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  • Electric buses could not withstand the cold in Oslo

    12/14/2023 3:18:02 PM PST · by DFG · 30 replies
    Nordic Times ^ | 12/11/2023 | EDITORIAL STAFF
    At the beginning of last week, several bus services in Oslo were cancelled. The reason was that the new electric buses could not cope with the cold. On Monday, about 50 city buses were cancelled and taken out of service. The bus company Ruter reported that the range of the electric buses was not as good as usual because of the cold weather. It was about 12 degrees below zero. – The buses run out of power more quickly. We are now registering what happens day by day, and then we will see how we can improve this in the...
  • Liberman: 'The Oslo experiment has ended'

    12/01/2023 5:52:01 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 17 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/12/23
    Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman commented on the continued hostilities in Gaza and declared that the Oslo Accords could be considered defunct. "The 30-year-long Oslo experiment, in which we paid a heavy price in human lives, has come to its end," he wrote. "The recent events have proved beyond all doubt that a serial Holocaust denier, and someone who refused to denounce the October 7th massacre with even a single word, neither can nor should rule in Judea and Samaria, or the Gaza Strip." "We must say the truth: Two states for two peoples, a Palestinian nation, and giving...
  • The forgotten speech of Yasser Arafat

    12/28/2022 11:08:59 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 28/12/22 | Barry Shaw
    After Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn in 1993, he committed himself to another peace agreement, the Gaza-Jericho Agreement with Israel, which he signed. On his way to be readmitted into Judea and Samaria (aka 'West Bank') by Israel he spoke at a mosque in Johannesburg South Africa in May 1994, after signing this second agreement and just days before Israel withdrew from Jericho as a further peace gesture. This speech was secretly recorded by a South African journalist and was subsequently broadcast on Israeli radio. This is part of what he said… ..... “What...
  • Revealed: Iranian refugee turned 'terrorist', 42, 'who killed two in Islamist attack' on Oslo gay bar after coming to Norway when he was 12 - as video shows clubbers fleeing for their lives

    06/25/2022 9:42:31 AM PDT · by DFG · 21 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 06/25/2022 | Adam Solomons
    The terror suspect charged with killing two people and injuring 21 more at an Oslo gay bar last night has been named as a 42-year-old ex-plumber born in Iran. Zaniar Matapour was born in Iranian Kurdistan before coming to Bergen, Norway as a refugee at the age of 12. He was charged early this morning with two murders, attempted murder and terrorism after the homophobic terror attack at city centre LGBT+ haunt London Pub. The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) investigated Matapour just a month ago, but decided he was 'not an imminent threat', Norwegian national broadcaster VG reported. PST...
  • Two dead, 14 wounded in Norway nightclub shooting, police say

    06/24/2022 7:42:34 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 40 replies
    CTVnews ^ | 06 24 2022 | Staff
    OSLO - Two people were killed and 14 wounded on Saturday in a shooting at a nightclub and in nearby streets in Norway's capital Oslo, Norwegian police said. A suspect believed to be the sole perpetrator was apprehended, police told reporters. The crime scene extended from the London Pub via a neighbouring club and onward to a nearby street where the suspect was apprehended a few minutes after the shooting began, police spokesman Tore Barstad told newspaper Aftenposten. The London Pub is a popular gay bar and nightclub in the centre of Oslo. "I saw a man arrive with a...
  • ‘I’m afraid we’re going to have a food crisis’: The energy crunch has made fertilizer too expensive to produce, says Yara CEO

    11/07/2021 9:27:49 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 40 replies
    Fortune via Yahoo ^ | 11 04 2021 | Katherine Dunn
    The world is facing the prospect of a dramatic shortfall in food production as rising energy prices cascade through global agriculture, the CEO of Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara International says. "I want to say this loud and clear right now, that we risk a very low crop in the next harvest," said Svein Tore Holsether, the CEO and president of the Oslo-based company. "I’m afraid we’re going to have a food crisis." Speaking to Fortune on the sidelines of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Holsether said that the sharp rise in energy prices this summer and autumn had already...
  • REMEMBERING: Launch of Strong Cities Network to Strengthen Community Resilience Against Violent Extremism [U.N.]

