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| Tobacco Morris takes Norway to court |
| [Norwaynews] [10.03.2010, 09:40am, Wed. GMT] |
 The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
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| Students in Svalbard to continue education on Norwegian mainland |
| [Norwaynews] [16.02.2010, 09:32pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A decision by the Ministry of Justice permits foreign students at the Longyearbyen school to be granted residency for secondary education on the mainland. “At Longyearbyen school in Svalbard, a limited education is available at the high school level, especially in the vocational course of study. Therefore, foreign students at the school can obtain a residence permit for study purposes on the mainland of Norway,” said Astri Aas-Hansen of the Justice Ministry. |
| | | | Greenpeace blocks Arctic coal mine in Svalbard |
| [Reuters] [05.10.2009, 05:34pm, Mon. GMT] |
On Oct. 2, the environmental activist group Greenpeace blocked the coal mine Sveagruva on Svalbard, protesting plans for more coal production in one of the world’s northernmost regions, reports Reuters. More than a dozen protesters stopped a conveyor belt at the Svea mine (Sveagruva) carrying coal to a ship due to sail to Portugal with 70,000 tons this past weekend. ”Coal is a huge climate change factor yet Norway wants new mines in one of the most pristine regions in the world,” said protester Martin Norman.
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| | | | Germany and Norway conclude agreement on High North research |
| [Norwaynews] [19.06.2009, 02:25pm, Fri. GMT] |
As part of the Government’s High North efforts, an agreement was signed today between the University of Stavanger and the Clausthal University of Technology in Germany. Under the agreement, professorships will be established to strengthen cooperation on research and education in the fields of energy and the environment in the High North. The intention is to promote knowledge development and transfer between the two universities in the fields of energy and the environment through joint research and educational activities.
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| | | | Increased investments in the North Sea |
| [Norwaynews] [13.06.2009, 06:01pm, Sat. GMT] |
| The oil companies engaged in the North Sea say they will increase investments on the Norwegian Shelf both this year and next year, according to information gathered by Statistics Norway (SSB). According to the figures, the companies estimate that the investments will amount to NOK 136 billion next year. This is up 16 per cent compared to predicted investments for this year. At the same time the estimates for this year's investments have been adjusted upward by 10 per cent to NOK 145 billion. |
| | | | Arctic Council keeps EU in the cold. |
| [Norwaynews] [05.05.2009, 06:49pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The Arctic Council will not let the EU get permanent observer status, despite the union’s growing interest in the High North. A dispute with Canada might be what prevents the union from getting into the club, reports the Barents Observer. The EU has applied to join as a permanent observer to the council. However, the Arctic organization concluded at its meeting in Tromsø last week that it would defer a decision on new applicants until its next gathering in 2011. Both Canada and Norway are irritated about the Union’s ban on all seal product imports. |
| | | | Norway to open study in nature guiding on Svalbard. |
| [Norwaynews] [30.03.2009, 05:31pm, Mon. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry has given 1 million NOK to the establishment of an innovative study in nature guiding in Arctic areas by the University Centre on Svalbard. This is an initiative to strengthen tourism in the High North. The guides will make the experience better for the tourists and enhance the environmental side of the tourist industry on Svalbard, says Minister for Trade and Industry Sylvia Brustad on the Ministry’s web site. |
| | | | Norway talked High North with European Union. |
| [Norwaynews] [13.11.2008, 11:05am, Thu. GMT] |
| The High North was on top of the agenda when a delegation of six Norwegian cabinet ministers, headed by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, met with all the leading institutions of the EU. “Europe is about to discover the richness of the Arctic regions. This area is constantly moving towards greater cooperation”, Stoltenberg said. “The European Union is extremely important for Norway. This is reflected by the Norwegian government’s active policy towards both individual European countries as well as the European Union in itself”, Stoltenberg stated to the press after the meetings, EU-Norway.org reports. |
| | | | Passport control for Svalbard travellers.- No more uninvited guest to North. |
