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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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Media Freedom
| Norway's TV 2 sold to Egmont |
| [Norwaynews] [15.01.2012, 09:16pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Danish media group Egmont has become the sole owner of Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV 2, Egmont and Norwegian media group A-pressen said, Norway Post reported. Egmont bought A-pressen's 50% stake in TV 2 for 2.1 billion Norwegian crowns ($348 million) in cash, the groups said in a joint statement. Egmont said that through acquiring TV 2, it makes a strategic leap towards more TV in its business. ”As TV is a key element in our strategy, it was an obvious choice for us to purchase. |
| | | | Norway was The Big Winner at the 53rd Nordic Film Days LÜBECK |
| [Norwaynews] [06.11.2011, 12:46pm, Sun. GMT] |
Norwegian films became the big winner at Europe's largest film festival of Nordic Cinema taking place in Lübeck. Marius Holst's King of Devil's Island about a rebellion on a prison island in the Oslofjord in 1915, starring Stellan Skarsgård, won both the renowned NDR Award for Best Feature Film and the much coveted Lübecker Nachrichten Audience Award.
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| | | | TV 2 becomes Norway’s first live 3D broadcaster |
| [Norwaynews] [12.10.2011, 11:42am, Wed. GMT] |
TV 2 became Norway’s first broadcaster to air live 3D last night when it delivered the Norway v Cyprus football match from the national football stadium in Oslo in 3D. TV 2’s OB team used its recently-acquired 3D-ready OB truck to produce the broadcast. Five 3D cameras were set up within the stadium to provide 3D images that were delivered to Canal Digital’s cable and DTH customers.
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| | | | Norway court to allow media at terrorism suspect's hearing |
| [Norwaynews] [13.09.2011, 03:22pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A Norwegian court Monday rejected a police request that the pending custody hearing for the man accused of the twin attacks that killed 77 people in July be held behind closed doors. Anders Behring Breivik was due to appear in court on September 19. But the police want to extend his custody by a further eight weeks, with four weeks in solitary confinement. |
| | | | Norwegian tourist board reviews £2m media |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2011, 12:29pm, Wed. GMT] |
| The Norwegian tourist board, Innovation Norway, is reviewing its £2m media planning and buying activity in the UK. Arena Media is the incumbent on the account. The agency has previously worked on campaigns such as encouraging London commuters to experience the famous Northern Lights. |
| | | | Norwegian journalist in Libya released |
| [Norwaynews] [15.04.2011, 06:37am, Fri. GMT] |
| Norwegian journalist Ammar al-Hamdan, who was arrested on while on assignment in Libya for the television channel Al Jazeera and the Norwegian news magazine Ny Tid, has been released. He was arrested together with three colleagues by Libyan security forces on Monday 7 March, and held imprisoned in Tripoli until his release Thursday. |
| | | | Norwegian journalist set free in Libya |
| [Norwaynews] [01.04.2011, 10:28am, Fri. GMT] |
| The Norwegian journalist Ammar al-Hamdan who was arrested by in Libya by Muammar al-Gadhaffi's troops three weeks ago, has been released from prison, according to Ny Tid. Al-Hamdan, who is working for the Middle East TV cahnnel Al-Jazeera, as well as the Norwegian news magazine Ny Tid, was arrested on March 7th. |
| | | | Seminar on “Media, Extremism & Freedom of Expression” |
| [Norwaynews] [19.02.2011, 01:18pm, Sat. GMT] |
A two-day seminar on, “Media, Extremism & Freedom of Expression” jointly organized by the Oslo University, Norway and University of Indonesia (UI) held in Jakarta called upon media to avoid giving news coverage to hardliner extremists. Top media personalities from Indonesia, Pakistan, Norway and Bangladesh attended the seminar. Known television anchors and journalists including Hamid Mir, Salim Safi, Sajjad Meer, Qatrina Hussain and Tanveer Shahzad represented Pakistan, said a press release received here on Saturday. |
| | | | Media: Veteran reporter dies |
| [Norwaypost] [16.06.2010, 04:55pm, Wed. GMT] |
Norwegian journalist, author and veteran reporter Richard Herrmann has died at the age of 90. He was from 1952 Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)'s first foreign correspondent, based in London. Herrmann began his London carrier at news agency Reuters, where he soon became Europe Editor, before he left to work for NRK, an assignment he held for 25 years. In 1977 he returned to Norway, to lead the establishment of NRK's second radio channel, P2. |
| | | | Intelligence services in limbo over international law |
| [Norwaynews] [19.04.2010, 11:58am, Mon. GMT] |
| A major defamation and damages case against the Asian Tribune website was heard at a Swedish court on 15th April. Case was filled by Norwegian citizen against the said website, its owners, editors and writers of the particular articles. Case was heard by three judges. Prosecution argued that the person vilified in Asian Tribune stories faced threats from the more than 40 armed groups including LTTE terrorists that are said to be operating from Sri Lanka. |
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| Bollywood reaches Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [06.11.2011, 12:49pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Seems Bollywood fever is reaching to all parts of world! Kapil Sharma and Yuvraaj Parashar are bollywoods first actors to act in a European music band called The Hungry Hearts Pin-Up Performance Band. Incidently its all women members band and Kapil and Yuvraaj are first males to ever act in the Norwegian group. |
