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Jørgen Carling was interviewed by Norway’s NRK Nyhetsmorgen, TV and radio (43:45), about the apparent role of state-sponsored disinformation in the mass incursion of migrants into Ceuta in late August.

ørgen Jensehaugen continued to be interviewed by the media on the crisis in Gaza, including by NRK website and NRK radio (listen at 9.02.00), Aftenposten, Dagsavisen and VG newspapers (republished by Head Topics), El Diario newspaper (republished by MSN, Pledge Times and El Extremo Sur de la Patagonia) and Swiss Info (republished by MENAFN). He was also referenced in a story in Politikk Nyheter which was republished by Head Topics.

Jørgen Jensehaugen continued to be interviewed by the media on the crisis in Gaza, including by NRK website and NRK radio (listen at 9.02.00), Aftenposten, Dagsavisen and VG newspapers (republished by Head Topics), El Diario newspaper (republished by MSN, Pledge Times and El Extremo Sur de la Patagonia) and Swiss Info (republished by MENAFN). He was also referenced in a story in Politikk Nyheter which was republished by Head Topics.

Jørgen Jensehaugen did background interviews with several international news outlets, based on Communication Department outreach to the media ahead of two Israeli laws to prohibit the work of UNRWA, namely Al Jazeera TV, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, the Turkish news agency Anadolu Agency (with articles republished by TRT World and World News) and German news wires. Jørgen was interviewed widely about the Gaza ceasefire in addition, including by Aftenposten, VG and Dagsavisen newspapers,  NRK P1 radio, NRKs Dagsnytt radio (listen at 27 mins 50 secs), NRK here and here (republished by NewsDirectory3), NRK Nyheter radio and TV, NRK Nyhetsmorgen radio (listen at 1hr 8mins 20secs) and the Spanish online newspaper, El Diario here and here (republished by MSN Spain, Pledge Times and El Tambor). Jørgen was also interviewed by Norway’s NTB newswire, which was republished widely, including by ABC Nyheter and TV2. He was also mentioned in another article on the same theme by NewsyList. He was interviewed about photos taken by the Israeli military, in an article by VG. Lastly, he partook in a podcast by Jadaliyya on former US President Jimmy Carter and the Middle East.

PRIO published a press release on the potential consequences of Israel’s ban on the UN’s humanitarian agency in Palestine (UNRWA). The press release was based on a new PRIO Policy Brief, ‘Consequences of the Israeli Ban,’ co-authored by Jørgen Jensehaugen.

Jørgen was interviewed by multiple media outlets as a result of the press release, including BBC radio, Al Jazeera, Germany’s Deutsch Welle (DW), the French newspaper Mediapart, Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE, Japanese news agency Jiji Press, Japan’s Asahi newspaper, Inside Geneva podcast by Swiss Broadcasting called Development Today, Norwegian newspapers Dagbladet and Aftenposten, and Forskning.no. The DW article was republished by MSN UK.

The press release was also picked up by the media, including by Norway’s TV2, Danish outlet Globalnyt, Truthout, World Socialist Web Site, Evangelisch, ORF, Head Topics, Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende here and here, Kyiv Post, the Turkish news wire Anadolu Agency, and republished by Middle East Monitor, Press TV, Al Mayadeen, Biglobe and A News.

Jørgen Jensehaugen also continued to be interviewed by the media on the ceasefire in Gaza, including by the Swiss public radio, SRF, NRK’s Nyheter radio (listen at 2 mins) and Helgemorgen.

Jørgen Jensehaugen was interviewed about the ceasefire in Gaza by the Norwegian newspapers, Aftenposten and VG. The former article was republished by Stavanger Aftenblad. He was also mentioned in another article by Aftenposten on Gaza.

PRIO researcher Kristoffer Lidén was interviewed by Cadena SER, Spain's most listened-to radio station, about why peace is failing around the world.

PRIO Director Haakon Gjerløw was interviewed by Reuters on the Nobel Peace Prize.

PRIO researcher Pinar Tank was featured in an article of the Norwegian Labour party’s magazine, Internasjonal Forum, answering questions on Turkey as a rising international power.

PRIO researcher Henrik Syse was interviewed by The Washington Post about the Nobel Peace Prize.