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| Nigeria: Govt Imports N109 Billion Fish From Norway Annually |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:38pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Nigeria imports fish worth about N109.2 billion ($700 million) annually from Norway, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Kjell Lillerud has said. He said this yesterday in Abuja when he visited the Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom.Lillerud said that though he does not have the tonnage of fish that gets to Nigeria, there are three categories with stock fish taking the lead. |
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| Telenor asks India to protect 'lawful' investment |
| [Norwaynews] [04.02.2012, 05:53pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Telenor says it expects India to protect its "lawful investment" after a court scrapped mobile permits held by the Norwegian giant and other firms on grounds the licensing process was rigged. Telenor entered India's growing telecom market in 2009, paying $1.1 billion for a majority stake in mobile firm Uninor, which holds 22 of the 122 licences cancelled by the Supreme Court on Thursday. "We look to the government to arrive at a fair outcome that doesn't jeopardize our lawful investment," the company said in a statement in New Delhi late Friday. |
| | | | Indian Dr For Erik Solheim |
| [Norwaynews] [02.02.2012, 11:25am, Thu. GMT] |
| Erik Solheim is a respected Norwegian politician and peace mediator was recently awarded a Dr by the Teri University, New Delhi, India. Solheim earned his doctorate for his pioneering ability to see the environment and development in context through a series of initiatives that unite the two areas. |
| | | | Norway says UN worker kidnapped in Yemen released |
| [Norway] [27.01.2012, 10:40am, Fri. GMT] |
| A Norwegian UN employee kidnapped in Yemen earlier this month by members of a tribe in the restive Marib province has been released following negotiations, the Norwegian government said Friday. "I am very pleased and relieved that the Norwegian who was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and that he is unharmed," Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement. |
| | | | India and Norway in diplomatic spat over children taken into care |
| [Norway] [25.01.2012, 07:08am, Wed. GMT] |
India and Norway are embroiled in a diplomatic row after Norwegian social workers took two young Indian children into care because they slept with their parents and their mother fed them with her fingers – both widespread and normal in India.
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| | | | Norway custody row: Grandparents likely to get custody as compromise |
| [Norway] [24.01.2012, 02:07pm, Tue. GMT] |
| An NRI couple in Oslo fighting to win back custody of their children - currently in foster care - could receive some good news soon. Sources say that after the Indian government's intervention, Norway is likely to grant the custody of the children to their maternal grandparents, who live in Kolkata. They will have to submit an undertaking in court, stating they will take full responsibility of the children, sources add. |
| | | | India pursuing ‘actively’ issue of Norway separating NRI couple's from children |
| [Norway] [22.01.2012, 03:37pm, Sun. GMT] |
| India is ‘actively’ pursuing with Norway the matter of the separation of two children from their natural parents, an NRI couple, by the Norwegian Childcare Services which placed them under foster care. Ministry of External Affairs said the matter has been pursued actively with Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the strong demarches that were made in Oslo and here on January 5, 2012. |
| | | | Norway Supports The Sovereignty Of Cyprus |
| [Norwaynews] [12.01.2012, 12:44am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway continues to support the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus, and sincerely hopes that it will be possible to find a solution in the not too distant future that will end the separation of the communities in Cyprus, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, stationed in Athens, Sjur Larsen said on Wednesday, presenting his credentials to President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias. |
| | | | Separating kids from parents unjustified: India tells Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [06.01.2012, 11:26am, Fri. GMT] |
Issuing a strong demarche to Norway, the second in nearly a week, India has said that its actions of separating two children from an NRI couple was unjustified. The government emphasised that the children be allowed to return to India so that they can be brought up in familiar surroundings under the loving care of their extended family. The Ministry of External Affairs yesterday issued "strong" demarches to the Norwegian embassy here voicing concern that the circumstances prevailing in this case may not justify an extreme step like long-term separation from natural parents.
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| | | | The Prime Minister's New Year speech to the nation |
| [Norwaynews] [02.01.2012, 10:31am, Mon. GMT] |
| Terrorism, global health, the environment, the financial crisis and peace keeping efforts were main themes in Prime Minister Jens Stolteberg's address to the Nation on New Year's Day. Many people were deeply affected by the events of 22 July last year, Stoltenberg said. Fathers, mothers, siblings and grandparents had to follow their loved ones to their graves. It was heartbreaking. I have thought of the survivors and the bereaved every day since 22 July. How are you coping? Why did this have to happen? |
| | | | U.S. Marines collect toys for tots at the Norwegian charity Fattighuset |
| [Norway] [23.12.2011, 03:37pm, Fri. GMT] |
As a celebration of the holiday spirit, The U.S. Marine Corps Security Group initiated an internal Toys for Tots campaign at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo in December. Begun in Los Angeles in 1947 by Marine Reservist Major Bill Hicks as a way to provide toys to needy children at Christmas time, the Toys for Tots program was quickly adopted by the U.S. Marines Corps and expanded to a nationwide campaign and at Marine posts overseas.
