Amrit Kaur is resigning as leader of the Red Youth following media coverage and criticism of a video [she made] about the murder of the radical right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Kaur has been under strong pressure to resign from the position after she posted an apparently sarcastic and strongly ironic TikTok video about the murder of the American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, and she has told Subject that she has chosen to resign.

—"To show that I'm taking the situation seriously, I have chosen to resign as leader of the Red Youth. I wish the organization the best, because it has many important battles to fight. That's why I'm resigning," she explains.

She also writes in a Facebook post, "It's the battle for a just world and against imperialism which is the most important. That's why I'm resigning as leader of the Red Youth."

She removed the TikTok video shortly after uploading it and said she regretted it, but the criticism did not end there. The leader of the Red Party, [the Red Youth's parent organization,] Marie Sneve Martinussen, said on Thursday evening that Kaur was not suited as leader of the party's youth wing.

—"The Red Party strongly distances itself from all forms of violence and murder. It is wholly inappropriate to joke about it. Kaur should've never done this," Martinussen said.

Kaur further writes on Facebook, "Neither I nor the Red Youth support the murder of Charlie Kirk nor assassinations in general. [My remarks were] poorly thought through and I understand why people are reacting so strongly. This has ended up impacting the Red Youth as an organization, and its members."

Key points:

• Russia denies that the drones were its own, and says it has no intentions of stoking a war with NATO. Contrarily, Russia says it is Western Europe worsening relations by suggesting Russia is a threat.
• According to Poland, this is the first time Russian missiles or drones have been shot down in Polish airspace, and this is also the greatest number of Russian missiles or drones to enter Polish airspace.
• Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk has invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, but not article 5. NATO does not view the Russian drones as an attack, but an "intentional incursion". So this isn't WW3, yet.
• EU diplomat Kaja Kallas has called on Europeans to "invest in Europe's defence" in response to how "Russia's war is escalating, not ending".
• Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky called the drones "an extremely dangerous precedent for Europe" and has called for a "joint response by [...] Ukraine, Poland, all Europeans, [and] the United States."

I know you're a commie living in the McCarthy era in 2025, but we see you, we hear you, we love you

By Hannah Solstad Klepp. 5:50 PM, September 5, 2025.

[Screencap of what looks like a Seth MacFarlane cartoon, showing subtitles translating back into English as, "In legal terms we call this 'wiener'"]

This character is saying "dick move" which means that something was a bad thing to do. Picture from Disney+.

Since December of 2024, TV watchers have been able to send feedback about the subtitling of different TV shows to teksting.no. Since then, the website has received 277 complaints about bad or missing subtitles. The complaint mechanism is maintained by the Norwegian Association of Audiovisual Translators (Norsk audiovisuell oversetterforening, NAViO).

NAViO's leader, Morten Gottschalk, believes that the worst mistakes show signs of uncritical use of machine translation.

The examples are numerous and somewhat comical. In one example, the English word "plates" was translated as tallerkener, as in a flat dish, when in context the translation should really be bilskilt, as in a license plate. In another example, the name of film director M. Night Shyamalan was rendered as M. Nattshyamalan, using the Norwegian word for "night". Some more examples are "pitcher" in the sense of vannmugge, as in a pitcher of water, being rendered as kastemann, as in a baseball pitcher; and "chick" in the sense of jente, i.e. girl, being rendered as kylling, meaning chicken.

—"I have a hard time believing a human would've made these sorts of mistakes," Gottschalk says.

Gottschalk further explains that NAViO strives to push employers and streaming services to do more to ensure that their subtitles are of good quality.

—"Some of them tell their subtitlers to submit work which only needs to be 'good enough'. We're trying to get a whole industry to take subtitling more seriously."

