Norwegian Politics, Politics | This is what the newspaper writes about politics on Thursday 21 July
Good times in opposition (post by Petter Farstad, public debater) (Dagsavisen)
Listhaug turned a deaf ear when the Solberg government was warned of the coming power crisis. Today she is the one who screams the loudest. Read more
Sylvi Listhaug is furious at record high petrol prices (ABC News)
– It is a real robbery of everyone who is dependent on a car, whether we are talking about families or business, says the leader of the Progress Party. – The Center Party’s promises were worth nothing and the legitimacy of the government project is gone. Vedum should be the popular minister and listen to the ordinary man and woman in the street, instead he turns them on their backs, says Listhaug. Read more
Støre’s Facebook grip attracts attention: – Not worthy of a prime minister (Online newspaper)
Private individuals are blocked by Jonas Gahr Støre on Facebook. – Anti-communication from Støre’s communication advisers, says Sofie Marhaug (R). Read more
Ressa: 2024 may be the year democracy dies (Aftenposten)
Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa with ominous divination. Read more
Foreign Ministry committees want fewer in the king’s travel party. Suggests ending at weddings in Rome and Paris. (Aftenposten)
The king may have fewer companions when he heads business delegations abroad. It can be concluded at romantic weddings at embassies in Rome, Paris and Copenhagen. And expensive embassy housing can shrink. Read more
Ordinary people sell the boat (Trygve Hegnar’s manager, Finansavisen)
There are fewer boats in this year’s summer traffic at sea. The boat owners must reach 27 kroner per. liters, and then it will be too much for ordinary people, Trygve Hegnar writes in its leader. Read more
Listen to Jens Stoltenberg (leader, Dagens Næringsliv)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg asks Europeans to stop complaining about the economic cost of the war while the Ukrainians die on the battlefield. For that, he gets DN’s full support. Read more
Vy will cut departures on the Bergen line (NRK)
Vy proposes to cut daily departures between Norway’s largest cities from six to four. The Nature Conservation Association’s strength responds to this. Read more
Huitfeldt responds to Erdogan’s statements: – Completely unfounded allegation (VG)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday in almost all Nordic countries, including Norway, that he is a “terrorist nest”. That makes the Secretary of State react. Read more
Then you risk storms of Congress (by columnist Erling Kjekstad) (The Nation)
We are many who less than a year ago full of hope voted for Vedum and Støre, and who are now left disappointed with a lot of anxiety for the future and a little confidence in those who will now steer us into it. Read more
In fact, terrorism rarely happens (post by Alexander Nicodemussen Djuvik, master’s student in social security) (Dagbladet)
The fear of terrorism is exaggerated. If we fight it with dramatic and intrusive legislation, it could pose a danger to both democracy and the rule of law. Read more
We need EU debate now (post by Omar Svendsen-Yagci, leader of Innlandet Unge Venstre) (Dagbladet)
There is war in Europe. If the time for a new EU debate does not pass now, when will it? Read more
LO’s summer patrol uncovered several offenses against young employees (NTB)
LO’s summer patrol found violations of the Working Environment Act at 50 percent of the 4,395 jobs they checked this year. Read more
Take the state to court to stop the fjord landfill (NRK)
The Norwegian Society for Nature Conservation joins Nature and Youth in the lawsuit against the Ministry of Climate and the Environment. Read more
Refugees must be allowed to work only in kindergartens and with cleaning (article by Tina Hansen, PhD candidate and senior lecturer, UiT Norwegian Arctic University, Gunn Elin Fedreheim, postdoctoral fellow and PhD in sociology, UiT Norwegian Arctic University, Marit Aure, head of department and professor of social sciences, UiT Norwegian Arctic University) (Aftenposten)
Norwegian municipalities need to make more internships available. Read more
Move drug sales from Route 26 to the liquor store (Norwegian debate. By Tore Mangseth, sociologist) (Nettavisen)
The state has to take over responsibility for the sale of cannabis. Read more
We can not save the world, but we can save little girls who grow up in Norway (Norwegian debate. By columnist Lily Bandehy) (Nettavisen)
