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Citizen Vigilante: When the state stops enforcing the law

The film Citizen Vigilante is causing a stir in Germany. It portrays an ordinary citizen who takes the law into his own hands because the authorities have stopped doing so. Many people will recognise their own reality in its story. That is why the film has been completely banned in Germany. Yet it has spread across the Western world, wherever lawlessness is on the rise. It premiered in the United States on 19 May.

Patriots seize on the rowing

It was inevitable: the Viking image and the collective rowing would be seized upon by people concerned with saving the West. Brigitte Gabriel is one of them. She compares the rowing in Times Square to the occasion when Muslims held a prayer gathering there.

Norwegian media framing: “Alleged” drug smugglers taken out

Norwegian News Agency NTB reports that “two killed in a US strike on a suspected drug boat”. NTB now uses the qualifying terms “suspected” and “alleged” when referring to the drug smugglers targeted by the Americans. The news agency also, almost as a matter of routine, cites critics who describe the operations as “extrajudicial executions”.

45% say Pride takes up too much space, up from 32% in 2022

Bufdir has measured public attitudes towards Pride and LGBTQ people and does not like what it has found. The figures are therefore presented in a way that softens their impact. No effort is made to investigate why opinion is turning: could it be that Pride has assumed a prominence disproportionate to the number of LGBTQ people? The question is not even asked. Instead, attention is directed towards portraying the trend as a negative development.

Tame protest against remigration conference

A large police presence took the wind out of the demonstrators who had turned up to harass the Norway Democrats’ Remigration Conference. They were simply not allowed through and had to content themselves with shouting “no fascists in our streets”. When one sees the development in Europe, one may wonder who the real fascists are.

Politicians have only themselves to blame for the riots in Belfast

The British have for decades called for stricter border control, but they are either ignored or branded racists by politicians who don’t care about their own population.

Iran says it has carried out attacks in Iraq

The war in Iran is creating problems for the Iranian national football team, which is due to take part in the World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada, beginning on Thursday 11 June. Tehran’s continued military attacks are unlikely to help.

Bold break-in at Oslo’s Glasmagasinet in front of crowds of onlookers

A person smashed a large hole in the window of Glasmagasinet at Stortorvet in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday morning, climbed in and stole goods, without caring that many people were standing outside watching what was happening. This is the second shocking break-in in the city centre in a short space of time. On 19 May, someone smashed a large plate-glass window at the upmarket Gucci store and stole handbags.

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit given just one year to live

It is shockingly brutal to hear a doctor say that in order to be placed on the waiting list for new lungs, you must have only one year left to live. Norway’s Crown Princess is in that category. Her condition has deteriorated dramatically.

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.