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‘Ruthless’ gang of girls carry out a mob attack on a 13-year-old: ‘Hit her harder, then!’

Two Somali girls have been convicted following a mob attack on a 13-year-old girl of Asian descent in downtown Bjørvika and subsequently at fashionable Aker Brygge.

Pope Leo XIV has completed a four-day visit to France. He met President Macron, prayed at Notre-Dame, gathered hundreds of thousands for Mass on Place de la Concorde and urged France’s bishops to preach with hope. The visit made the Catholic faith visible in a secular country and raised the question of whether the Church’s eldest daughter is returning to her roots.

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We have lost our sense of greatness

Hans Rustad

In ‘Giant’, James Dean plays Jett Rink, the poor ranch hand who strikes oil and becomes fabulously rich. It is a story that could hardly have been European. The egos are too small in Europe. In America, there is room for them. Perhaps that is also why Europeans find it so difficult to understand Donald Trump.

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Almost all Norwegian data centres requiring power are foreign-owned

Erling Marthinsen

Foreign companies own 90 per cent of Norway’s data-centre capacity. This creates few permanent jobs but poses challenges to national security, according to the Norwegian Board of Technology. Foreign-owned companies…

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EU quietly asks governments to reduce energy demand

Christian Skaug

EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen is urging the governments of the Union’s member states in a letter to curb energy demand in order to reduce gas and electricity consumption amid…

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Trump: I wouldn’t have released them

Hans Rustad

It caused a stir when Scotland Yard announced that all five suspects in the terrorist plot against the Fairford base had been released on bail. Trump said: “I wouldn’t have…

Editorials

Norway’s Conservatives humiliated as they drift towards Labour

Kjell Erik Eilertsen

After 22 years under Erna Solberg, Ine Eriksen Søreide continues on the same course, as a pale imitation of Labour, with some tax rhetoric for appearance’s sake. But it lacks…

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Election fraud in the US: Authorities target illegal voters across the country

Tove Elisabeth Rooney

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin says the authorities are now investigating 1,620 cases and that 151 people have been arrested. In addition, around 300,000 election-fraud cases are being reviewed.…

The board

UN: US deportations trigger flood of human rights violations

Erling Marthinsen

The UN apparently wants Western countries to open their borders to the entire world, including criminal migrants. That is why its ‘experts’ are strongly critical of all forms of deportation.

Opinion

Wasa 2.0: Captain Andersson never made it out of the harbor

Helena Edlund

It was meant to be a grand red-green armada under Magdalena Andersson’s command. Instead, it has run aground. Not one of the red-green party leaders even displays the maturity required…

Editorials

The asylum system must be abolished before Britain is destroyed

Kathrine Jebsen Moore

Illegal immigration is the issue that concerns Britons most, and a large majority believe the numbers are far too high. Yet Labour politicians want more of the policies that have…

Opinion

When will the mass deportations begin?

Kasper Støvring

Deportations threaten the rule of law, so the common claim goes. But the exact opposite is true: It is the failure to enforce the law that threatens the state. A…

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Sweden: Andersson gives up attempt to form government

Espen Teigen

Magdalena Andersson sees no possibility of forming a government in Sweden. The Left Party is demanding a place at the government table, while the Centre Party refuses to let them…

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Jailed and charged with criminal damage after puncturing migrant boat in the Channel

Christian Skaug

Danny Tommo, who recently organised protests against illegal migration in Dover and Portsmouth, appears in court on Tuesday charged with criminal damage after puncturing a migrant boat in the Channel…

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Major Iranian terror attack on US base foiled by alert farmer

Hans Rustad

A farmer’s vigilance foiled a major Iranian terrorist attack on RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The farmer thought three large white vans looked suspicious and called the police emergency number. Officers…

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Justice Minister denies Norway has lost control to migrant gangs

Espen Teigen

Criminal networks are recruiting children, and two 13-year-olds were apprehended after a grenade attack in Oslo. Justice Minister Astri Aas-Hansen (Labour Party) nevertheless rejects the claim that Norway has developed…

Editorials

Sweden is lost – and I wish I had been wrong

Helena Edlund

I have warned for years. Against Islamization, against clan loyalty, against a society where democracy can be used to abolish democracy, and against a development that would eventually reach a…

Editorials

Netanyahu’s reckoning with the hypocrisy of the UN and the West

Michal Rachel Suissa

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s conduct during the UN meeting in New York is remarkable, to put it mildly. His blind support for a dying organisation characterised by corruption and…

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Race scandal at Stanford: ‘I was erased and silenced’

Tove Elisabeth Rooney

Stanford University is under fire after the university used artificial intelligence to change both the race and sex of students who had been photographed in an advertisement for the school’s…

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Norwegian lawyer threatened with knife, bound and locked in bathroom while three immigrants stole Rolex watches

Espen Teigen

The Norwegian lawyer lay bound inside the bathroom while the three robbers stole watches worth more than USD 60,000.

