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| Spain, Norway agree to launch satellite for secure military communications Military and Security |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2010, 06:56pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The Spanish Minister of Defense, Carme Chacon, has signed today with his Norwegian counterpart, Grete Farem, an agreement to manufacture and launch a communications satellite that "will create over a thousand highly skilled jobs when most needed." This has been shown by the Spanish Defense Minister after signing here today the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between the ministries of both countries for the award, launch and operation of the new government communications satellite, called (Hisnorsat). |
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| Norway man pleads not guilty to terror financing |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2010, 07:28pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A Somali-born Norwegian citizen has pleaded not guilty to charges of sending over $30,000 to top leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group. Norwegian prosecutors indicted the 40-year-old man late last year for collecting at least 200,000 kroner ($33,000) in Norway and Sweden and sending it to senior commanders of the Islamist group al-Shabab. He cannot be named due to Norway's privacy laws. |
| | | | Polish researcher fined for shooting Norwegian polar bear |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2010, 06:55pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A Polish researcher was fined 5,000 Norwegian kroner (633 euros, 805 dollars) by local authorities on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard for shooting a polar bear that later died, a spokesman said Tuesday. A Polish scientist shot the polar bear in July with the intention to scare it away, Arild Lyssand of the Svalbard local authority told AFP, but the bear was hit and 12 days later died of its injuries. |
| | | | Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva falls prey to fraud |
| [Norwaynews] [05.09.2010, 07:45pm, Sun. GMT] |
| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway became aware this summer that the Director of Finance and Administration at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialgoue in Geneva is suspected of fraud. The HD Centre is a Geneva-based foundation that works with the prevention and resolution of conflict. The Norway Foreign Ministry has cooperated with and provided financial support for the Centre for many years. |
| | | | Russian student boom in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [03.09.2010, 06:04pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The number of Russian students at universities in Norway exploded last year and they now constitute the largest group of foreign students in Norway. The highest rise has been at universities and university colleges in Northern Norway. The number of Russian students in Norway increased 33 percent from 2009 to 2010. There are now 1035 Russian students in Norway – the largest group of international students in the country, newspaper Universitas reports. Swedes come on second place with 814 students and Germans on third with 777 students. |
| | | | Norway and Russia's gas problem |
| [Norwaynews] [03.09.2010, 04:13pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Lower prices on natural gas mean lower budget revenues for both Norway and Russia. It could also cast shadows over planned new field projects, including in the Barents Sea. The quick drop in international prices on natural gas has become a serious challenge for the two gas-producing countries. According to a new report from Econ Poiry, Norway’s gas revenues are dropping “dramatically”, which means that serious cuts eventually will have to be made in the country’s national budget. |
| | | | Norwegian oil lobby rushes to distance itself from Deepwater Horizon spill |
| [Norway] [02.09.2010, 06:06am, Thu. GMT] |
| The Norwegian oil lobby has launched a campaign to distance itself from the US oil industry and the Deepwater Horizon accident in conjunction with the launch of a new report on Norwegian oil security, said Bellona President Frederic Hauge. The BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, and two days later the rig sank in 1500 meters of water. Eleven people were killed, and oil gushed unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico from the open well for 87 days before it was plugged. |
| | | | UN Security Council: On the prosecution of Somali pirates |
| [Norwaynews] [29.08.2010, 02:26pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Deputy Permanent Representative Tine Mørch Smith presented Norway’s statement to the UN Security Council on Wednesday August 25, 2010 on the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Ambassador Mørch emphasized Norway’s belief that Somali pirates should be prosecuted and jailed in the region, close to where the act of piracy has been committed. |
| | | | Norwegian fish to Russian fishermen |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2010, 06:53pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway has lifted the ban on fishing of Atlantic-Scandinavian herring outside Svalbard and in the north-eastern parts of the Norwegian Economic Zone. At the same time Russian fishermen will get 10.000 tons of Norway’s national quota on herring in the area. This comes as a result of a request from Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency Andrey Krayny to Secretary General of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Jørn Krog, GTRK Murman reports. |
| | | | Telenor and Opera to co-operate on mobile Internet growth worldwide |
| [Norway] [25.08.2010, 09:06am, Wed. GMT] |
| The Telenor Group and Opera Software announce a non -exclusive Global Frame Agreement aiming to stimulate rapid growth of mobile Internet services across Telenor's business units. Telenor's business units can co-brand, distribute and run the Opera Mini mobile browser across its mobile handset and subscriber portfolios. As a result, Telenor's customers in all geographies will be able to enjoy a fast, affordable and user-friendly mobile web experience on their favourite handset. |
| | | | Direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians |
| [Norwaynews] [22.08.2010, 01:32pm, Sun. GMT] |
