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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 and Russia plan path towards Arctic energy exploration |
| [Norwaynews] [04.02.2012, 05:55pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway announced an initiative this week to invest about 1 million USD towards a Norwegian-Russian project that will assess the technology needed to develop the untapped oil fields in the Arctic region, particularly in the Barents Sea. The project has a total funding estimate of about 2.7 million USD over three years and will include partners such as INTSOK, Gazprom, Tschudi Shipping, and others. |
| | | | Sri Lankan woman's death in Norway bares plight of a Nation deprived of international justice |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 08:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
24-year-old Garolin Vinotha Nesarajah, who killed herself along with her 20-month-old baby boy on 16 January in a refugee centre in Førde in Western Norway, was not prepared for her deportation, as she feared she would be interrogated and tortured by the Sri Lanka Army back home, reporters in Jaffna said. Garolin immolated herself along with the baby, the Norwegian police think.
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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.” |
| | | | Investigation into Nobel Peace Prize |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:56pm, Fri. GMT] |
Swedish officials are investigating an author's claims that the Norwegian Nobel Committee has not been honoring Alfred Nobel's last wishes, officials say. Norwegian author and law professor Fredrik S. Heffermehl has been writing books and opinion pieces for several years claiming the last wishes of Alfred Nobel are not being honored. Nobel's will states the Nobel Peace Prize shall be given to: "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congress."
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| | | | India, Norway to cooperate in renewable energy |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:51pm, Fri. GMT] |
India and Norway are looking to enhance cooperation in the field of renewable energy. India is taking active interest in setting up the proposed fund in collaboration with DFID, UK and Norway for promoting off-grid solutions in the field of renewable energy. Recently, Norwegian minister for environment and international cooperation, Erik Solheim had a meeting with Indian renewable energy minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah to discuss areas of cooperation for both the countries.
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| | | | Telenor mobile licences in India cancelled |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:46pm, Fri. GMT] |
The Indian Supreme Court has cancelled 122 cellular phone licences granted by the Government of India in 2008, including 22 licences to Uninor, a daughter of Norway's Telenor. The revoking is effective 4 months from yesterday, Thursday. The Supreme Court delivered its judgment on a public interest petition. It was alleged that the grant of licences in 2008 had been made at too low a price. |
| | | | CargoNet to launch new intermodal shuttle in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:36pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Freight operator CargoNet is to launch a shuttle service to transport containers and semi-trailers between Kristiansand and the recently-opened Ganddal terminal near Stavanger (both Norway) on 17 April. The train will initially operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The service will augment the existing shuttle services connecting both port cities with Oslo. |
| | | | Norway to increase bilateral loan to IMF |
| [Norwaynews] [02.02.2012, 11:34am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway has offered to lend more money to the IMF, in addition to the earlier offer of up to NOK 55 billion (equivalent to 7 billion Euros), as a bilateral loan, Dagens Næringsliv reports. In this way Norway wants to contribute to stabilising the European and international economy. |
| | | | 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. |
| | | | Embassy of Norway to support project aimed at strengthening Kazakhstan's child protection system |
| [Norway] [31.01.2012, 10:57pm, Tue. GMT] |
Kazakhstan's Human Rights Commissioner Askar Shakirov, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway Dag M. Halvorsen and UNICEF Deputy Representative Radoslaw Rzehak agreed on implementation of a new joint project on strengthening child protection system in Kazakhstan. The Parties signed a joint Statement of Intent in confirmation of their partnership.
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| | | | Norway praises Tanzania stance on climate issues |
| [Norwaynews] [30.01.2012, 10:59am, Mon. GMT] |
Norway has commended the progress made by Tanzania and a decision by the government to integrate climate change and environment issues in its development plan. Norway, a chief investor in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania, said through its ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Ingunn Klepsivik, that it has been impressed by the work done by the national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) programme.
