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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 police chief believes Islamists still main threat, not far right |
| [Norwaynews] [17.01.2012, 02:09pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Radical Islam remains the most serious threat faced by Norway despite the attacks by an islamophobe extremist who killed 77 people last summer, the chief of the security police said on Tuesday. Janne Kristiansen, head of Norway’s Police Security Service, said her agency would focus on broad-based dangers from homegrown Islamic extremism even though threats against public officials have risen since the July attacks, which targeted Norway’s left wing. |
| | | | The Nordic Defence Cooperation |
| [Norwaynews] [17.11.2011, 07:40pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The Nordic ministers met today on 15 November and have confirmed their commitment to the Nordic cooperation as a broad, flexible and effective cooperation. In a European setting of Economic instability and reduced defence budgets in many countries, Nordic countries expressed a will to enhance our cooperation even further. The Nordic defence cooperation has already proven to produce tangible results both politically as well in practical terms. |
| | | | Norway attacker had large ammunition stash on massacre island |
| [Norwaynews] [11.11.2011, 04:39pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norwegian police found more than 900 rounds of unspent ammunition on the island where Anders Behring Breivik is accused of having killed 69 people in July, a news report said Friday. Oslo daily VG reported that most of the ammunition was stored in a case that the accused gunman brought with him to the Utoya island. |
| | | | Norway. Kongsberg Maritime to supply Simulators to Indonesian Seaman Training Center |
| [Norwaynews] [25.10.2011, 02:58pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply a large suite of Maritime Simulators to Barombong Merchant Marine College (BP2IP) in Indonesia. As part of the contract, Kongsberg Maritime will provide its world-class Polaris and Neptune Simulators for navigation and engine room training to the school’s new facility. |
| | | | Norwegian Kongsberg supports Australian training |
| [Norwaynews] [06.10.2011, 01:29pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway's Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace is supplying Raytheon Australia with simulation infrastructure for Australia's Hobart class destroyers. The simulation infrastructure is based on Kongsberg's PROTEUS Naval Training Technology and will provide the Hobart class Command Team Trainer with exercise control and a common synthetic environment for integration of the Aegis weapon system and other Hobart class sensors and effectors. |
| | | | Detention in non-international armed conflicts |
| [Norway] [23.09.2011, 03:20pm, Fri. GMT] |
I am very pleased and honored to have been invited to give some opening remarks today and set the scene for this important and up-to-date seminar. The topic of detention in non-international armed conflict is an issue of high relevance both to the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces, as well as to international and national organizations and civil society at large.
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| | | | Norway, Sweden make joint intelligence flight over Russia |
| [Norwaynews] [14.09.2011, 06:01pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Norway and Sweden have embarked on a joint inspection flight over Russia as part of the Open Skies Treaty. The inspections will take place on September 12-16 from a Swedish Saab 340B aircraft, ITAR-TASS reports. This is not the first Open Skies inspection over Russia this autumn. According to Voice of Russia, US air inspectors conducted aerial observations flights over Russia in late August, while Italy, Greece and Germany did the same earlier this month. |
| | | | Norway ready to release Libyan funds |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2011, 08:53am, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway is ready to release more than NOK 2000 million in Libyan funds frozen in Norwegian banks, as soon as the United Nations gives the go-ahead, says State Secretary Espen Barth Eide. The money will be turned over to the National Transition Council (NTC) in Libya, to be used for emergency aid. |
| | | | US Air Guard members in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [16.08.2011, 02:43pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Fifty members team from the Vermont Air National Guard are in Norway this week and next on an exchange program. This US Air Guard members trip that will include construction projects on a Norwegian air base and training exercises. |
| | | | Norwegian Armed Forces Selects Accenture to Implement its Enterprise Resource Planning Solution |
| [Norwaynews] [22.07.2011, 01:25pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Armed Forces has awarded Accenture, a three-and-a-half-year, $70 million contract to implement an SAP(R) solution to better support core processes in logistics. Under the terms of the contract, Accenture will design and configure a solution based on the SAP for Defense & Security solution portfolio to enable the client to expand and improve its solutions and processes in force generation and structure maintenance, procurement and supply chain management, heavy equipment maintenance and investment management. |