| I welcome the news that the US has invited Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct talks, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. «Norway urges the parties to respond positively to the US invitation, and to seize this opportunity to make progress in the negotiations. This will put the peace process back on track. |
| | | | US Navy commander visited Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [20.08.2010, 03:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Multinational presence is important to us and we appreciate that our close allies want to train in Norway, said Minister of Defense Grete Faremo to Commander of the US Navy Admiral Gary Roughead when he visited Norway recently. The high ranking US officer and the Norwegian minister discussed issues like allied training, the High North, cooperation with the United States and new air-to-sea missiles for Norway’s new F-35 jet fighters, the ministry writes on its web site. |
| | | | Record number of tourists to Lofoten |
| [Norwaynews] [20.08.2010, 03:50pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The number of tourists to the Lofoten Archipelago in Northern Norway is rising. In spite of the financial crisis Russians and Europeans are streaming to the islands. A status as world heritage site could probably increase the number of visitors with 50 percent. The regional promotional body Destination Lofoten estimates that hotels in Lofoten will have had 380 000 bookings by the end of the year. This is five percent more than last year and a record for the fourth year in a row, NRK.no reports. |
| | | | Norwegians believe in research |
| [Norway] [18.08.2010, 11:13am, Wed. GMT] |
| Norwegians rank tops in Europe when it comes to their faith in science and technology as means to a healthier, easier and more comfortable life. While there is increasing pessimism in the rest of Europe about the potential contribution of research to our daily lives, Norwegians are more optimistic than ever, with an increase of two percentage points from 2005. The 27 EU countries experienced an average decline of 13 percentage points during the same period. |
| | | | Internment of asylum-seekers considered |
| [Norwaypost] [14.08.2010, 04:13pm, Sat. GMT] |
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is now considering internment in isolation for asylum-seekers who have had their application for asylum to Norway turned down. In an interview with the newspaper Klassekampen, UDI director Ida Børresen, notes that such drastic actions will be reserved for applicants who have committed crimes in the country.
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| | | | KP speaks about Terrorist in Norway – An interview with the former LTTE chief - by D.B.S. Jeyaraj |
| [Norwaynews] [13.08.2010, 09:22pm, Fri. GMT] |
Perinpanayagam Sivaparan known by his nom de guerre Nediyawan is a prominent figure in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam now new head of the organization, after the arrest of Selvarasa Pathmanathan. Through his wife Shivagowri Shanthamohan, he is related distantly to the former head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
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| | | | Norwegians missing on Greenland |
| [Norwaynews] [09.08.2010, 09:48pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A search is underway on Greenland for three Norwegian tourists missing on the Arctic island since Friday. The three men went on a hike in the Søndre Strømfjord area, but did not return. Helicopters were used in the search on Sunday, but without result, according to the Greenland police. |
| | | | Rival Tamil groups clash in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [08.08.2010, 10:54pm, Sun. GMT] |
 Police in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, have arrested three Sri Lankan Tamil men thought to be from rival factions supporting the Tamil Tigers, after a clash in a Hindu religious festival. "Six men are wounded and three of them are arrested after dispute that evolved into the fight, "operations manager Find Belle of the Oslo Police was quoted in Norwegian media. |
| | | | Norwegian Ambassador bids farewell to Sri Lanka |
| [Norwaynews] [02.08.2010, 02:19pm, Mon. GMT] |
Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Tore Hattrem paid a farewell call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (August 02) at the Temple Trees. Secretary to the President, Lalith Weeratunga, and Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. P.B. Jayasundara also were present at the occasion.
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| | | | Norway suspends aid to forestry body |
| [Norwaynews] [30.07.2010, 10:18pm, Fri. GMT] |
| THE Norwegian government has asked the government of Uganda to redeem a sh2.85b donation it had made to the National Forestry Authority (NFA), but was frozen in the Bank of Uganda, Parliament has heard. The Uganda NFA acting executive director, Hudson Andrua, said the money was meant for a four-year forestry project in northern Uganda. |
| | | | Norway NAV Jobless Rate Rises |
| [Norwaynews] [30.07.2010, 02:16pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway's jobless rate increased in July from the previous month, the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Organization or NAV said on Friday. The jobless rate rose to 3% in July from 2.8% in the previous month. The jobless rate increased for the second straight month. Economists had expected a rate of 3.1%. A year earlier, the jobless rate was 3%. |
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| Norway and Russia - New Friends. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2010, 06:57pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The agreement between Russia and Norway on the maritime delimitation line in the Barents Sea and the Polar Sea will be signed in the Russian city of Murmansk on September 15th. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his Russian opposite number, Sergej Lavrov, will sign the agreement. The signing marks the end of 40 years of negotiations on the maritime border in the North between the two nations. |
| | | | King crabs Norway’s new seafood success in the High North? |
| [Norwaynews] [06.09.2010, 06:17am, Mon. GMT] |
The red king crab industry could become another Norwegian seafood success story. Right now, it is just where Norway’s salmon industry was 30 years ago. Once again, researchers are contributing valuable help. Many tones of king crab has been exported by Norway. Japan has traditionally been the biggest market for king crab but now the European market is showing an increased interest in the product.