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| | | | Norwegian Terror Leader wanted by Interpol for terrorism |
| [Norway] [29.01.2012, 03:37pm, Sun. GMT] |
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| | | | Norway kids row: 'Children were living in sub standard conditions' |
| [Norwaynews] [27.01.2012, 10:50am, Fri. GMT] |
| As the Indian couple in Norway inches close to the end of 7-month ordeal for the custody of its children, the Norwegian authorities said that they are always committed to finding a solution that will be in the best of the children. In a press release issued by the Child Welfare services, Norway, the authorities denied the case to be based on cultural insensitivity or prejudice. |
| | | | Norway Offers Gas to Ukraine |
| [Norwaynews] [27.01.2012, 10:46am, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway is considering supplying natural gas to Ukraine as an alternative to Russian natural gas supplies, a Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy expert said on Thursday. “If our potential partners from Ukraine turn to us for immediate aid, we’ll no doubt render it. Export prices of gas transported form Norway will be calculated on maximally privileged terms for Kiev,” Ingmar Sundstrom said in an interview with the Ukrainian news agency GolosUA. |
| | | | 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 offers support in rule of law, energy, economy to Montenegro |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2012, 11:03am, Wed. GMT] |
| The Government of the Kingdom of Norway will provide significant financial support to projects in the areas of rule of law, energy and economy in Montenegro in 2012, Ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg told Montenegro Justice Minister Duško Marković at their meeting yesterday afternoon in Podgorica. The Government of the Kingdom of Norway will provide significant financial support to projects in the areas of rule of law, energy and economy in Montenegro in 2012, Ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg told Justice Minister Duško Marković at their meeting yesterday afternoon in Podgorica. |
| | | | CHILD WELFARE MODELS – CASE FOR UPHOLDING INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND CULTURAL SENSITISATION |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2012, 08:16am, Wed. GMT] |
| White paper on an Indian expat family’s incident with Child Protection Agency in Norway - The Barnevarnet (Child Protection Agency) in Stavanger, Norway has placed two minor Indian nationals under its protective custody after the lower court ruled in favour of The Barnevarnet’s proposal. The main outlines of the decision were: |
| | | | 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: Average municipal services bill: €1,448 a year |
| [Norway] [24.01.2012, 02:12pm, Tue. GMT] |
| NORWAY HAS three levels of government; national, regional and local level (municipal). The municipalities administer domestic services such as water, sewage treatment, bin collections, recycling services and chimney sweeping/inspection services. In 2011, the average household paid 11,103 Norwegian krone (€1,448) for yearly municipal services. |
| | | | 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. |
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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. |
| | | | Taipei International Book Exhibitions with Norwegian authors 2011: Jostein Gaarder. 2012: Jo Nesbø |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 08:10pm, Fri. GMT] |
| As Jostein Gaarder was last year, Jo Nesbø is the great attraction at TIBE 2012, this year's book fair in Taipei. It is held from February 1 to February 6 at the halls 1, 2, and 3 in the Taipei World Trade Center. Hosted by the Government Information Office, organized by the Taipei Book Fair Foundation, co-organized by Taipei City Government and Taiwan External Trade Development Council, and sponsored by the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, the TIBE is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. |
| | | | Norway’s Registered Unemployment Declines From Year Earlier |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:58pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway’s registered jobless rate fell from a year earlier as companies sought more workers and the oil-rich nation escapes the worst of Europe’s debt crisis. Norway’s registered unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent in January from 3.1 percent a year earlier, the Oslo-based Labor and Welfare Organization said today. The figure was in line with the median estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. |
| | | | WHO, Norway team up to establish health institute |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The World Health Organization and Norway have signed a $3.9 million agreement to establish a Palestinian national public health institute, officials said Thursday. The WHO will manage the two-year project, partnering with the Norwegian Institute for Public Health and the Palestinian Ministry of Health to develop the institute, the WHO said in a statement carried by the official Palestinian Authority news agency. |
| | | | Norway / Football tragedy in Egypt |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:49pm, Fri. GMT] |
| “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the Egyptian authorities and the people of Egypt for the tragic incident at the football stadium in Port Said yesterday evening. My thoughts go especially to those who have lost their loved ones,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. At least 74 people were killed and many hundred injured when rioting broke out during and after a football match in the Egyptian port city of Port Said. |
| | | | French firm to invest USD 4.2 bn in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:37pm, Fri. GMT] |