Here are some more examples of complaints NAViO has received:

• Mistenkelig replaced with mistenksom. Both translate as "suspicious", but mistenkelig in the sense of "arousing suspicion" and mistenksom in the sense of "having suspicions". Picture from TV2.
• "In the ground" (i bakken) misspelled as "up the butt" (i baken), which NAViO says isn't the most serious mistake they've seen. Picture from Viaplay.
• [one I'm not quite sure what's wrong with but VG calls it "an example of meaningless Norwegian". It makes perfect sense to me but I'm assuming the problem is using bygningsvedlikehold, as in the act of maintaining a building, to refer to the crew doing that maintenance. Maybe the right word would be vedlikeholdspersonalet, I dunno.] Picture from HBO Max.
• "I never had the courage to load [this pistol]", using å laste (to load, of a ship) instead of å lade (to load, of a gun). Picture from TV2 Play.

—"Many of the people who send complaints do find humor in the mistakes. Many also ask if there actually was a human in charge when these mistakes happen. Some believe that these mistakes are even grounds to sue," Gottschalk writes in a message to VG.

He underlines that the mistakes can be more than just funny blunders.

[Screencaps of American Dad! on Disney+, showing the subtitles in both English and Norwegian. In English, the subtitles read, "We've failed as parents, even by Appalachian standards." The Norwegian subtitles translated back to English read, "Imagine that. We've failed as parents, even by Indian standards." — specifically Indian in the Turtle Island sense. VG's caption simply says, "Directly translated." — which I find a bit confusing.]

[Screencaps of a live action show on Disney+, showing the subtitles in both English and Norwegian. In English, the subtitles read, "Cool. Where abouts?" The Norwegian subtitles translated back to English read, "Cool. Where in Spain?" VG's caption:] "The story takes place in Australia, and the character is wondering where in the city something's taking place. How "Spain" ended up in the Norwegian subtitles is wholly unknown," NAViO writes.

Racist elements

—"We also see some examples where incorrect translations add inappropriate or somewhat racist elements which aren't found in the original text. The sloppiness disrespects paying viewers in any case," Gottschalk says.

Read also: Disney+ removed Norwegian subtitles: —"Unacceptable"

Gottschalk further describes that the most engaged complainers are those sending complaints about missing subtitles for the hearing impaired, particularly for major sporting events.

[Screencaps of what looks like Family Guy or another Seth MacFarlane cartoon, with subtitles in English and Norwegian. The English subtitles read, "See you, bitch!". The Norwegian subtitles translated back into English read, "Awesome. See you, Chinawoman."]

—"We think it's a problem that viewers get shown bad subtitles on a service that they paid for. Bad or missing subtitles are a problem that especially impact the hearing impaired, and those who lack native-level comprehension of both the original language and Norwegian."

Gottschalk says that complaints were particularly numerous during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships earlier this year.

—"We got a lot of messages about missing subtitles for the hearing impaired."

Received few complaints

The ski championships were broadcast on NRK and TV2. TV2's press chief Jan-Petter Dahl attests that TV2 subtitled all events manually in real time.

—"Manual real-time subtitling is demanding; real-time subtitling is rarely free of mistakes regardless of if it's a human or a machine doing it. There's both a technical and human delay when doing real-time subtitling. The subtitler must listen, translate, write the text, and the text has to be sent to broadcast," Dahl writes in an e-mail to VG.

Dahl further emphasizes that TV2 did not receive many complaints during the three days they broadcast the ski championships.

—"TV2's experience has been that subtitling mistakes happen at irregular intervals. We're always working to improve on this front because TV2 wants to subtitle as much of our content as possible, as well as possible, for our viewers," he writes.

VG has also contacted the other streaming services which have been used as examples in this article.

• Disney writes, "Thank you for bringing our attention to these incorrect translations. We are working to fix them as quickly as possible."
• Viaplay represented by Madeleine Liereng writes, "We always greatly value feedback on how we can improve and absolutely take any feedback to heart. We are continuously working to quality check all parts of our platform and channels, and will do our best to become even better when it comes to translations and subtitling before it reaches our audience."
• HBO Max represented by Marianne Aambø writes, "We use external providers for subtitles on all four of our TV channels, as well as HBO Max and Discovery+. On Norwegian programs one can personally choose whether one wants to see subtitles. We look into complaints brought to our attention, fix the issues and republish."