| | | | Nordic Film Days in Lübeck |
| [Norwaynews] [03.11.2011, 11:33am, Thu. GMT] |
| “The extensive Norwegian programme emphasises the diversity and quality of current Norwegian cinema,” said artistic director Linde Fröhlich. Norwegian director Anne Sewitzsky’s feature debut, Happy, Happy, which won the grand jury prize at Sundance Film Festival and and Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, opened last night (2 November) Nordic Film Days Lübeck – the largest showcase of Scandinavian films outside the Nordic countries. |
| | | | Possible embezzlement of funds in DVB |
| [Norway] [30.09.2011, 06:24pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The Management and Board of Directors of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) have discovered that the leadership of DVB ’Inside Operations’ in Burma may have embezzled in 2010, up to Baht 9 million (1.7 million Norwegian Kroners or approximately 300,000 US Dollars) from funds allocated for journalists and operations inside Burma. |
| | | | Democracy dies in Norway - Survivors or relatives not allowed to media in Utøya |
| [Norwaynews] [09.09.2011, 08:12pm, Fri. GMT] |
Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement AUF has been notified by the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) that the families and survivors that were unable to visit Utøya the 19th and 20th of August will be given the opportunity to visit Utøya the 1st of October. The support group after 22th of July has requested that the media do not to visit the island until these persons have had the opportunity. Therefore, AUF ask kindly the media to respect this, and not visit Utøya before the 3rd of October or 1st of October.
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| | | | Poland's Largest Film Festival Highlights Norwegian Culture |
| [Norwaynews] [12.07.2011, 07:44am, Tue. GMT] |
| In collaboration with the Norwegian Film Institute, the festival will present a showcase of Norwegian cinema, with a special tribute to Norwegian director Anja Breien; it will also organise an animation workshop, a co-production forum and launch a book of Norwegian Film History. |
| | | | Norwegian journalist re-arrested in Libya |
| [Norwaynews] [02.04.2011, 06:46am, Sat. GMT] |
| The Norwegian journalist Ammar al-Hamdan who was arrested by in Libya by Muammar al-Gadhaffi's troops three weeks ago, and set free earlier this week, has been re-arrested. Al-Hamdan, who is working for the Middle East TV channel Al-Jazeera, as well as the Norwegian news magazine Ny Tid, was first arrested on March 7th. He was released on Thursday, but was re-arrested together with three Al-Jazeera colleagues on Friday, just before they had planned to leave Libya. |
| | | | An Ultimate Service for Media Gigs Launched |
| [Norwaynews] [11.03.2011, 06:07pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Press Association launched an editorial search engine and analysis service to promote computer-assisted searching for journalism. The service is specifically aimed at the PFU (Press Complaints Commission)-searches, and all content is taken from pfu.no. PFU-analysis, an editorial service developed in collaboration with Gravemaskinen.no, is a combination of a search engine and analysis tool. |
| | | | Norwegian journalist quits during live radio broadcast |
| [Norwaynews] [11.09.2010, 06:26pm, Sat. GMT] |
| A Norwegian radio journalist quit on the air today after complaining about her job and saying she would not read the day’s news because “nothing important has happened” anyway. Pia Beathe Pedersen accused her employers at the regional radio station of public broadcaster NRK of putting too much pressure on the staff. |
| | | | Swedish court finds editor of AsianTribune website guilty |
| [Norwaynews] [15.05.2010, 12:21pm, Sat. GMT] |
Swedish NORRTÄLJE Crown Court has found Asian Tribune website editor guilty in defamation case filed by Norway based Asian journalist Nadarajah Sethurupan (Sethu). The court has ordered Asian Tribune to pay 125, 000 Swedish Kroner for Sethu whose professionalism was called into question by the stories published in Asian Tribune.The court has ordered The World Institute of Asian Studies and Rajasingham to pay damages with interest, declared that Nadarajah Sethurupan is entitled to compensation for financial losses (amount to be determined later), ordered The World Institute of Asian Studies and Rajasingham to publish on the front page of www.asiantribune.com |
| | | | “I have proof of the Norwegian government paying journalists to write against the government,” - Srilankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| [Norwaynews] [11.02.2010, 08:58am, Thu. GMT] |
| General Sarath Fonseka will face immediate court martial for treason and he can be jailed for up to five years, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in an interview published today. Sri Lanka’s former army chief Sarath Fonseka will face immediate court martial for treason and he can be jailed for up to five years, the country’s Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in an interview published Thursday. Rajapaksa, a brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, also told Singapore’s Straits Times that Fonseka had planned to impose military rule and his candidature in the presidential election that he lost was backed by the US and Norway. |
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