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| Biannual address to the Storting on important EU and EEA matters |
| [Norway] [19.11.2011, 11:03am, Sat. GMT] |
| "The major challenges facing Europe today are a reminder that the economy, politics and society are inextricably linked, at both international and national level," Foreign Minister Støre said in his speech to the Storting 17 November 2011. |
| | | | U.S. DHS Secretary Napolitano’s Upcoming Visit to Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [14.11.2011, 03:17pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 14-15, to meet with international partners and discuss the Department’s ongoing collaboration with the two countries on cyber security and combating violent extremism and transnational crime. While in Oslo, Secretary Napolitano will meet with the Norweigian Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget, Norwegian Police Security Service Director Janne Kristiansen, and U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White, and will offer condolences at the Oslo Cathedral for the victims of the 7/22 bombing and attack on Utoya Island. |
| | | | Norway's justice minister resigns after July attacks |
| [Norwaynews] [11.11.2011, 04:38pm, Fri. GMT] |
| A Friday reshuffle in the Norwegian government places Espen Barth Eide as new Minister of Defense. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg reshuffled the government following the resignation of Minister of Justice Knut Storberget. New Minister of Justice is Grete Faremo who comes from the post as Defense Minister. |
| | | | Norway. Kongsberg Maritime completes K-Master FAT and sea trials for new Platform Supply Vessels |
| [Norwaynews] [07.10.2011, 04:02pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed Factory Acceptance Tests for the K-Master aft bridge systems being delivered to two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) built at Havyard in Leirvik for owner Sartor Offshore and Supply Service. |
| | | | Chasing Norway’s New Stealth Cruise Missile |
| [Norwaynews] [27.09.2011, 09:02am, Tue. GMT] |
Chasing Norway's New Stealth Cruise Missile This is the Naval Strike Missile, Kongsberg's latest and greatest cruise missile, as it skims over the Pacific Ocean before tearing into its target on the far side of an island.
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| | | | Norway’s Kongsberg warns JSM deal is critical for F-35 order |
| [Norwaynews] [22.09.2011, 11:16am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway's Kongsberg has warned that the country needs a commitment from the US government within six months to integrate a national-specific missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35, or it could withdraw from the programme. So far, Norway has received no assurance that the Kongsberg joint strike missile (JSM) will be integrated as part of the Block 4 software update on the F-35 in 2019. |
| | | | South African naval radars pass final qualification for Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [07.09.2011, 03:38pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Local defence company Reutech Radar System’s RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar has successfully passed its final qualification review (FQR) in Norway. The South African company is supplying RSR 210N radars to the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN). Reutech Radar Systems is the main subcontractor to Norwegian enterprise Electronicon, which was contracted by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation to supply helicopter control radars for the RNoN’s new Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates. The South African radars will also have a secondary function as supplementary surveillance radars. |
| | | | Questioning of ‘lionheart’ continues in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2011, 08:48am, Fri. GMT] |
| It was only after Malta-based anti-jihad blogger Paul Ray contacted the Norwegian police himself a few days ago that they asked to question him on the July 22 massacre. “He contacted the police some days ago saying he wanted to come to Oslo to speak to us,” a spokesman for the Norwegian police said. |
| | | | Norway withdraws f-16 from Libya |
| [Norwaynews] [01.08.2011, 07:14pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Norway on Monday withdrew as planned its final four F-16 fighter jets that have been taking part in the Nato-led mission over Libya, the Norwegian military said. The Norwegian planes, which landed at their bases in Bodoe in the north of Norway and in Oerland in the central west of the country, carried out 583 missions, out of a total of 6,493 flown by Nato since March 31, and dropped 569 bombs, military spokesman Petter Lindqvist said. |
| | | | Kongsberg to deliver Weapons Control Systems to Italy |
| [Norwaynews] [16.07.2011, 07:09am, Sat. GMT] |
| Kongsberg Defence Systems has signed a contract for extensions to the Command & Weapons Control Systems already under contract for delivery to the two new U212A 2nd Batch submarines under construction in Italy for the Italian Navy. The contract was made between the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and KONGSBERG. |
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