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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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| Norway apologises for deporting Jews during Holocaust |
| [Norway] [28.01.2012, 12:51pm, Sat. GMT] |
| The Norwegian prime minister has apologised for the role his country played in deporting its own Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. "Norwegians carried out the arrests, Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech. It is believed to be the first time a Norwegian leader has been so explicit about collusion under Nazi occupation. More than a third of Norway's 2,100 Jews were deported to death camps. |
| | | | Several Hospitalized after New Year Celebrations |
| [Norwaynews] [04.01.2012, 07:24pm, Wed. GMT] |
This year's fireworks show caused more injuries in Norway. In Bergen, a 43-year-old man and 18 year old man were seriously injured in connection with the fireworks launch in Sotra. Also, two girls of seven and eleven years were slightly injured in connection with New Year celebrations in the Geiteryggen area outside Bergen. In Oslo, a man lost two fingers while he was litting illegal fireworks in the City Hall where around 40,000 people had gathered to watch the fireworks shows.
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| | | | Massacre memories will remain: Norway PM |
| [Norwaynews] [27.12.2011, 04:49pm, Tue. GMT] |
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says he will never forget the evil he witnessed when a self-styled militant killed 77 people in the country’s worst peacetime massacre. In Monday’s Christmas interview with national news agency NTB, Stoltenberg says the dark memories are still as strong as when he first met with those who survived Anders Behring Breivik’s massacre at Utoya island youth camp on July 22. |
| | | | Man with two names and three ages extradited from Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [23.12.2011, 02:52pm, Fri. GMT] |
| A Liberian man extradited to Malta from Norway to face charges in connection with the discovery of a kilo of cocaine in 2009 was yesterday remanded in custody. George Moses, who had arrived in Malta illegally, had so far given three different birth dates, making him 30, 34 and 35 years old, the police said. He also uses the name George George, they added. Mr Moses was extradited to Malta on Wednesday night following the issue of an international arrest warrant. |
| | | | Istanbul palace shooter attempted ‘Norway-like massacre’ |
| [Norwaynews] [03.12.2011, 09:12am, Sat. GMT] |
| A Libyan gunman who wounded two people at a popular Istanbul tourist attraction had attempted to carry out a massacre in the Ottoman-era Topkapı Palace, news reports said on Friday. The gunman, identified as 36-year-old Samir Salem Ali Elmadhavri, wounded a soldier and a private security guard before police snipers killed him. The motive for the attack is under investigation and it is not known if the attacker was affiliated with any groups or organizations, Today's Zaman reported. |
| | | | Norway cigarette-display ban may set precedent |
| [Norwaynews] [29.09.2011, 10:43am, Thu. GMT] |
| A Norwegian law banning cigarette displays in stores could set an international precedent when a legal challenge by tobacco giant Philip Morris resumes in December, a Norwegian newspaper said. Government attorney Kjetil Boe Moen said Norway's law requiring most stores to hide their cigarettes remained strong after an ambiguous opinion two weeks ago by a European Free Trade Association (EFTA) court, newspaper Nationen said on Tuesday. |
| | | | British couples 'badly shaken' after cruise liner inferno kills two following engine room blast |
| [Norway] [16.09.2011, 06:25pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Two people were killed as a fire ripped through a cruise liner yesterday. Four others were reported missing and nine were injured after a fireball engulfed the engine room of the vessel. More than 100 passengers scrambled into lifeboats to evacuate before the ship reached port. |
| | | | Taxi driver arrested for attempted rape Norwegian woman |
| [Norwaynews] [01.09.2011, 08:24pm, Thu. GMT] |
| A taxi driver was arrested in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret district yesterday for allegedly robbing and attempting to rape a 38-year-old Norwegian woman. Police identified Cha-um Thongchai, 40, as the suspect. He was detained after police found he had used the victim's mobile phone in Bangkok's Phra Khanong district. |
| | | | Norwegian police arrest man after weapons seized |
| [Norwaynews] [28.08.2011, 11:35pm, Sun. GMT] |
| The police in Norway have arrested a man after seizing weapons and explosives at his home near Oslo. Media reports say investigators have found no immediate link with mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik, but that after the terrorist attacks they did not want to take any risks. |
| | | | Filipino-owned recruitment agency faces inquiry in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2011, 04:42am, Fri. GMT] |
Filipino-owned recruitment agency, Aktive Services, Omsorg og Rekruttering or ASOR recently faced an Oslo City council inquiry to respond to charges of paying Filipino nurses lower salaries than their Norwegian counterparts. Oslo City health officials and ASOR owners were summoned by the health and service committee last August 17 to answer allegations of social dumping.