The credit lies in the bone marrow of women who have grown up in a culture characterized by a strength between the sexes. A culture that connects the female body, female hair and women’s infatuation with sin. Read more
Zelensky: Russia uses Ukraine as test area for attacks on other country (NTB)
Russia is using Ukraine as a testing ground for possible attacks on other European countries, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read more
CIA chief: Ukraine has made China think new about a possible Taiwan invasion (NTB)
Russia’s war in Ukraine has made China think more in the direction of “when” the country should invade Taiwan, and no longer about “whether” they should invade. Read more
The CIA estimates that 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine (NTB)
15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far in the war, while 45,000 have been wounded, the CIA estimates. Read more
Kicked by Zelenskyj (Dagbladet)
Several of the top people around Zelenskyj have been fired. They have one thing in common, says expert. Read more
Expert on Lavrov statement: – Something he thinks Putin will like to hear (VG)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will expand its military targets in Ukraine. But there is a great distance between populist proposals and the realities on the ground, says Professor Tormod Heier. Read more
Now Putin will no longer settle for the Donbas (comment by Ole Kristian Strøm) (VG)
Russia is changing its strategy in Ukraine – again. Well, the Kremlin openly threatens that they will not limit themselves to “liberating” the Donbas region in the east. Read more
Can get help from Kim (Dagbladet)
Russian authorities open to using North Korean labor to rebuild occupied territories in Ukraine. Read more
Boris Johnsen: “Hasta la vista, skat!” (NTB)
Such was Boris Johnson’s farewell when he took part in his question time in Parliament as Prime Minister on Wednesday. Read more
Rishi Sunak and Liz Trus must fight to become Britain’s next prime minister (NTB)
The battle to become Tory leader and Britain’s next prime minister is between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. Read more
Belgium ratifies extradition agreement with Iran (NTB)
The Belgian National Assembly has ratified and strengthened criticized extradition contract with Iran. Read more
Answer: Draghi will announce his resignation on Thursday (NTB)
Three parties in the Italian National Assembly boycotted the vote to see Mario Draghi as prime minister. He may retire on Thursday. Read more
Strike back: – Conspiracy theories are the republic’s favorite hobby (Online newspaper)
The debate rages after yesterday’s arrest of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more
USA: Biden warns of several climate measures (NTB)
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday launched a series of presidential orders to combat climate change. Read more
New US state considers abortion ban (NTB)
Leaders of the Indiana State Senate have proposed banning abortion with few exceptions, shortly after it became known that a 10-year-old went to the state to have an abortion. Read more
Giuliani must appear before the grand jury (NTB)
A court in New York has ordered Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani to appear before a grand jury in Atlanta. Read more
Senate Committee sole on proposed amendments to U.S. Census Act (NTB)
A committee of senators, consisting of eight Democrats and eight Republicans, have jointly agreed to propose amendments to the U.S. Electoral Code. Read more
Iran is recalling its ambassador to Sweden (NTB)
Iran calls home its ambassador to Sweden to protest the verdict against Iranian citizen Hamid Noury. Read more
New nuclear power plant approved in UK (NTB)
The British government has approved a new nuclear power plant in East London, which can generate electricity for six million homes. Read more
WHO: Refugees and migrants receive poorer health care (NTB)
Refugees and migrants receive lower standards of health care in the countries they come to yet another local population, a new report shows. Read more
Democracy is in free fall in large parts of East Africa. A peaceful election in Kenya is completely peaceful. (Aftenposten)
In August, it is the presidential election in Kenya. With a long history of turbulent elections, Kenyans are preparing for the worst. Read more
Murder, torture and imprisonment. A new UN report shows hundreds of human rights violations in the Taliban’s Afghanistan. (Aftenposten)
According to the UN, the Taliban have committed hundreds of human rights violations after seizing power in Afghanistan in August last year. Including extrajudicial killings and torture. Read more