10:58 AM, September 6, 2025.

A child was served concentrated dish detergent instead of water at a preschool in Sande, Vestfold county, Norway. The child was later hospitalized.

The preschool has explained that they had confused a jug of water with a jug full of dish detergent, according to Drammens Tidende^[Local newspaper for Drammen, a major city and Oslo suburb near Sande.].

—"When the child was given something to drink, it unfortunately came from a misidentified container of concentrated dish detergent, which was poorly marked, incorrectly placed, and not checked by the person pouring it. No other children were served dish detergent," the preschool writes in a statement to the parents.

The preschool says that the mistake was quickly discovered, and that the child drank no more than one or two sips of the dish detergent. The preschool contacted poison control for advice but did not call 113 [emergency number for ambulances]; it was the child's parents who called 113 when they arrived, and the child was hospitalized.

The newspaper writes that the child was discharged from the hospital after a few days, but is now back at the hospital for further treatment.

Drammens Tidende has contacted the head of the preschool, who directed them to the central offices of {Læringsverkstedet.|lit. "The Learning Workshop"} Læringsverkstedet is a chain of preschools^[One of the largest private preschool chains in Norway, in fact: 236 preschools taking care of ~18,000 children in 2019.].

—"We are first and foremost deeply sorry for what has happened, and we are now focused on caring for the child and family," writes Læringsverkstedet's leader of public relations Ragnar Sagdahl.

The Russian embassy in Norway strongly reacts to Norway's agreement with the UK concerning the purchase of new frigates.

3:53 PM, September 5, 2025.

Norwegian defense minister Tore Sandvik (Labor) and British defense minister John Healey have agreed that Norway will purchase British frigates. The Russian embassy in Norway has publicly criticized this agreement through the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, according to Forsvarets Forum^[Magazine published by the Norwegian Armed Forces.].

The Russian embassy particularly reacts to remarks from Norwegian defense minister Tore O. Sandvik in an interview with Bloomberg, where he said that the frigates would hunt for Russian submarines.

—"Military actions against Russia carried out by Norway, the UK, or other NATO countries, comprise a threat against the national security of our country; they have a destabilizing effect and increase the risk of escalation [of tensions] in the Arctic region," the Russian embassy says.

The Russian embassy also says that a lack of communication and other actions aimed at building mutual trust between Norway and the Russian Armed Forces are worsening the situation.

—"It considerably increases the risk of dangerous incidents," the embassy writes.

An AI-generated picture shared by Nes municipality was quickly deleted from Facebook, but screencaps of the macabre detail continue to circulate online.

By Renate Karlsmoen, published 9:04 AM, August 29, 2025.

AI BLUNDER: Årnes is the administrative center of Nes municipality. This picture was taken in 2008. © Øystein Søbye, Norske Naturfotografer, Samfoto.

Nes municipality published a Facebook post earlier this week, promoting the recurring "Family & Community" event at the Family House. A picture generated with artificial intelligence (AI) accompanied the text as an illustration.

This was evidently not the best idea.

Nes residents quickly reacted to one detail in the picture: what appeared to be parts of a chopped-up baby on a plate. The municipality quickly deleted the post, but Dagbladet observes that screencaps of the Facebook post are still circulating online.

SPREADING: A number of people have seen this AI-generated image. Screencap courtesy of the anonymous person who informed Dagbladet of this story.

The AI blunder has also received attention on TikTok, where one user in the comments section jokes, "I hope they have something else on the menu."

—"We published a picture late last night, a picture which was generated using artificial intelligence. The picture was supposed to show an inclusive and friendly local community, but one detail in the picture, a doll on a plate, could at first glance be perceived as something completely different. We completely understand and offer our deepest apologies," says Nes municipality's chief of communications Elin Brede Kristiansen to Dagbladet.

