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Bessent means business

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to force Iran to its knees and is making use of the vast market that trades in dollars. The United States will no longer tolerate those who trade with Iran. It is one or the other.

Algerian profile to Document: – Get out of the New Norway

A Facebook profile with clear connections to Algeria asks Document and the newspaper’s journalist to leave Norway. “You are not welcome”, writes the man, who refers to the country as “the new Noreg”.

Drones for Ukraine being produced in Norway

Støre and Zelenskyy signed a strategic partnership agreement in Kyiv on Sunday. It is now being stated for the first time that drones for Ukraine are being produced in Norway. This could make us a party to the war. Russia has already warned the United Kingdom. Denmark is also producing Ukrainian drones.

Ukraine seeks permission to use Starlink for military operations inside Russia

Ukraine is seeking permission from Elon Musk to use Starlink-equipped drones against ballistic missile launchers deep inside Russia. It is unlikely to receive it. Trump has already reacted coolly to a request from Zelenskyj.

Italy and Germany clash over migration: German NGOs have brought tens of thousands of migrants to Italy

In recent years, 40,000 migrants have been brought to Italian shores by NGO ships, more than half of them aboard German vessels. When the same asylum seekers travel onwards within the Schengen Area, Germany asks Italy to take them back. This is causing irritation in Rome.

Brussels wants to return all illegal migrants in Ceuta – Including minors

The European Commission supports Spain’s goal of returning everyone staying illegally in Ceuta following the mass arrival from Morocco. This also applies to unaccompanied minors, although they are subject to special provisions.

Editor wants to put the comments field to death: – Time for a dignified death

Editor-in-chief Bjørn Kristoffer Bore of the once Christian Conservative newspaper Vårt Land considers that the comments field has lived its life. “What started as an exciting and democratic dream has become a boring and grey nightmare”, he writes. Now he wishes to give the field “a dignified death”.

University of Oslo stopped hate preacher – not because of the message

The hate preacher Mohamad Baajour will not appear at the University of Oslo on Friday. UiO stops the event organised by the Muslim Student Society because tickets were sold, not because Baajour is regarded as an extremist. Commercial actors breach the university’s guidelines.

Iran taken over by hardliners with Wolasmal as spokesman on NRK

The leadership in Iran has been taken over by hardliners who place ideology above the people and the nation’s survival. That is what they are loyal to. Therefore it is logical that the gaps in the power structure are filled by veterans from the war against Saddam Hussein. They learned to be ruthless, and now they have use for methods of that kind.

Political attack during gay pride parade was probably never investigated

Norwegian police in Agder spent eight months on a case involving violence and criminal damage directed at the Norway Democrats party in Kristiansand. It has now emerged that the police probably did not investigate the case.