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| Deep concern about verdicts against NGO employees in Egypt |
| [Norwaynews] [14.06.2013, 11:16pm, Fri. GMT] |
| “I am deeply concerned about the severe sentences handed down against local and international representatives of NGOs in Egypt, including one Norwegian,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. “The sentences and the trial show a very worrying trend for civil society in Egypt. Civil society is playing an essential role in the process of democratisation in Egypt,” said the Foreign Minister. |
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China and Norway
| China-Norway free trade talks nearing agreement |
| [Norwaynews] [28.05.2013, 09:09am, Tue. GMT] |
| China and Norway are close to the "final stage" of negotiations for a free-trade agreement, after talks were suspended for about two years following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo . Assistant Commerce Minister Yu Jianhua said in Beijing yesterday that the two nations were negotiating on the trade deal, but did not give a time frame for its completion. |
| | | | Norwegian Authorities Say China Is Behind at Least 20 Serious Cyberattacks |
| [Norwaynews] [05.03.2013, 04:04pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norwegian National Security Authority deputy Eiliv Ofigsbø has revealed that several high-profile organizations have been targeted in sophisticated cyber espionage campaigns traced back to China. At least 20 sophisticated cyberattaacks appear to have been launched from China. Eiliv Ofigsbø says organizations from industries such as high-tech, defense, and oil and gas have been targeted, The Nordic Page reports. |
| | | | China snubs Norway in visa reforms |
| [Norwaynews] [06.12.2012, 01:48pm, Thu. GMT] |
| China is offering visa-free visits to Beijing for visitors from every European country except Norway, in what appears to be the latest in a string of punishments for the Nordic country since it gave a jailed Chinese dissident the Nobel peace prize in 2010. On Wednesday, the Beijing city government unveiled a list of 45 countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the city while in transit for 72 hours without a visa, starting from January 1. |
| | | | Norwegian website blocked in advance of Tibet meeting featuring ICT |
| [Norwaynews] [30.11.2012, 10:23am, Fri. GMT] |
| The website of a Norwegian organisation dedicated to freedom of expression has been blocked in China in advance of a Tibet program on Thursday (November 29) featuring a speaker from ICT. This latest incident of censorship occurs two weeks ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, this year to be awarded to the European Union after Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo in 2010. |
| | | | Norway, China in first contacts since Nobel row |
| [Norwaynews] [05.11.2012, 03:04pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Norway and China met Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe summit, marking their first official contact since Beijing objected to a Chinese dissident being named the 2010 Nobel peace laureate, Norwegian media reported. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao held a brief meeting while attending the summit in Laos. There were no immediate comments on the encounter. Relations cooled between the two countries after the pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo, who Beijing considers a "criminal", was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| | | | China's travel ban against Norway violates WTO principles |
| [Norwaynews] [16.06.2012, 06:23pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Equal treatment of all parties is the prevailing principle of the WTO Agreement. Prohibiting sales and marketing of tourist travel to Norway may be in violation of this principle.
Chinese authorities have banned their country's tour operators from marketing and selling tourist travel to Norway.
A Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Arne Melchior, told VG media that if China prohibits their travel agents from arranging travel to Norway, that is a break from the principles of the WTO Agreement.
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| | | | 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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| Norway Oil Fund Expects To Boost China Stock Holdings |
| [Norwaynews] [09.03.2013, 04:09pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway's $712 billion oil fund expects to significantly increase its Chinese equity holdings this year, Chief Executive Yngve Slyngstad said on Friday, while confirming the fund has applied to increase its $1 billion quota of Chinese A-shares. "We have a quota of Chinese shares listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen of $1 billion, which has so far been their upper limit," said Mr. Slyngstad in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires. "Now they [the Chinese authorities] have changed this, and removed the upper limit for state-owned funds such as ours. |
| | | | Chinese press visited Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [14.12.2012, 06:08pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norwegian Embassy and Consulates in China helped organize a 6-day press tour to Norway, aiming at enhancing Chinese top reporters' understanding of Norway's econony, welfare model and international cooperation. During the first week of December2012, a press delegation including editors and senior reporters from leading Chinese newspapers and magazines visited Norway. The delegates work within the field of Business and Economy, and the focus of the press visit was the Norwegian economy, the Norwegian welfare model, and business cooperation between China and Norway. |
| | | | 134 Nobel Laureates Urge Incoming Chinese President to Release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo |
| [Norwaynews] [04.12.2012, 08:32pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Today, 134 Nobel Laureates across all six Nobel disciplines wrote to incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping, urging him to immediately and unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia. Liu Xia has been under house arrest since shortly after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced her husband’s selection as the Peace Prize Laureate for 2010. The letter was released by the International Committee for Liu Xiaobo, which is comprised of six Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and 15 non-governmental organizations.[1] The Nobel Laureates wrote: |
| | | | Norwegian architecture gain popularity in China |
| [Norwaynews] [25.11.2012, 05:41pm, Sun. GMT] |
| China's leading architecture firms and real estate developers have visited Oslo to look at some of the best examples of Norwegian architecture, and meet with the projects' architects. "The Norwegian consulate in Guangzhou initiated the visit, based on a request from Chinese architects and real estate developers. They wanted to see Norwegian architecture, and discuss the possibility of exporting both skills and resources to China with Norwegian architects," says Egil Skavang, CEO of Arkitektbedriftene, the trade organization for architects, landscape architects and interior designers in Norway. |
| | | | China indicates Nobel feud with Norway still on |
| [Norwaynews] [31.10.2012, 08:02am, Wed. GMT] |
| China signaled no end Wednesday to a two-year-old frost in ties with Norway prompted by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo. Comments from Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu were the government’s first on the tensions since Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel for literature in October. That victory, the first literature win by a Chinese citizen, was widely cheered by the Chinese government, in stark contrast to the condemnation with which it greeted Liu’s award. |
| | | | Former Norwegian PM denied visa to China |
| [Norwaynews] [12.06.2012, 10:37am, Tue. GMT] |
| China refused to issue a visa this week to former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, who had been scheduled to chair a meeting at a World Council of Churches conference in Nanjing on Monday. Bondevik, who currently serves as president of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights, learned on Friday that he was the only member of a 30-person delegation not to be granted a visa by the Chinese authorities, newspaper Aftenposten reports. |
| | | | 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. |
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