Tromsø is the biggest city in Northern Norway with approximately 54 000 inhabitants. It boasts a state of the art hospital and favors itself as ”the Paris of the north”. During winter Tromsø is as dark as death but in summer the city springs to life as the legitimate child of the midnight sun. All in all Tromsø has much to be proud of, [...]
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Anette Trettebergstuen, Arbeiderpartiet (Photograph from Blikk) Regulars at this site will remember how Anette Trettebergstuen founded the network “Friends of Palestine” in the Norwegian Parliament as a counterweight to the “Friends of Israel” network. Stating that a parliamentarian perfectly well could be member of both networks simultaneously, Trettebergstuen has also said that “Friends of Israel” [...] On April 2nd the Norwegian Ambassador to Israel, Jakken Bjørn Lian, writes to the Jerusalem Post (see below) about the Gaza-march in Olso on January 8th, in which the Norwegian Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen took part. Lian describes the march as : “… a dignified and peaceful event”. Jakken’s statement is in alignment with the press [...] Here is a translation from Norway’s largest daily Verdens Gang, November 25th 2007. Taking into consideration the statements of Yusuf Qaradawi, the opinions of Muhammed ali Chisti and Trond Ali Lindstad, the riots in early January and the theories of the Independent Labor Party we need to ask ourselves if there is a pattern [...] Dagens Næringsliv is Norway’s largest business daily. Yesterday many readers found the following editorial a refreshing change from the same-same of Akersgata (Norway’s Fleet Street): Social commitment The tragedy of Sri Lanka is entering its temporarily last act. During the next few days the last little piece of land still controlled by the LTTE, the Tamil Tigers, will probably be [...] Anti-Norwegian demonstration in Sri Lanka following the attack on Sri Lanka's embassy in Oslo. From VG. Photo by REUTERS. Norwegian tamils demonstrated in Oslo again yesterday, this time outside the central government offices in Akersgata. This is the latest in a series of demonstrations which all look the same: hundreds and thousands of tamils marching [...] Here is an unauthorized translation from Dagbladet on January 8th 2006. Observe that following the conflict the article covers, adviser Gry Larsen retracted her support for a boycott of Israel and toed the official party line. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre’s closest adviser Gry Larsen, wanted to bring Ariel Sharon to trial for war-crimes. She still leads [...] Kristin Halvorsen to the left. The sign at the right says "Evil's largest axis USA and Israel" The Tundra Tabloids picks up on Manfred Gerstenfeld’s latest op-ed to the Jerusalem Post, which concerns Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen and her participation in a march on January 8th (Covered here, here and here). Gerstenfeld’s op-ed is [...] Many Norwegians claim that Norwegian criticism of Israel is legitimate, that Israel has to stand scrutiny just like any other nation, and that pro-Israel allegations of such criticism being anti-Semitic has no foundation in reality and is solely intended to silence critical voices. But let us just look at the last few days: April 23rd: In a letter to Aftenposten, muslim [...] Trond Ali Linstad, photo by Terje Bendiksby for Dagbladet In a letter to Aftenposten today muslim convert Trond Ali Lindstad calls for the “extermination” of Israel’s regime, placing the word extermination in brackets. Linstad is a doctor and for a decade also a member of Arbeidernes Kommunistiske Parti (AKP -Workers Communist Party) as well as an active member of the [...] Document.no runs an interesting post today on the American writer Bruce Bawer. Here’s an excerpt from Document.no’s introduction: Bruce Bawer is making an important contribution in enlightening the Americans about events in Europe: even well informed, educated Americans have no idea. They lack the conceptual background. But the Europeans themselves have not got an overview. There is therefore much [...] From an NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article in Dagsavisen today: Israel’s ambassador Michael Eligal today met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to express disappointment over how Norway reacted to the speech made by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Israel also protested against Norway’s participation in itself at the UN conference against racism, which was boycotted [...] A number of newspapers today run the following NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article – here from Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest daily: Norwegian lawyers file complaint against Israel A group of Norwegian lawyers are filing a complaint against Israel for the attack on Gaza this winter and demand that the specified persons are apprehended if they [...] Dagsavisen, a smaller Norwegian daily, today ran an article under the heading: “Media gullible in Islam-debate?“. Ulf Andenæs, a journalist in Aftenposten, states: “In spite of the broad spectrum of journalists covering islam, I do not know a single person in the Norwegian media who openly supports the large and immigration-critical Progress Party. Here there is [...]
Winston Churchill once said he would rather “jaw-jaw than war-war”, meaning he preferred negotiation to conflict. Aftenposten, a larger Norwegian daily, writes today: Several western nations with the USA leading the way have boycotted the conference, while EU-countries and some others left the conference during Ahmadinejads speech. The representatives of some countries remained seated, [...] |
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