Editorials

Those in power have Pharisees to do their dirty work

Christian Skaug

The Pharisees came to their senses when Jesus said that whoever was without sin could cast the first stone at the adulteress. Today’s self-proclaimed sinless Pharisees are more than willing…

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Government closes comments amid backlash over $13m for Palestine

John Martin Johansen

Earlier this week, the government announced on Facebook that Norway is increasing its aid to Palestine by NOK 125 million. The comments section filled so quickly with angry reactions that…

Opinion

When the applause dies away: What remains of Epstein’s powerful friends?

Nina Cappelen

We measure value in money. Property. Career. Influence. Contacts. Titles. But life keeps a different set of accounts, with entirely different entries. Integrity. Family. Conscience. Sleep. Self-respect. Peace. And love.…

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Do we protect our ‘vulnerable children’?

Yngve Nedrebø

Abusers are normally extremely adept at finding and manipulating vulnerable children. Children who have been in public care often appear subdued; they are not accustomed to being seen, and they…

Opinion

Trump and Netanyahu are trying to prevent a takeover of Western civilisation

Majid Rafizadeh

What Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have done is not merely to combat terrorist groups. They have prevented these groups from achieving their main objective: taking over Western civilisation. Without…

Editorials

Norway’s largest newspapers and the press code: Do as we say, not as we do

Tove Elisabeth Rooney

During a debate this week on Norway’s state broadcaster over Document’s editor, the witch-hunt against Hans Rustad and Document unfolded in real time, and the hypocrisy was palpable. We examine…

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AfD’s ‘demographic turnaround’ for Germany: Boost the birth rate, not immigration

Arnt Jensvoll

AfD is mobilising against Germany’s declining birth rate. Family policy is to encourage more children among the native population: ‘Otherwise, the future of the German people is threatened.’

Opinion

The Greenland agreement is predictable realism in an era of great-power rivalry

Kasper Støvring

The Greenland agreement is a solution – as in all great-power politics, a temporary solution – to three geopolitical conflicts that have intensified in our time and will outlast Trump.…

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Germany: SPD leader calls for a ban on the AfD

Christian Skaug

Lars Klingbeil, one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Deputy Minister-President in Friedrich Merz’s government, is calling for consideration to be given to initiating proceedings to…

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Integration minister wants immigrant women in work – the figures show why it is not so simple

John Martin Johansen

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Kjersti Stenseng (Labour Party) wants immigrant women to learn Norwegian while they work. The message from the government’s new integration strategy is optimistic. The…

News Brief

EU faces energy crisis

Hans Rustad

The EU itself says it is facing an energy crisis and is asking member states to limit consumption. The EU blames the Iran war, but has itself taken several steps…

Editorials

Trump saves Greenland

Per Antonsen

We find nothing in the agreement that confirms or indicates that the accusations of abuse of power by the United States have any basis in fact. The agreement is very…

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Lesbian bar relaxes mask rule – receives firebomb threat

Espen Teigen

A lesbian bar in Massachusetts sought to rescue its finances by making masks optional on Saturdays. The move prompted accusations of discrimination and eugenics. Even the bar’s apology drew criticism.

Sports

Manchester City found guilty of 114 of 115 charges

Erling Marthinsen

Manchester City have been under investigation for years over breaches of Premier League rules. They have now been found guilty on 114 of 115 charges. The punishment will be decided…

Editorials

Who gets to define the truth?

Hans Rustad

The meeting of the Norwegian Editors’ Association is under way as I walk up into the woods. But today this is about far more than Hans Rustad and Document: It…

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Where is the common sense?

Hans Rustad

PFU rulings are pouring in. At the same time, a newspaper has been found in breach for publishing a text by Anne Kalvig about sex and trans issues, and during…

Culture

The dilemmas and timeless emptiness of contemporary art

Paul Grøtvedt

The concept of contemporary art has long been a fashionable designation for influential art. Although the present never remains still, but constantly shifts forwards, the use of the term, if…

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Half of Danes say no to armed resistance in event of invasion

Merete Skar

Only 34 per cent of Danes believe they would be prepared for armed combat if the country were invaded, a Megafon poll shows. Half say no. Former Defence Minister Hans…

The board

Why we published Anne Kalvig’s ‘forbidden opinion piece’: ‘Hurrah for brave Conservative women!’

Hans Rustad

The PFU believed the opinion piece should not have been published. We nevertheless chose to make it available – together with the PFU’s criticism and the contributions from the other…

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