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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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Spy War
| Norwegian Spies without permit in Pakistan, Says a Pakistani minister |
| [Norwaynews] [20.01.2012, 01:44pm, Fri. GMT] |
A Pakistani minister said, Norwegian spies were working with out permission of government of Pakistan. Talking at upper house of parliament in Islamabad, Interier Minister Rehman Malik did not give the detail including number of the spies. Pakistan and Norway on Thursday scrambled to contain the fallout of disclosure about presence of Norwegian intelligence operatives in Pakistan. “We have excellent relations with Norway and an ongoing cooperation in counter-terrorism.
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| | | | Norway security chief quits in Pakistan agents row |
| [Norwaynews] [19.01.2012, 08:46am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway's internal security chief resigned late on Wednesday after revealing confidential information that the country had intelligence agents in Pakistan, government officials said. Janne Kristiansen, already under fire for missing signs that a far-right extremist was preparing attacks that killed 77 people in July, said the small Nordic nation had operatives in Pakistan during a parliamentary hearing earlier on Wednesday. |
| | | | I observed the change in Indian intelligence - Erik Solheim |
| [Norwaynews] [15.11.2011, 11:42pm, Tue. GMT] |
| I was very hard to say, very close to Indian intelligence, and an enormous amount of time throughout this process and never, ever, did any Indian official hint that a military victory was possible until mid 2008. Then they started, I observed the change in Mr. M.K. Narayanan and other’s gradually shift into the position that maybe, state, maybe the government can wipe out the Tiger’s military victory. |
| | | | Claims Russian journalist broke into Breivik's attorney house |
| [Norwaynews] [17.10.2011, 08:35am, Mon. GMT] |
Breivik's attorney, Geir Lippe City, says his daughter (3) found Russian journalists in their kitchen. The daughter of Anders Breivik’s attorney surprised two Russian journalists prowling in their family home. According to VG, Lippe City’s daughter (3) found the journalists in the kitchen of their locked home. Apparently, the journalists were searching for information on the terrorist case. |
| | | | Norway security service chief under fire |
| [Norwaynews] [01.09.2011, 10:49am, Thu. GMT] |
| The head of Norway's security service (PST) came under renewed fire Thursday over how the agency responded to the July attacks that claimed 77 lives. PST head Janne Kristiansen has shown she was not capable of leading the agency, the head of parliament's justice committee Per Sandberg, of the opposition Progress Party, charged in comments to the Dagsavisen newspaper. |
| | | | Norway terrorist Breivik's email hacked by youths |
| [Norwaynews] [11.08.2011, 06:50pm, Thu. GMT] |
| A group of teenage Norwegian computer hackers are reported to have opened the email correspondence of mass murderer Anders Breivik and handed the material over to police to assist their investigations. Members of the group claimed yesterday they had hacked their way into two of Breivik's email accounts after last month's devastating bomb and shooting attacks which left 77 people dead. |
| | | | Norwegian killer traveled to US |
| [Norwaynews] [01.08.2011, 07:53pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A government official in US says the admitted Norway killer traveled to New Jersey for a week in 2004. The official said Anders Behring Breivik visited Newark, N.J., for a week in late July 2004 as a tourist. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, spoke on the condition of anonymity. Norway participates in a U.S. visa-waiver program, and Breivik did not need a visa to travel US. |
| | | | Closer surveillance following bin Laden's death |
| [Norwaynews] [04.05.2011, 10:27am, Wed. GMT] |
| The Norwegian police Special Branch (PST) is keeping extreme Islamic groups in Norway under closer surveillance, following the death of Osama bin Laden, NRK reports. Chief analyst Jon Fitje says the Internet is now the main arena for recruiting to these extreme groups. |
| | | | WikiLeaks Monitored in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [08.11.2010, 01:46pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A new claim in the surveillance scandal in Norway from Wikileaks: They monitored us with those cameras. The authorities from WikiLeaks claimed that monitoring device being operated on behalf of the U.S. embassy in Oslo, could have watched them during their meetings in Oslo earlier this year. The claim was proposed on WikiLeaks' Twitter account on Thursday night. |
| | | | "This was something I had no knowledge about," - Justice Minister Knut Storberget |
| [Norwaynews] [04.11.2010, 12:55pm, Thu. GMT] |
Norwegian officials reacted strongly Thursday to reports that the United States secretly commissioned surveillance of hundreds of Norwegian nationals believed to pose a threat to US interests such as the embassy in Oslo, Local Media reported. The surveillance was mainly conducted by former Norwegian security police officers and operated until recently out of an Oslo apartment near the US embassy. |
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| “Nothing extraordinary” in Norway spy revelation: Pakistan |
| [Norwaynews] [20.01.2012, 08:52am, Fri. GMT] |