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| Norway police cut traffic fine for 'lower-income' Swede |
| [Norwaynews] [08.01.2012, 06:32pm, Sun. GMT] |
| Police in Norway cut in half a traffic fine for a Swedish trucker on the grounds that Swedes earn less than Norwegians, Oslo newspaper VG reports. Ulf Ander Andersson, 61, was driving a lorry for his Norwegian employer in March when he was stopped by police, who found his brakes were not in order. He was fined £857 ($1,323) but last month got a letter saying the sum had been reduced due to his nationality. |
| | | | 2011 was the worst year ever in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [02.01.2012, 11:00am, Mon. GMT] |
| 2011 was the worst year ever in Norway for the numbers of assault rapes, new police figures show. According to NRK, at least 109 were reported in the first 11 months of last year, with 53 actual or attempted attacks in Oslo. Whilst these figures show a doubling compared with 2010, the average number in other major Norwegian cities last year was three. |
| | | | A New Sex Scandal on the Horizon |
| [Norwaynews] [23.12.2011, 04:12pm, Fri. GMT] |
| After the dicsussion on the scandalious Norwegian adult website last week, hackers acquired users' information and prepares to reveal the names of 26.000 clients. Last week, Norwegian daily Dagbladet had found some politicians, famous artists, wealthy business executives, top sports people and media employees in Norway bought sex from one of the largest marketplaces for sex shop and prostitution, website Hemmelig.com. |
| | | | Norwegian Butter message to the USA - Butter smugglers nabbed in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [20.12.2011, 09:52pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norwegian police have arrested two Swedes for smuggling more than 250 kilograms of butter into the country. Norway is currently facing a severe butter shortage driving people to resort to extremes to get their hands on the highly coveted spread. The two men were able to sell a packet of butter for roughly $33 in Beitstad, Steinkjer near the Swedish border before their van laden with the yellow stuff was stopped by police Saturday evening. |
| | | | Police to investigate leaks in Breivik case |
| [Norwaynews] [19.11.2011, 10:42am, Sat. GMT] |
| The police have started investigations into the leaks of sensitive documents from the questioning of terrorist charged Anders Behring Breivik, details of which were published by the newspaper VG. In a statement, the police say that VG's story published on Friday was "unfortunate". |
| | | | Norwegian Held Over Danish Cartoonist Terror Plot |
| [Norwaynews] [17.09.2011, 03:54pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norwegian police have arrested a suspect who was preparing a deadly attack on a Danish cartoonist behind a controversial caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, a Norwegian newspaper reported on Saturday. The suspect, who is in his 30s, was detained Tuesday after Norwegian intelligence discovered Kurt Westergaard was the target of an assassination plot involving automatic weapons and explosives, according to the Dagbladet daily. |
| | | | Former students may have 900 000 Euro due in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [16.09.2011, 09:07am, Fri. GMT] |
More than 8.000 former international students to Oslo have almost one million EURO due in Norway. Student Housing, a department of The Foundation for Student Life in Oslo and Akershus (SiO), is searching for former international tenants who may have money due after their period of residence for study in Oslo between 2003 and 2010. Students from more than 150 countries may have a right to a refund of some of their energy expenses as a result of an incorrect electricity metering. |
| | | | Norwegian police phone system inadequate |
| [Norwaynews] [01.09.2011, 10:35am, Thu. GMT] |
| Police Director Øystein Meland admits that the police emergency phone system is inadequate, and lacks capacity to accommodate and handle a large number of emergency calls at a time. For one thing, it is not able to automatically transfer waiting calls to the police in other regions. On July 22nd, the regional police at Nordre Buskerud (Drammen) were only able to handle two emergency calls at a time, when scared youth called in from the Utøya Camp. |
| | | | Funeral for UK teen mauled by polar bear |
| [Norwaynews] [27.08.2011, 01:27pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Friends and relatives have paid tribute to a British teenager mauled to death in a polar bear attack in the Norwegian Arctic, as about 1000 people attended his funeral. Horatio Chapple, 17, was killed in the August 5 attack on the island of Spitsbergen when a 250-kg male polar bear entered the camp site of 13 young Britons who were on a five-week expedition. |
| | | | Norway police to question Anders Behring Breivik's British 'mentor' |
| [Norway] [24.08.2011, 06:45am, Wed. GMT] |
| Norwegian police plan to question the former member of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) described by confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik as his "mentor". Paul Ray will travel to Norway today where he will voluntarily submit himself to police investigating the twin attacks on July 22 that killed 77 people, a spokesperson said. |
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