Kristiansen says that the post was up for a bit under 12 hours before the municipal government deleted the post.

—"We have good routines for use of pictures, but artificial intelligence is still new to us. This was a case of haste and recklessness leading to a bad outcome, and I take full responsibility for it," she says.

She confirms that the municipality will change its routines going forward.

—"Going forward, all AI-generated pictures will go through an extra quality check before publication, particularly focusing on details that could be misunderstood. We want to use new technologies responsibly."

Nes is not the first Norwegian municipality to cause an AI commotion, however: Earlier this year, Tromsø municipality was criticized for its use of artificial intelligence to help write an important report, which ended up containing a number of mistakes. An AI expert described that situation at the time as "a completely unnecessary embarrassment".

[TL note]

The original headline, word for word:

{Tass:|Tаss:} {Russland|Russia} {truer|threatens} {Norge|Norway} {med|with} {å|to} {utestenge|shut-out} {norske|Norwegian} {fartøy|vessels} {og|and} {sette|set} {egne|own} {kvoter|quotas}

[End TL note]

Russia is threatening to set own quotas, close waters for Norwegian vessels, according to TASS

Russia is threatening to close its waters for Norwegian vessels, and to set its own quotas "in accordance with national interests" in the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

By Fredrik Solstad and the Norwegian News Agency. Last updated 3:08 PM, August 27, 2025.

This map shows Norway's maritime borders with the Barents Sea, which stretches up to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the east. The threat applies to Russia's economic border in the east of the Barents Sea. Photo courtesy of BarentsWatch.

Russia has given Norway one month to reverse the decision to ban two Russian ships from Norwegian waters.^[This is presumably referring to what happened on July 7, 2025. Statement from the Norwegian government: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/norway-aligns-with-eus-listing-of-two-russian-shipping-companies/id3114560/ (in English)] This story was first covered in Norway by Fiskeribladet.^[A newspaper for the fishing industry.]

—"If the Norwegian side does not reconsider its position within one month, Russia will close its exclusive economic zone for Norwegian fishing vessels," the leader of the Federal Agency for Fishery, Ilya Shestakov, said to Russia's state-owned news agency TASS.

The news agency describes Norway's sanctions against the two Russian vessels as a "serious violation" of the agreements between Norway and Russia. Russia is also threatening to set its own quotas in the open navigable waters of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea.

—"Fishing and the distribution of fishing quotas in the open waters of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea will be carried out based on Russian national interests," Shestakov continued, according to TASS.

Norway and Russia have a fishing agreement which regulates fishing in open waters between the two countries, with shared fishing quotas, among other things.

[TL notes]

As new updates pour in about the far-right terrorist murder incident rocking Norway right now, which I have written about here and here, I figured now would be a good time to take a breather and translate a much fluffier and nicer piece.

Insofar as I write these translations not only to provide updates about recent events that I don't think would get much coverage outside of Norway, but also to provide a glimpse into Norway's media landscape, and perhaps as a learning material to boot, I still think that a story like this has value as an example of how Norwegian media handles (esp. local) Deaf culture, (esp. visits by) Hollywood celebrities, and in this case the rare intersection of these.

Like most countries in Europe, Norway has been thoroughly "culturally colonized" by Seppolandic media including Hollywood, and Seppoland's celebrity culture is a pet fascination of local bourgeois media. Visits by Seppolandic celebrities are disproportionately high for Norway's population but still comparatively rare.

Deaf culture, including if not especially local Deaf culture, is rarely covered by Norwegian media — except, obviously, Norwegian media created by and for Deaf people, which VG is decidedly not.

VG, short for Verdens Gang ("The Course of the World") is Norway's most read online newspaper and second most read print newspaper, although the print newspaper has been in decline. It is a liberal tabloid owned by Schibsted, who also own Aftenposten, Norway's most read print newspaper, which took that coveted position from VG back in like 2010.

VG is unaffiliated with any party but was founded shortly after World War II by former members of the Norwegian Resistance.