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| Order of Merit to Jan Paulsen |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 08:00pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Former Seventh-day Adventist world church President, Dr. Jan Paulsen (77), has been appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. The announcement from the Royal Palace states that: “H. M. The King has appointed Jan Paulsen Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for meritorious work for the good of humanity.” |
| | | | Indian anger as Norway removes children |
| [Norway] [27.01.2012, 10:42am, Fri. GMT] |
INDIA and Norway are embroiled in a diplomatic row after social workers took two Indian children into care because they shared their parents' bed and their mother fed them with her fingers. The parents were told the children will remain in foster care in Norway until they are 18 and that they will have only occasional contact with them. Norwegian officials resisted calls for the children to be reunited with their grandparents in India pending an inquiry and India's external affairs minister has called for the children to be repatriated.
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| | | | Norway may hand over Indian kids to grandparents |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2012, 07:18am, Wed. GMT] |
There seems to be an end to an Indian couple's fight for their children in Norway. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna took up the matter at the highest level and sources say a solution may be in sight. The two children may possibly be handed over to their grandparents in India, sources said.
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| | | | Norway companies ‘readying for Burma’: FM |
| [Norway] [24.01.2012, 02:11pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway’s foreign minister will head to Burma soon to continue to push for reform in the country, and says the changing landscape there could turn looming Norwegian investment into a constructive force that can integrate Burma into the global economy. The government in Norway announced last week that it would drop sanctions on Burma, although it continues to align itself with remaining EU sanctions on the country. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told DVB in an interview that the country would now push for “normal relations” with Naypyidaw. |
| | | | Norway appreciates concerns over children in foster home |
| [Norwaynews] [23.01.2012, 08:23am, Mon. GMT] |
| The Norwegian government has expressed understanding for India's concerns over the matter related to the separation of three-year old Abhigyan and one-year old Aishwarya from their natural parents by the Norwegian Childcare Services which placed them under foster care last year. A statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs here said Oslo is understood to be trying to find a solution to the issue. |
| | | | Norway supports training program for women in India |
| [Norwaynews] [13.01.2012, 01:46am, Fri. GMT] |
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete is in India from 10 to 13 January to follow up the partnership agreement between Norway and India on local administration and democracy. Strengthening the role of women in local politics is an important goal for the program. "More than one million women are represented in local politics in India, the world's largest democracy. Many of them can neither read nor write. Yet they play an important force for change and in local decision-making. It is important to help them receive good training when they start in politics," says Navarsete.
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| | | | Norway agency won’t return kids |
| [Norwaynews] [07.01.2012, 09:25am, Sat. GMT] |
| The Norwegian childcare agency that forcefully took away an Indian couple's two children refused to return them despite the intervention of an Indian diplomat. On Friday, Anurup Bhattacharya, who works as a geoscientist, went to the office of the childcare agency along with his lawyer to discuss the fate of the children, Avigyan (3) and Aishwarya (1). "The agency officials asked me to submit my passport along with those of my children, as my visa will expire in March. They told me that it was my responsibility to get the visa of my children extended. |
| | | | Prime Minister Visits Turkey |
| [Norwaynews] [03.01.2012, 10:49pm, Tue. GMT] |
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg visits Turkey between 9 and 10 January for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gül in Ankara. In addition to bilateral issues and cooperation, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, the financial situation in Europe and the climate and energy issues are on the agenda of the visit.
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| | | | Allow Indian couple to bring back their children, Norway told |
| [Norwaynews] [31.12.2011, 01:10am, Sat. GMT] |
| India has conveyed its "serious concerns" to Norway over separation of two children from their Indian parents there and insisted that the kids should be allowed to return with the couple in case they decide to come back home. Children of Anurup Bhattacharya, a geoscientist who is working in Norway since 2007, were taken under protective care by Norwegian Child Welfare Services and placed in foster parental care on grounds that the couple failed to properly take care of them. |
| | | | Norway deplores Israeli plans to build new housing units |
| [Norwaynews] [22.12.2011, 04:35pm, Thu. GMT] |
| “I deeply deplore the Israeli decision to build 1000 new housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The building of settlements on occupied territory is a violation of international law and further undermines the Quartet’s efforts to restart peace negotiations,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Israel has accelerated settlement building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in recent weeks. At the same time there have been reports of growing violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians, including attacks on mosques. |
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