UPDATED, ADDITIONAL 3rd PARAGRAPH 20:25 10 July 2020 | Reindeer migrate mostly freely through the year. As they don’t have passports nor need to, for a long time Swedish and Norwegian reindeer caretakers were allowed to follow the herds. But it now leads to conflict, and the Norwegians are not happy with what the strongest […]
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Is the State of Norway killing its own citizens with oil?
The State of Norway has again to show up in court because it has given company licenses to drill for oil in the Arctic region. After lower judges ruled it was kind of okay, environmental watchdog Greenpeace and two Norwegian organisation are stepping up their efforts and want a final ruling from the highest Norwegian […]
ISIS woman splits Norwegian govt to almost goodbye
The populistic Frp party has left the Norwegian government, over the return of a woman of the radical ISIS organisation and her son. However the ultra-right Frp remains a strong force when it comes to government decisions. Click to listen to my radio talk (in Dutch)Scroll to 00:49:29 into the broadcastVRT Radio 1, De Wereld […]
Trondheim: End of the Pilgrimage
You might have heard of the road to Santiago de Compostela, Europe’s most famous pilgrimage, but what about the holy road to Nidaros? Situated at the Atlantic coast, tucked away in a Norwegian fjord, it is the end of the Saint Olav’s Trail and is better known for its current official name: Trondheim. Even for […]
Russian “spy wale” is a therapist, not a soldier
A beluga with a harness. This must be a military whale, Norwegians thought when the animal surfaced in their waters. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. This is the property of St. Petersburg a sign on the beluga read which fishermen saw swimming around their boat in May, just off the coast of […]