from Ukraine – Day 4

The diary takes a detour from Kyiv through the Carpathians. The journey first goes to Ivano-Frankivsk and the plains, before the route heads up into the mountains. Later, the journey continues towards Odesa and the Black Sea.

Ukraine Diary – Day 3

Day three follows the journey from Lviv to Kyiv, itself recently battered by heavy missile attacks, despite brilliant sunshine and 35-degree heat. A delayed overnight train, an air-raid arrival, a night in a bomb shelter, and memorials to the fallen reveal how ordinary life and war coexist in Ukraine’s embattled capital.

James Woods warns of a Muslim invasion of America

Woods describes the Muslim invasion as a cancer and believes the election of Zohran Mamdani is the most dangerous event in modern American history. The actor knows better than most: one month before 9/11, he shared a first-class cabin with four of the hijackers. He believes the Federal Aviation Administration failed to pass his warning on to the FBI for fear of accusations of racial profiling.

Rod Liddle dies: Britain loses one of its most humane voices

Rod Liddle was a popular and widely admired British columnist who spoke a language ordinary people understood. A member of the Labour Party for 40 years, he eventually concluded that Labour had betrayed the working class. Liddle has now died at the age of just 66.

Ukraine Diary – Day 2

Day two begins with a chance encounter with a young medical student whose father has recently been conscripted. In Lviv, a ceremony honours eight fallen soldiers before visits to Olesko and the famed Kryivka restaurant, where Ukraine’s wartime history and national memory are preserved.

One terrorist in Berlin – and a thousand others

The 21-year-old terrorist has received extensive media coverage. He has succeeded in telling all Islamists (and other extremists on both the left and the right) what he thinks about LGBT Pride.