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| | | | Fire at radioactive waste storage |
| [Norway] [05.09.2010, 07:25pm, Sun. GMT] |
| A fire at a shipyard on the Kola Peninsula involved in scrapping of radioactive waste might have led to increased levels of radiation. The accident occurred last Friday. Norway was not informed. The fire broke out on August 27 at shipyard no 10 in Aleksandrovsk, formerly known as Polyarny, and it took two hours to locate where the fire had started, newspaper Novaya Gazeta reports. Nobody was hurt in fire, which ruined a terminal between the shops for sorting and scrapping of radioactive containers. |
| | | | DR Congo may release convicted Norwegians |
| [Norwaynews] [03.09.2010, 04:14pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo have opened for the possibility that two Norwegians sentenced to death last summer for killing their driver, may be extradited to Norway. However, first Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French must reach an agreement with the driver's widow for a financial compensation. Norwegian newspaper VG reported Friday morning that the widow is demanding USD 3 million(NOK 18 mill) in compensation. She says the funds will help secure the future for her chldren. |
| | | | Demand amnesty for illegal immigrants |
| [Norwaynews] [02.09.2010, 06:07am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norwegian People's Aid (Norsk Folkehjelp) and several other non-governmental organisations now demand a general amnesty for the 18,000 immigrants who are staying illegally in Norway. Several other European countries have granted such an amnesty to large groups of so-called paperless asylum seekers. |
| | | | Attacks on central Norwegian data systems |
| [Norwaynews] [29.08.2010, 02:40pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Norwegian institutions have been exposed to computer attacks aimed at taking control of important data systems which control central Norwegian community services, Aftenposten reports. These are data systems which provide the population with secure supplies of water and electricity. |
| | | | Norwegian journalist gets unprecedented access to Taliban army for first time |
| [Norwaynews] [27.08.2010, 04:41pm, Fri. GMT] |
| A Norwegian journalist has claimed that he had been granted unprecedented access to the Taliban army for the first time. Paul Refsdal claimed that Taliban leader Commander Dawran granted him access and allowed him to film enemy soldiers while they attacked a US convoy. The Taliban leader also allowed Refsdal to film him with his two children. |
| | | | The new Norwegian Honorary Consul in Arkhangelsk |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2010, 06:51pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat’s Russian offices, Andrey Shalyov, is to become Norway’s Honorary Consul in Arkhangelsk. The Honorary Consulate will be opened in September. The 50 year old Russian Andrey Shalyov has been working for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat since 1996. Through his work on the Arkhangelsk Information office he has gained a wide range of knowledge on Norwegian- Russian relations. As of September this year he will be the Norwegian Honorary Consul to Arkhangelsk. |
| | | | Piracy: Arming Norwegian ships considered |
| [Norwaynews] [23.08.2010, 05:07pm, Mon. GMT] |
| The Bergen shipping line Odfjell has applied for permission for their ships to carry armed guards and weapons as a deterrent against pirates off the coast of Somalia and the Bay of Aden. The application was first turned down by the Department of Trade and Industry, but the Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske has now said that a new law on surveillance and protection, which comes into effect from January 1st 2011, may open for the arming of Norwegian ships. |
| | | | Terrorist in Norway – An interview with the former Terrorist chief. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) |
| [Norwaynews] [21.08.2010, 08:30am, Sat. GMT] |
Perinpanayagam Sivaparan known by his nom de guerre Nediyawan is a prominent figure in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam now new head of the organization, after the arrest of Selvarasa Pathmanathan. Through his wife Shivagowri Shanthamohan, he is related distantly to the former head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran. |
| | | | Leader of United Russia Murmansk resigns |
| [Norwaynews] [20.08.2010, 03:52pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Yevgeny Nikora, leader of the United Russia party in Murmansk and speaker in the regional parliament, has resigned from his post. Nikora, who has served as leader of the regional party organization since 2008, resigns because of “irregularities conducted in connection with the August 6 election of new city mayor in Murmansk”, MBnews.ru reports. According to Nikora, the United Russia party statutes were violated in the process of appointing new city leader. |
| | | | Norwegian court rules police hijab ban illegal |
| [Norwaynews] [20.08.2010, 01:01pm, Fri. GMT] |
| A Norwegian administrative court on Friday said a ban on police women wearing the Islamic headscarf was illegal, in response to a government refusal last year to allow officers to don the hijab. The Norwegian Equality Tribunal said in a non-binding opinion that the ban ran counter to the country's freedom of religion and anti-discrimination laws by depriving a whole category of women from access to the police profession. |
| | | | Hindus laud Norway’s Oya Music Festival for environment friendliness |
| [Norwaynews] [15.08.2010, 08:36am, Sun. GMT] |
Hindus have applauded Norway’s Oya Festival (Oyafestivalen) for being a sustainable and green festival in an environmentally friendly zone, calling it “a step in the right direction”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that in view of global ecological crisis, musicians and artists should not stay silent spectators to this threatening crisis faced by humanity, should fulfill their obligations by voicing the environmental issues, and should come forward to do their share of tackling global warming and persuading others to undertake this cause.
