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An attempt to lift Britain out of the Brexit trenches

Calypso Nicolaidis: Exodus, reckoning, sacrifice – Three meanings of Brexit

BREXIT: Exodus, reckoning, sacrifice offers a welcome and entertaining attempt to build a bridge and "reunite" a UK that is divided over Brexit.
Paal Frisvold -
internationally

"Of course Europe must take responsibility"

THE GREEN EUROPE: "European Green Deal" is reminiscent of the UN's first climate report 30 years ago, says Margrete Auken in the European Parliament. "When it comes to the climate, we can not wait to invent something smart. We have to act now ", she says to MODERN TIMES.
Pinar Ciftci -
ESSAY

"Norway's place is in Europe"

EU: If Europe is to achieve a "Green New Deal", where the environment is taken seriously, we must get past nationalism and stupefying populism – according to Eva Joly.
Truls Lie -
COMMENT

After the EU elections: Europe – what now?

GREEN CHOICE: In the future, border control, defense policy and climate will be some of the most important tasks for the European Parliament, which has now been filled by representatives of the Greens.
Paal Frisvold -
documentary

The EU – a slumber in the heyday of populism

Robert Schabus: Democracy Ltd

POPULISM: Democracy Ltd is a wake-up call for Europe at a time when dark forces are flourishing.
Nick Holdsworth -
literature

Exit Britannia

Heidi Sævareid: Life in the UK

: The United Kingdom has left the EU, but is on its way to Europe. Heidi Sævareid's infatuation with the UK has passed. Men dei bur framleis ilag. What is she doing? She brings out the humor.
Mette Karlsvik -
internationally

A violent solution 

: Already weeks before the referendum on Catalonia's secession, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy began to show muscle. On Catalan National Day on September 11, he declared that he would do "everything" to stop it.
Emma Bakkevik -
literature

Europolitic striptease

James Kirchick: The End of Europe. Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age

: Europe must fight alone to maintain the rights-based society we take for granted. 
Paal Frisvold -
Published only on the internet

The case of Turkey

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tjagland@gmail.com -
internationally

European new wave

: A new progressive wave sweeps across Europe, trying to wash away right-wing populism. Can Israel also benefit from this?
avnery@actcom.co.il -
internationally

Brutal Brexit for Norway

: When the UK leaves the EU, they will also leave the EEA, and Norway will stand on its own two feet in front of its most important trading partner.
Paal Frisvold -
top case

Eva Joly: "Norway stands alone in Europe"

: She has been called crazy, icy and revolutionary by the French establishment, and is a seasoned participant in Europe's most important political arena. Ny Tid has met Eva Joly.
Paal Frisvold -
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Full 100-page MODERN TIMES including the appendix Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly (March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1) with international book reviews, essays and comments – in addition to the physical newspaper and PDF, the articles are eventually published online here (see also the newsletter).

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