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| Statement By Secretary Clinton on Norway's Constitution Day - May 17 |
| [Norway] [17.05.2012, 09:56am, Thu. GMT] |
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Norway as you celebrate your Constitution Day this May 17. Norway and the United States have enjoyed a longstanding friendship based on shared democratic values. Today, our countries are working together to solve some of the biggest challenges around the world. From helping to build a stable and secure Afghanistan, to addressing global health issues and increasing cooperation in the Arctic, the world is safer and more prosperous because of our efforts. |
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China and Norway
| Norway’s relation with China still frozen over Nobel award |
| [Norwaynews] [09.02.2012, 08:06am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway’s prime minister has said its rift with China has not healed since the row over the 2010 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo. Jens Stoltenberg also said he had made no decision over whether Beijing could join the Arctic Council. Relations between the two nations have been frozen since the Oslo-based Nobel Committee gave Mr Liu the 2010 Peace Prize for his human rights struggle. |
| | | | China's top diplomat visits Pakistan - Terrorist attack against Norwegian Telenor |
| [Norwaynews] [24.12.2011, 09:04am, Sat. GMT] |
One of Telenor's franchise stores in Karachi, Pakistan, was attacked Friday afternoon. China's senior diplomat Dai Bingguo arrived in Pakistan on Friday for talks. Pakistan’s relations with Norway’s key backer, the United States, have deteriorated.
Two employees were killed in presumed terrorist attack against the Norwegian Telenor shop. There were five employees in the store at the time of the attack. “The two attackers came into the store and shot two of the employees, two Pakistani men,” says Karachi police official Raja Ulfat to Norwegian National newspaper Aftenposten.
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| | | | China’s Nobel-naysaying alternative honors Putin with Confucius Peace Prize |
| [Norwaynews] [09.12.2011, 12:53pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Two exchange students accepted a Chinese peace prize Friday on behalf of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was honored for enhancing Russia’s status and crushing anti-government forces in Chechnya, the prize organizers said. The Confucius Peace Prize was hastily launched last year as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize which had just honored imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. |
| | | | Relations between Norway and China |
| [Norwaynews] [30.10.2011, 12:44pm, Sun. GMT] |
Norway and China are both best served by relations between our countries being normalised. We are familiar with each other’s views. Now we need to look ahead, writes the Norwegian Foreign Minister Mr Jonas Gahr Støre.
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| | | | China Suspected in Attacks on U.S. Satellites through a ground station in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [27.10.2011, 06:13am, Thu. GMT] |
| Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. |
| | | | Norwegian Prawns to Spice Up Chinese Noodles |
| [Norwaynews] [11.10.2011, 06:15pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Bioprospecting is opening up international markets for Norwegian seafood companies. Essences extracted from a prawn or octopus off the west coast of Norway could end up as flavouring in noodle packages in China. |
| | | | Norwegian Authorities Noticeably Unapologetic – Norwegian Journalist Harassed by Chinese Police |
| [Norwaynews] [06.10.2011, 02:21pm, Thu. GMT] |
One year after awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, Norwegian NRK journalists still find themselves the object of frequent break-ins, habitual surveillance and non-stop harassment.
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| | | | When China met Africa – Pointing to a radically different future |
| [Norwaynews] [01.10.2011, 03:11pm, Sat. GMT] |
I saw a fascinating film, When China Met Africa, in the Norwegian International seminar in Litteraturhuset, lastweek. The film, by Nick and Marc Francis, follows the lives of two Chinese entrepreneurs in Zambia – one a farm owner, the other an employee of a Chinese firm responsible for building a major road.
