Norway

How Norway Avoided Becoming A Fascist State

Donald Trump’s obvious affection for authoritarians is prompting worried comparisons of our polarized country to the polarized Germany of the 1920s and ’30s. Since I’m known to see in polarization both crisis and opportunity, my friends are asking me these days about Hitler, the worst-case scenario. I grant the possibility of the United States going fascist, but argue that will[Read More...]

Norway blames ‘Russian hackers’ after defense & security officials fall victim to phishing attack

RT | February 4, 2017 Government officials in Norway have been breached by a phishing attack which authorities promptly pinned on ‘Russian hackers,’ claiming the hack was allegedly traced back to the same culprits that compromised the DNC servers in the US last year. Nine personal civil-servant email accounts have been compromised, the Norwegian Police […]

Norway surprised by Russia’s entry visa rejections to delegates blacklisted months ago

RT | February 2, 2017 Norway has summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain why two of its legislators were denied entry visas. Though the officials were placed on “counter-sanctions” lists and denied entry long ago, Norway has somehow found the rejections “incomprehensible.” An official note containing the same objections preceded the ambassador’s summoning. “The Foreign Ministry […]

Kissinger and Brzezinski to be honoured by Nobel Institute and Oslo University

By Jan Oberg | TFF PressInfo  | November 30, 2016 These two top officials behind major US wars (Iran/Afghanistan and Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos) and regime change (against Allende, Chile) will speak at the first of a new event, The Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo, created by the Nobel Institute in Oslo. The leaders of the two institutions […]

15 European leaders call for new arms deal with Russia

RT | November 26, 2016 Fifteen European countries, headed by Germany, have issued a statement pushing for the reopening of “a new structured dialogue” with Russia aimed at preventing a possible arms race in Europe, according to the German foreign minister. The countries, all belonging to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), […]

Erdogan Is Out of Touch With Reality

"It’s our right to defend it; it’s invasion. It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion. But let’s be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of Erdogan. So, fighting those terrorists is like fighting the army of Erdogan, not the Turkish army, the army of Erdogan."
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