| French giant energy producer Total said Thursday it is investing USD 4.2 billion for the development of a new oil field located in the North Sea off Norwegian coast. "Total, operator of the Hild license, launches the development of this field located in the Norwegian North Sea ... and (the license) is subject to the approval of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Norwegian Parliament (Storting)," the French group said. |
| | | | The Norway town that forgave and forgot its child killers |
| [Norway] [02.02.2012, 12:14pm, Thu. GMT] |
| In 1994, in Trondheim, five-year-old Silje Redergard was beaten to death by two little boys. Today, the girl's family still suffers and one of the boys is in trouble again – the echoes of the Bulger case are clear. So why has the public reaction in Norway been so startlingly different? |
| | | | Foreign media produce documentaries about Utøya |
| [Norwaynews] [02.02.2012, 11:32am, Thu. GMT] |
| Teams from the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery Channel have arrived in Norway to start the production of documentaries about the terror attacks that took place in Oslo and at Utøya on July 22nd last year. "This is one of the hardest things I have ever done," BBC photographer Edward Watts tells NRK. Watts and producer Anne Leer have already been in Norway for three weeks to work on a documentary about the terror attacks at Utøya. |
| | | | Norwegian Air to move in on Asia, predicts more pain |
| [Norway] [01.02.2012, 01:43pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Fresh from placing one of Europe's biggest ever aircraft orders, Norwegian Air Shuttle (NWC.OL) chief Bjoern Kjos predicted more airline collapses in Europe this year and said the airline stood ready to plug the gaps, while setting its sights on Asia. Norwegian last week ordered $21.5 billion (13.5 billion pound) worth of new planes at list prices and Kjos said he saw the airline expanding into Asia with the creation of new bases there. |
| | | | 2 convicted in Norway of plotting terror attack |
| [Norway] [31.01.2012, 10:54pm, Tue. GMT] |
Two men accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Mohammed were found guilty Monday of terror charges in Norway, the first convictions under the country's anti-terror laws. The Oslo district court sentenced alleged ringleader Mikael Davud to seven years in prison and co-defendant Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak to three and a half years.
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| | | | Norwegian-American document history at National Taiwan Museum |
| [Norwaynews] [29.01.2012, 08:25pm, Sun. GMT] |
As Norway News reported last year, Loren Aandahl published rare Taiwan railway photos in a book last year in Taiwan. National Taiwan Museum found the photos so interesting it is now running an exhibition called, “Impressions of Taiwan’s Railways.” The showcase will include more than 20 of Loren Aandahl's pictures with added photos made by Huang Hsu-min (born 1918). Hsu-min is a former Taiwan Railway Administration employee with a great love for photography.
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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. |
| | | | Norway-Russia Arctic technology bid |
| [Norwaynews] [27.01.2012, 10:48am, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway has launched a Nkr16 million ($2.7 million) bilateral project with Russia to develop new technology for exploitation of oil and gas resources in the environmentally sensitive Arctic region, including the Barents Sea. The initiative, named Russian-Norwegian oil and gas industry co-operation in the High North, is backed by industry players including Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, US supermajor ConocoPhillips and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, as well as diverse private and public sector bodies from both countries. |
| | | | 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. |
| | | | 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. |
| | | | Norwegian inks firm orders and MoU for 222 narrow bodies |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2012, 09:12am, Wed. GMT] |
| Low cost carrier Norwegian has unveiled plans to purchase 222 new aircraft: it has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737 Max and 22 737-800s and signed an MoU with Airbus for 100 A320neos. The deal is worth Norwegian kroner 127 billion ($22 billion), the carrier said in a statement. The deal includes purchase rights for an additional 100 737 Max and 50 A320neos. |
| | | | 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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| | | | Indian diplomat in Norway asked to ensure release of children |
| [Norway] [24.01.2012, 02:14pm, Tue. GMT] |
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today instructed Indian Ambassador to Norway R K Tyagi to speak to Norwegian Foreign Ministry to ensure the release of two children, who were separated from an NRI couple by the Norwegian Childcare Services. The Minister is also likely to speak to his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store tomorrow demanding the release of the two children, official sources said. |
| | | | 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. |
| | | | Unemployed Europeans End Up on Streets in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [23.01.2012, 08:25am, Mon. GMT] |
| A growing number of unemployed Europeans come to Norway to find a job. But, they end up without jobs and have to live on streets. According to NTB, Tax Administration reported that there is a 33% increase in the number of Spanish citizens entering in Norway to work. The number of Greeks who are applying for tax card to work also increased by 82 percent from the year before. Italians have also increasingly flowed in Norway. But not everyone gets a chance to use their tax cards. Many are generally unemployed for several months. |
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