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EU wants 25% of congestion revenues — and to use them outside Norway

A number of EU countries, among them Germany, France and Sweden, have taken a negative stance towards the content of the grid package. Like Norway, the Swedes are highly negative towards using congestion revenues to finance grid expansion.

«Sentimental Value» named Best International Feature Film

Joachim Trier’s «Sentimental Value» won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. It is the first time a Norwegian feature film has won an Oscar. «Sentimental Value» was nominated in no fewer than nine categories, but “only” won this one: Best International. It is a prize that ranks highly.

Danish PM: The US most important, but not the closest

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen went straight from the Nordic summit in Oslo to a party leaders’ debate with the Liberal Party’s Troels Lund Poulsen, who is also defence minister. She was the one who most clearly distanced herself from the current administration in Washington, describing the United States as “most important, but not the closest”. She was not asked how a small country like Denmark can take that stance yet still expect full support in wartime.

PST warns about terror financing but overlooks the biggest source of funding

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) warns – quite rightly – that collections for “good causes” can be misused for terrorist financing. But providing subsistence to would-be terrorists, as the public welfare agency NAV does, amounts to terrorist financing on a far larger scale.

New concession to Islam: Children told not to draw Jesus to avoid offending Muslims

British schools are now being advised to avoid art, music and dance that could offend Islamic norms. In Labour-run councils, warnings include drawing Jesus and other prophets.

Støre at the head of Nordic anti-US front

Norway’s PM Jonas Gahr Støre appears eager to impress as host to Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson, Finland’s Petteri Orpo, Iceland’s Kristrún Frostadóttir and Canada’s Mark Carney by striking some of the most aggressive rhetorical tones against the United States. Støre distances himself from the war against Iran, yet at the same time wants “NATO” involved in a strategy for the High North. But NATO without the United States is next to nothing.

NRK: “Far-right feminists” say immigration is making women unsafe

A correspondent for Norway’s public broadcaster NRK warns against what he calls “France’s far-right feminists”, a group that argues that much of the violence against European women is committed by immigrants.

Gang of eight posed as bank staff to defraud elderly women — bought Rolex watches with the proceeds

Over the course of three months last year, they carried out at least twelve systematic fraud operations targeting elderly women in Oslo and Lillestrøm.

Left bedridden in hospital for months – Council breaks the law

Patients who have completed treatment are left lying in hospital for months because Tromsø municipality is unable to provide them with health services. The County Governor now demands that the situation be rectified swiftly, three years after the municipality was first informed that it was breaking the law.

New scandal in Red Youth

Rød Ungdom (RU) has posted a video in which they joke about the bomb at the American embassy last weekend. On its website, the youth party has also named “three brothers” as heroes of the week, referring to the attack. A few months ago, Amrit Kaur, former leader of the youth wing of the party […]