[end of TL notes]

Norwegian Alexander taught Will Smith sign language

The Hollywood star met the Deaf^[The original text writes lowercase døve. Since Norwegian capitalization rules leave the d/Deaf distinction far less common than in English, I have translated døve by sense as capital-D Deaf, even though I doubt the writer of this article is familiar with the distinction between the medical vs cultural framing of d/Deafness.] Norwegian after a concert.

By Hannah Solstad Klepp. Updated 7:27 AM, August 26, 2025.

56-year-old Will Smith was in Norway this weekend for his first concert in the country in 32 years, in connection with the Ypsilon festival in Drammen.^[Drammen is the administrative center and biggest city of Buskerud county. The city is on the west coast of the Oslo Fjord, southwest of Oslo proper, and is squished between Buskerud's borders with Vestfold county to the south and the sorta-exclaved Asker-Bærum district of Akershus county to the northeast. Put simply: Bærum, Asker, and Drammen are increasingly peripheral parts of Greater Oslo.] 40-year-old Alexander Sjødal Jensen from Asker attended the concert and got to meet his big idol.

After the concert, he saw two black cars drive away, and thought he'd missed his chance.

—"I headed off, a bit disappointed, to where I'd parked my car, but when I crossed the road, I saw those two black cars again," Jensen wrote in a message to VG.

Smith did an exclusive interview with VG before the festival. Read also: Will Smith to VG: "It's crazy!"

[Jensen] went over to the guards, who he describes as a bit skeptical to him.

[ad for VG's streaming guide thingy]

—"The one [guard] went and got Will, and by golly^[I think by golly best captures the vibe of jammen meg.] did he come out," Jensen's message continues.

[Jensen and Smith] communicated by texting on their phones^[Or possibly just one of their phones, it's ambiguous.] for 15 minutes, and Jensen taught Will^[I wonder why the article used Smith's first name here but nowhere else...] his name in sign language.^[Or more accurately, how to fingerspell the initials W-S in the international one-handed manual alphabet, which you can understand is a bit different from teaching someone their sign name per se... But Jensen himself said "your name in sign language" in his Instagram reel, so I guess I'm being pedantic about this in a way that Deaf people themselves aren't. I don't think Will Smith actually has a proper sign name, anyways, but God knows Deaf people have plenty to draw from when it comes to manual gestures associated with Will Smith! *rimshot*]

[three pictures of Jensen and Smith together]

Also met Tom Cruise

Jensen is a big fan of Hollywood stars: his favorites are Will Smith, Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise. He has met the latter twice, most recently in Mexico City in 2022.

—"I stood on the red carpet among thousands of fans in front of the cinema where he was going to promote Top Gun: Maverick. Tom came up to me and said, 'I remember you, you're from Norway.' I was so happy that my whole body trembled," he describes.

After the meeting, he made a book with the pictures he took of himself and the actor.

[Poll: Who would you rather meet: Will Smith, Jim Carrey, or Tom Cruise? Unfortunately it seems like you need an account to see the results.]

—"When I went to Drammen to meet Will, I took the book with me to brag, but also because I wanted to teach him his name in sign language. It was incredible that he also gave me a bit of his time."

Jensen decided to give Smith the book he had made of his pictures of himself with Tom Cruise. [Jensen's] big goal now is to meet Jim Carrey and several other major celebrities to teach them their names in sign language.

Smith posted a slideshow^[Norwegian bildekarusell, literally "image carousel", is defined by NAOB as "display of pictures on a website or social media in the form of a carousel, or rotating series".] on his own Instagram account showing pictures of the concert in Drammen. He evidently enjoyed his time in Norway.

"Tusen takk Norway @ypsilon.festival !! WOOOWWWW" he wrote under the pictures.

[TL notes]

The linked page also contains several other news stories; I'm only translating the first of these for now, but I might translate some of the other stories later.