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| | | | China cuts Norwegian trout imports by 45% |
| [Norwaynews] [27.09.2011, 06:27pm, Tue. GMT] |
Both Russia and China have cut trout purchases from Norway this year. However, nearly one of every two trout produced in Norway still finds its way to Russia. China has cut its trout purchases from Norway by 45 percent so far this year, figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council show. |
| | | | China Slows down Imports and Refuses Visas to Norwegian Media |
| [Norwaynews] [22.09.2011, 05:53am, Thu. GMT] |
| China disputes Norway - visas are refused to certain Media - Norwegian Minister may take China to WTO. Almost one year after awarding the Peace Prize award to dissident, Liu Xiaobo, salmon exportation to China has greatly slowed down. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store stated to TV 2 that he is now considering taking the Chinese trade conflict to the WTO. |
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| Norway could shut China out of Arctic Council after diplomatic snubs |
| [Norway] [27.01.2012, 10:44am, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway could shut China out of the Arctic Council if Beijing does not stop a campaign of diplomatic snubs imposed after the Nobel peace prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a Norwegian newspaper has reported. If confirmed, Oslo's move would mark a bold confrontation with the world's fastest rising economic power and highlight the growing importance of the Arctic, which is opening up for navigation and mineral exploitation as it melts due to global warming. |
| | | | China says 'difficulties' with Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [09.12.2011, 12:58pm, Fri. GMT] |
| China said Friday its relations with Norway remained “difficult”, a year after it downgraded relations with Oslo in response to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. “The difficulties between China and Norway are because the Norwegian government made the wrong decision when the Nobel Peace Committee gave the award to Liu Xiaobo,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters. |
| | | | Chinese yard holds offshore conference in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [09.12.2011, 12:51pm, Fri. GMT] |
| China's Sinopacific shipbuilding group organized its first 'Sinopacific Offshore Conference' in Ålesund, Norway. About 100 executives and experts attended the conference, including Simon Liang, Chairman & CEO of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group as well as leading offshore suppliers such as ABB, Kongsberg and Ulstein. This is the first time a Chinese yard has organized a conference of this type in Norway. |
| | | | Suspected US satellite hacking attacks: Reaction |
| [Norway] [28.10.2011, 02:11pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Hackers interfered with two US satellites four times between 2007 and 2008, according to reports. The claim is made in a draft paper prepared for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, according to the Bloomberg news agency. |
| | | | China turns down Norwegian 'diplomatic fishing' |
| [Norwaynews] [17.10.2011, 07:55am, Mon. GMT] |
China has turned down a diplomatic move by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre last week, made with the hope to improve chilled relations between Norway and China. Relations between the two nations have been strained, after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo. |
| | | | Frozen Norway-China relations "untenable" -formin |
| [Norwaynews] [11.10.2011, 09:14am, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway's frosty relationship with China since last year's award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo is "unnatural and untenable" and has hurt Norwegian industry, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a newspaper on Tuesday. |
| | | | China has demanded a public apology from Norwegian authorities. |
| [Norwaynews] [01.10.2011, 04:37pm, Sat. GMT] |
One lunch. That is the sum total of political activity between Norway and China in the past year wrote NRK. The current state of relations between Norway and China remain cool since Torbjorn Jagland announced Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Chinese authorities responded by condemning the award, calling the Norwegian ambassador on the carpet and demanding a public apology from Norwegian authorities. |
| | | | China's rival to Nobel peace prize is scrapped after one year |
| [Norwaynews] [29.09.2011, 08:59pm, Thu. GMT] |
A Chinese attempt to establish an alternative to the Nobel peace prize appeared to have flopped after just one award ceremony when the government confirmed on Thursday that the group overseeing the award had been disbanded. |
| | | | No matter what's happening in China - Oil minister Ola Borten Moe |
| [Norwaynews] [22.09.2011, 08:57pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway's energy minister was in Beijing Thursday, becoming the first Oslo official to visit China since a spat over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize last year to a jailed Chinese dissident. Oil and energy minister Ola Borten Moe attended an alternative energy conference in the Chinese capital, signalling a possible thaw in frosty relations between the two countries. |
| | | | Crown Prince not scheduled to have meetings with Chinese leaders |
| [Norwaynews] [10.09.2011, 07:31am, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway's Crown Prince Haakon will visit China next week, to attend the Young Global Leaders Annual Summit in Dalian, from September 12th to 16th. The summit is under the auspices of the World Economic Forum, of which the crown prince has been an active member for several years. |
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