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| | | | Norway is increasing its support for flood victims in Pakistan to NOK 100 million. |
| [Norwaynews] [14.08.2010, 04:09pm, Sat. GMT] |
The flood disaster in Pakistan is an enormous humanitarian crisis. It has affected 14 million people, six million of whom are in need of emergency food assistance. So far, 288.000 homes have been washed away. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: We are witnessing a natural disaster of enormous dimensions and tremendous human suffering. Several million people have lost their livelihoods. |
| | | | The Arctic: where tourism meets conservation |
| [Norwaynews] [13.08.2010, 12:11pm, Fri. GMT] |
Greenland hit the headlines this week after a vast block of ice broke off from the country's Petermann Glacier. The 600-foot thick iceberg is around four times the size of Manhattan. Researchers monitoring the Greenland ice sheet have said it represents the largest single shedding of Greenland's ice sheet in fifty years. Breakages from Greenland's ice sheet (a process known as 'calving'), are not uncommon and hundreds occur naturally every year.
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| | | | Norwegian national assaulted in Srilanka |
| [Norwaynews] [09.08.2010, 08:04am, Mon. GMT] |
A Norwegian national who works as a Computer Engineer at the Katunayake BOI in Srilanka was assaulted last evening in Negombo. The victim's vehicle was also damaged during the incident. At present he is receiving treatment at the Negombo hospital in Srilanka. Srilankan Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred as a result of a dispute between the victim and the suspect over suspending him from work.
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| | | | Iran slams embassy attack in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [07.08.2010, 10:10am, Sat. GMT] |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has blasted a recent attack on the Iranian embassy in Norway, criticizing Oslo for the failure to protect the venue. Mottaki's letter of complaint was handed to Norwegian Foreign Ministry officials on Friday in which the top Iranian diplomat criticized Oslo authorities for allowing a group of Islamic Republic "enemies" to launch a violent protest outside the Iranian embassy, IRNA reported on Saturday. |
| | | | Poland arrests French man wanted in Norway over murder, son's abduction |
| [Norwaynews] [02.08.2010, 10:57am, Mon. GMT] |
Polish police say they have arrested a French man wanted in Norway on suspicion of murdering his Norwegian partner and abducting the couple's one-year-old son. Krakow police spokesman Dariusz Nowak said that officers arrested the 37-year-old, whose name wasn't released, in the early hours of Monday near Rabka in southern Poland. The man's car had been spotted near a snack bar. His son, who was with him, was taken to a hospital for a checkup.
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| | | | Malta to get €4.5m under EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms |
| [Norwaynews] [30.07.2010, 06:21pm, Fri. GMT] |
After intensive negotiations in Brussels, Malta has been allocated €4.5 million under the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms for the period 2009-2014. The aim of these Financial Mechanisms is to finance projects related to the themes of environmental protection and management, climate change and renewable energy, civil society, human and social development and the protection of cultural heritage.
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| | | | Suspicious marriages bar residence |
| [Norway] [29.07.2010, 08:56pm, Thu. GMT] |
| More than 600 foreigners who have married Norwegians during the last three years have been denied residence permission in Norway, because immigration officials suspect they’re marriages of convenience. Around 100 Turkish men also risk having their residence permits revoked on suspicion their marriages to Norwegian women were pro forma as well. |
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