Also, please see my previous news translation for more context about the recent racist murder in Kampen, Oslo, which is recognized as an example of far-right stochastic terrorism in Norway. I made a minor correction to it now: (old) "At that time, he lived in the part of the city which would've placed him in the residential facility in Kampen, Oslo." → (new) "At that time, he lived in the borough which would later place him in the residential facility in Kampen, Oslo."

I have plenty of articles about the public's response to Tamima Nibra Juhar's murder by a neo-Nazi to translate, too.

[end of TL notes]

Several of 34-year-old Tamima Nibra Juhar's friends claim that she personally warned her employer about the 18-year-old who has now been charged with murder and terrorism, according to NRK. Both Juhar's friends and family claim that she reported feeling afraid to go to work because of the man in question. She was killed while alone on her night shift, early Sunday morning.^[Natt til søndag, literally "night to Sunday", is to say after midnight but before sunrise.]

Oslo Police District has today designated Juhar's employer as a suspected violator of the Working Environment Act^[Arbeidsmiljøloven. An English translation can be found here: https://www.arbeidstilsynet.no/en/laws-and-regulations/laws/working-environment-act/]. The police reported in a press statement that the case against the employer was initiated "because an employee died while at work". It was the Borough of Bjerke which bought a place [for the murderer] from the private childcare institution Gemt.^[As I understand the story, the Borough of Bjerke placed the murderer in a residential facility operated by Gemt. The original text of this line reads, {"Det|"It} {var|was} {bydel|borough} {Bjerke|Bjerkе} {som|which} {kjøpte|bought} {plass|place} {fra|from} {den|the} {private|privatе} {barnevernsinstitusjonen|the-childcare-institution} {Gemt."|Gеmt."}, which I found to be a bit of a weirdly vague and polysemous way of phrasing this.]

The deceased's lawyer, Anette Skjerven Arnkværn, says that the question going forward will be what the employer knew beforehand about Juhar's concerns related to previous interactions with her killer.^[Originally read gjerningspersonen, "the perpetrator".] "It is crucial for the family to get clear answers about how this murder could've happened, and whether the employer could've and should've prevented it," she said to TV2. Gemt has not responded to media requests for comments on Juhar's death.^[Originally read saken, "the case".]

Childcare institutions are required to have at least two employees working simultaneously at any given time. However, this type of aftercare service usually only has one person on duty, according to Oslo's governing mayor, Eirik Lae Solberg (Conservative).

—"There was a strengthening of the service offered to the 18-year-old here, but it's clear that we have to look into whether that was the right course of action," he said to NRK's Dagsnytt 18 yesterday.

Former social worker Carine Prestaasen, who authored the opinion piece "To be killed at work: is it a risk we have to live with?"^[Original title: «Å bli drept på jobb – er det en risiko vi må leve med?»], said in the same program that workplaces where workers interact with people in crisis should have employees with only safety in focus: "Those on the floor, and the site-specific leaders, will have so many other things to consider," she pointed out.

The police have also stated that they have seized a knife, believed to be the murder weapon.

An active member of a shooting club who immigrated to Norway as a child, and who was until last year registered as living in a small municipality in Eastern Norway. This is what we know about the 18-year-old charged with terrorism.^[I have combined the subheadline with the caption of the first picture here. Something to note about that caption is that it appears to have been accidentally cut off in a manner that suggests he was still living in the small municipality at the time of the murder, but the article itself contradicts this.]

—By Harald Stolt-Nielsen and Silje Enghaug. Published August 25, 2025, at 1:24 PM; last updated 2:37 PM.—

An 18-year-old was arrested last weekend and charged with the murder of 34-year-old Tamima Nibras Juhar. On Monday, the charge was expanded to include terrorism. This is what we know about the accused.

Has lived in Norway for a long time

The 18-year-old was born in Germany but has lived for more than 10 years in Norway. The National Population Register reports that he is still a German citizen. He was school age when he immigrated to Norway from a country in Eastern Europe. Aftenposten does not know if he immigrated to Norway with one or more family members.