    06/08/2020 9:02:06 PM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 11 replies
    excerpt: "Cities are vital partners in international efforts to build social cohesion and resilience to violent extremism. Local communities and authorities are the most credible and persuasive voices to challenge violent extremism in all of its forms and manifestations in their local contexts. While many cities and local authorities are developing innovative responses to address this challenge, no systematic efforts are in place to share experiences, pool resources and build a community of cities to inspire local action on a global scale. “The Strong Cities Network will serve as a vital tool to strengthen capacity-building and improve collaboration,” said Attorney...
  • Fearful Norwegians Wonder: Are ‘Swedish Conditions’ Coming to the Streets of Oslo?

    11/22/2019 6:00:20 AM PST · by karpov · 34 replies
    Quillette ^ | November 21, 2019 | Kathrine Jebsen Moore
    Oslo is an unremarkable place compared to other European capitals, lacking the picturesque charm of smaller Norwegian cities such as Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. But it’s pleasant and pretty enough. Tourists find it easy to get around, with lots to explore. The Oslo Opera House, which opened in 2008, is spectacular. And in summer, you can swim in the Oslofjord and enjoy expensive utepils (“outside beer”) on the seafront or on Karl Johans gate, the city’s broad main street. Like the rest of Norway, Oslo traditionally has been a safe place, even by the standards of other wealthy countries. It’s...
  • Armed man steals ambulance and hits bystanders before police open fire in Oslo

    10/22/2019 4:44:52 AM PDT · by PghBaldy · 18 replies
    The Mirror (UK) ^ | October 22 | Bradley Jolly
    An armed man has stolen an ambulance and driven it at multiple people in a busy city. A child, believed to be a baby or toddler, is among those injured and dashed to hospital. Emergency services are desperately trying to calm the chaotic situation in Oslo, Norway. Witnesses said they've also heard gunshots. A police helicopter has been spotted scouring the vicinity.
  • Abbas: If Jordan Valley is annexed - all agreements will be canceled

    09/26/2019 10:57:19 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 31 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 26/9/19
    Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his speech at the UN threatened to cancel PA-Israel agreements if the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea are annexed...
  • US State Department removes all mention of Palestinian Authority

    08/25/2019 3:31:31 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 37 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 25/8/19
    The US State Department website has deleted the Palestinian Authority from the list of countries and areas on its website. Until recently, 'Palestinians' appeared on the site under the name 'Palestinian Authority' and before that the 'Palestinian Territories'. Over the past year there has been a significant devaluation of the Palestinian status on the US side, with the State Department ordering to remove any reference that included the word 'occupied territories' in reference to the Palestinian Arabs. .....
  • 25 Years After Oslo: The Elephant in the Room

    04/14/2019 8:28:35 AM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 30 replies
    jihadwatch.org ^ | Apr 14, 2019 | Robert L. Meyer
    I have been a student of Islam for five+ years because I wanted to know what motivates so called "Islamist" or "Radical" Muslims against Jews, Israel and the West. I now understand. The short article below sets out the argument why "Land For Peace" is simply impossible under Islam, owing to Koran Sura 2, Verse 191 — and it is for this reason (and Western and Israeli diplomats and negotiators' ignorance of it) that it has been, is, and will be impossible for Muslim Palestinians to make peace with Israel. This Palestinian position has been confirmed by the top Palestinian...
  • Dear Leftists, you bring war and bloodshed

    03/11/2019 10:03:46 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 7 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 11/3/19 | Yair Netanyahu
    While the Left made "peace" with the Oslo Accords, and a meaningless paper was signed on the White House lawn, every day a bus or restaurant exploded here and Jews were murdered. While the Left says today there's no hope for peace, and it's true there's been no ceremony with a signature on a piece of paper, but the security situation is the calmest since the establishment of the State, the economy is flourishing, there's a record number of tourists arriving in Israel, Israel's at the height of its international status since King Solomon's reign, and our relations with most...
  • Revisiting—and Politicizing—the 2011 Oslo Massacres