| Pakistan and Norway on Thursday scrambled to contain the fallout of disclosure about presence of Norwegian intelligence operatives in Pakistan. “We have excellent relations with Norway and an ongoing cooperation in counter-terrorism. There is nothing extraordinary about the revelation,” Mr Abdul Basit, who heads the Europe desk at the Foreign Office, told Dawn.com shortly after meeting the Norwegian ambassador to Pakistan Ms Cecilie Landsverk. |
| | | | Norwegian oil and defence industries are hit by a major cyber attack |
| [Norwaynews] [18.11.2011, 01:18pm, Fri. GMT] |
| NORWAY HAS BEEN HIT with a major cyber attack that resulted in the theft of sensitive data from its oil and defence industries. The attack, which is believed to have involved more than one person, employed malware laden emails specifically written to fool the individual recipient. Opening the email or attachment then released the virus onto the user's computer, where it performed a scan for files and passwords. Other forms of attack might also have been used. |
| | | | Norwegian top leaders exposed to espionage |
| [Norwaynews] [24.10.2011, 08:37am, Mon. GMT] |
| At least ten Norwegian top leaders have been exposed to espionage attacks, according to the National Security Authority (NorCERT). It is feared that state secrets may end up in the wrong hands. Espionage attempts against Norwegian key personnel have become more sophisticated, according to NorCert (Norwegian Computer Emergency Response Team) which coordinates preventative work and responses against IT security breaches aimed at vital infrastructure in Norway. |
| | | | Lessons from Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [16.09.2011, 07:30am, Fri. GMT] |
| On 28 July, the Polish EU Presidency held an extraordinary joint session of the Council’s Terrorism Working Party (TWP) and Counter-Terrorism Group (COTER) following the deadly attacks in Norway on 22 July. Representatives of Europol, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission as well as the office of the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator were briefed by their Norwegian colleagues about the details of the attacks and the ongoing investigation, as well as the work of the '22 July Commission', which has been mandated by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to investigate the attacks. |
| | | | 'Lone wolf terrorist' biggest US threat |
| [Norwaynews] [17.08.2011, 09:46am, Wed. GMT] |
| A decade after the 9/11 attacks, a "lone wolf terrorist" like the shooter in Norway now presents a bigger risk to the United States than a large-scale operation, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday. "The most likely scenario that we have to guard against right now ends up being more of a lone wolf operation than a large, well-coordinated terrorist attack," Obama told CNN. |
| | | | Experts think manifesto contains secret code |
| [Norwaynews] [10.08.2011, 07:12pm, Wed. GMT] |
A group of hundreds of international experts are scouring the accused Norway shooter's 1,500-page manifesto for signs of a secret code. Rolf Frøysa, the chief technology expert at a broadband internet company in Norway, told the UK Telegraph that when he learned that Anders Breivik left behind a manifesto that plagiarized large portions of the writings of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, he began to wonder if Breivik also made use of codes in the text of his broadside.
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| | | | Norway not to reopen espionage case against ex-diplomat |
| [Norwaynews] [09.06.2011, 04:12pm, Thu. GMT] |
| There is no sign that the evidence used to convict a top Norwegian diplomat of espionage 26 years ago had been subject to tampering, announced an independent Norwegian review panel Thursday. As such, there will be no move to reopen the case. In 1985, Arne Treholt was given a 20-year sentence for spying for the former Soviet Union and Iraq. |
| | | | Spies from 19 nation in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [12.11.2010, 02:13pm, Fri. GMT] |
There are today spies on Norwegian soil from 19 nations, according to the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST). Some are here legally, while others pose as diplomats, journalists or business people. This is complicated. Where do we draw the line between legal and illegal gathering of information. PST's task is to find those who cross this line, says PST information director Martin Bernsen to Aftenposten. |
| | | | US suspends surveillance operation in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [05.11.2010, 04:18pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The United States has temporarily suspended controversial surveillance operations in Norway aimed at protecting its embassy, reports said Friday. Norwegian officials including the ministers of justice and foreign affairs reacted strongly Thursday to reports that the US secretly commissioned surveillance of hundreds of Norwegian nationals believed to pose a threat to US interests, such as their embassy in Oslo. |
| | | | Review of spy case considered |
| [Norwaynews] [20.09.2010, 11:38am, Mon. GMT] |
| Justice Minister Knut Storberget says that in view of several recent allegations that evidence in the Treholt spy case were fabricated, the Goverment should consider making its own review of the case. The caase is very serious, and I asume that the prosecuting authority will do all it can to get to the bottom of this, Storberget says to NRK. |
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