When he first came to Norway, he lived in Oslo. At that time, he lived in the borough which would later place him in the residential facility^[Tr-ex only had one example of the word botiltak in its corpus and it was translated as residential facility, so that's what I've gone for here, too.] in Kampen, Oslo.

[TL note: This is some really weird phrasing, but what it's trying to say — as clarified by the caption under the attached picture immediately below it — is that the killer was at one point registered as living at the same address where his victim was recently found dead.]

Active member of a shooting club

The 18-year-old lived for a period in a small municipality in Eastern Norway, where he was registered at the address of a couple who have openly stated that they are foster parents. This is to say that until last year, he did not live in Oslo.

When he lived in the municipality in Eastern Norway, he was among other things active in a shooting club, according to documents that Aftenposten has received access to. The municipality's local hunting and fishing association highlighted in an annual report the accused's achievements on the shooting range.

The 18-year-old participated in shooting contests among other things as well.^[This was originally part of a caption under a photo.]

Active in a far-right Telegram channel

The accused teenager moved back to Oslo in spring of last year, according to the National Population Register. Almost one year later, in March of this year, Oslo Police started receiving messages of concern related to the then-17-year-old boy's far-right views.

According to Filter Nyheter^[Another Norwegian news publication.], the boy appeared in a far-right Telegram channel on March 26, where he reportedly expressed support for the political party "The Alliance - Alternative for Norway" under a pseudonym.

The man^[Interesting how Aftenposten went right from calling the terrorist a boy to calling him a man. I get that he's now legally an adult but it still just feels weird to me to treat turning 18 as a hard line between a boy and a man.] has been on the radar of the Norwegian Police Security Service for some time.

Despite not being a Norwegian citizen, he wrote several times in the Telegram channel that he was Norwegian.

During a Monday press conference, Oslo's Police Prosecutor^[Tr-ex curiously did not have the official translation of politiadvokat anywhere in its corpus; I found it on Norwegian Wikipedia.] Philip Green stated that the man has now been charged with terrorism.

—"As the case stands now, we believe that he intended to create fear in a share of the population. And this is why he is now being charged with terrorism," Green said.

As a result of Donald Trump's new rules, from Saturday, August 23 onward it will no longer be possible to send packages worth less than 8,000 NOK to the USA.

In July, the Trump administration removed tariff exemptions for packages worth less than 800 USD. This will have consequences for Norwegians.

—"The coming Friday [i.e. today] is the last opportunity," according to {Posten Bring's|Norwegian Postal Service's} press officer Kenneth Pettersen.

130,000 packages in this category crossed the Atlantic last year. Pettersen says that smaller online stores will be most strongly impacted.

The postal service is also ending deliveries to Puerto Rico, since it is an American territory.

Cooperating with several countries

Posten Bring sees an end of deliveries as its only option: the new American rules have created uncertainty around transportation, the process of returning packages, and responsibilities. And although the changes in the rules were first decided in July, it is August 29 that they go into effect.

Pettersen believes that the US Customs Service has the key to solving the problem.

—"It's a very unfortunate situation. We're in the same boat as other postal services in other countries, and right now we're putting a lot of effort into cooperating to get some clarity around the process and our options," he says.

Posten Bring is cooperating with Sweden and Finland among others to find a solution; these countries have also ended deliveries worth less than 8,000 NOK.

NHO: Dramatic for small businesses

Ole Andreas Hagen is the director of industrial policy for the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) Logistics and Transport.

—"This impacts smaller online stores; it's dramatic for them. We've seen the same situation in other countries, like the Nordics and China," he says.

—"These are not many businesses, but they are small and vulnerable to big changes."

He says there is uncertainty around if and when the new rules will go into effect.

—"But it's the US Customs Service who we have to turn to to find a solution," Hagen says.

Deliveries worth more than 800 USD are to be declared and sent as usual. There is also an exception for gifts worth less than 100 USD between private individuals. These can be sent as usual, likewise for simple mail and documents.