    10/13/2018 11:08:21 AM PDT · by rktman · 10 replies
    pjmedia.com ^ | 10/12/2018 | Bruce Bawer
    Just out on Netflix, Paul Greengrass's new film, 22 July, takes its title from the date in 2011 on which a lone maniac named Anders Behring Breivik murdered seventy-seven people in Norway. But only the first third or so of the movie covers the actual events of that date – the massive explosion Breivik set off in a parked panel truck outside the major government building in Oslo, killing eight, and the shootings he then carried out at the ruling Labor Party's annual summer youth camp on the nearby island of Utøya, which took sixty-nine lives. The second third of...
  • Activists win Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end sexual violence in war

    10/05/2018 6:20:17 AM PDT · by DFG · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/05/2018 | AP
    The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its announcement. “Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and other.” Mukwege has treated thousands of...
  • The Oslo process – 25 years on

    09/05/2018 5:46:23 AM PDT · by SJackson · 8 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | September 2, 2018 | Efraim Inbar
    The abject failure of the Oslo Accords has had a salutary effect on Israeli society. Israelis are today quite resilient, ready to endure – if necessary – protracted conflict. The Oslo process – started between Israel and the Palestinians 25 years ago – clearly failed to bring a resolution to the conflict and did not result in peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. The nearly 1,600 Israeli casualties and many more thousands of wounded during this period by Palestinian terrorist and rocket attacks testify to this failure. Yitzhak Rabin’s land-for-security formula did not work. Be the first to know -...
  • Life was good for Stone Age Norwegians along Oslo Fjord

    06/04/2018 4:54:03 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 52 replies
    Science Nordic ^ | May 10, 2018 | Nancy Bazilchuk, based on article by Lasse Biornstad
    Southeastern Norway is the most populous part of Norway today. Based on an analysis of more than 150 settlements along Oslo Fjord, the area apparently also appealed to Stone Age people. Eleven thousand years ago at the end of the last ice age, Norway was buried under a thick layer of ice. But it didn't take long for folks to wander their way north as the ice sheet melted away. The first traces of human habitation in Norway date from roughly 9500 BC. Steinar Solheim is an archaeologist at the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History who has worked...
  • Hey, Moose! Say CHEESE!

    05/11/2018 12:35:12 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 53 replies
    www.concordmonitor.com ^ | Thursday, May 10, 2018 | Monitor staff
    As New Hampshire’s moose population struggles, the state fish and game department is asking people to submit photos of moose taken in New Hampshire from May 1 to May 15, as part of its spring moose survey. The photos help biologists monitor the health of the herd. One family in Merrimack got an up-close photo of a moose, which wandered into their yard and right up to the window. Resident Nichole DiVietro caught the moose’s surprise visit on video and posted it on YouTube, where it has received more than 10,000 views as of Thursday night. The video shows the...
  • Oslo to temporarily ban diesel vehicles

    01/16/2017 10:36:55 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 16 replies
    TheLocal.no ^ | 16 January 2017 10:13 CET+01:00 | NTB/The Local
    Beginning on Tuesday, diesel vehicles will be banned from driving on Oslo streets because of acute levels of dangerous air pollution. On both Monday and Tuesday, weather forecasts call for cold weather and very little wind, conditions likely to cause high levels of exhaust pollution over large areas of the city. Therefore the City of Oslo will for the first time ever implement a ban on diesel vehicles on municipal roads. On Tuesday, the ban will be in effect from 6am to 10pm. It will remain in effect during those same hours for as long as air pollution levels are...
  • Knesset committee meeting for annexing Ma'ale Adumim

    01/02/2017 1:23:12 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 3 replies
    ...convening to discuss the legal aspects of applying Israeli law to Ma'ale Adumim.