| [Norwaynews] [21.10.2008, 02:42pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Ministry of Justice has announced that passport control has been introduced for all travellers between Svalbard and mainland Norway. It is important that Norway must observe all international obligations we have entered into, says the Governor of Svalbard, Per Sefland, to the local newspaper Svalbardsposten. |
| | | | Exploring the land of the polar bear. |
| [Norwaynews] [21.09.2008, 01:34pm, Sun. GMT] |
The polar bear is 3 years old and hungry. Ursus maritimus has spent two years with his mother, and now on his own, he prowls the shoreline of an Arctic island, his fur the yellow-white of summer. He is vulnerable to the appetites of older and larger bears; this first year on his own may be the most treacherous in his life. We watch from our ship's deck as he strides, his huge front paws landing surely on shoreline scree. He's not 100 yards off the bow of the National Geographic Endeavour, where our cameras are clicking so furiously it sounds like cicadas on a summer's night. |
| | | | VIP-delegation visits Svalbard. |
| [Norwaynews] [12.07.2008, 10:28pm, Sat. GMT] |
| A delegation of US VIPs will visit the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Friday, to gain more information about climate change and global warming. Members of the delegation include former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, former U.S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, CNN Chief Ted Turner, financier George Soros and Google founder Larry Page. The trip is organized by the National Geographic Society. One of the main points of interest on Svalbard is the newly opened Seed Vault. |
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| Most of Lofoten without electricity |
| [Norwaynews] [29.12.2009, 01:38pm, Tue. GMT] |
| In Lofoten and Vesterålen 30,000 people were without electricity Tuesday, due to a fault on the main supply line to the area. It is hoped that the fault will have been repaired by the end of the day. The reserve feed also developed a fault, and with the cold weather, there was concern that people relying on just electricty for heating would suffer. Social services were therefore put on alert in case asistance was needed. Local hospitals are equipped with emergency generators, but municipal offices and shops were affected by the power outage. |
| | | | Governor of Svalbard wants ban on heavy fuel oil |
| [Norwaynews] [17.08.2009, 05:29pm, Mon. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Governor of Svalbard wants a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil on ships around the archipelago. Svalbard does not have the equipment to handle any ecological disasters like a large-scaled oil spill, Per Sefland says to Svalbardposten. – It is problematic to expand the existing stand-by capacities and therefore we must concentrate on preventing ecological catastrophes before they happen, he says. |
| | | | Science vs Politics at the Edge of the North Pole |
| [Norwaynews] [14.06.2009, 02:13pm, Sun. GMT] |
Spectacular views of mountains and glaciers here in the world's most northerly permanent human settlement contrasted with business and political leaders' pessimism and concern about the enormous gap between the action on climate that science deems necessary and what politics considers realistic. "We must push beyond the politically feasible," said Tora Aasland, Norway's minister of research and higher education.
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| | | | Operational Command moves to the Arctic |
| [Norwaynews] [02.06.2009, 05:39pm, Tue. GMT] |
| August 1 2009 the Norwegian Operational Command Headquarters opens in Reitan outside Bodø, thus making Norway the first country to move its military command leadership to the Arctic. Operational command is currently located in Stavanger in the southern parts of Norway, with a subordinated Regional Command in Northern Norway in Bodø. Last year the Norwegian Government and Parliament decided to bring together the operational command at one headquarters in the north, at Reitan. |
| | | | Norway hands over Arctic chairmanship to Denmark. |
| [Norwaynews] [30.04.2009, 06:07pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The Kingdom of Denmark which includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland has taken over the Chairmanship in the Arctic Council. Wednesday, the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Per Stig Møller took the chairmanship after Norway. Mr. Møller highlighted the Arctic Councils role in securing a sustainable development in the Arctic Region: “A primary objective of our chairmanship is to secure a strong platform for the Arctic Council. In the present dynamics of a changing Arctic we must safeguard continued sustainable development in this region. A forward looking approach in the Arctic will have to rest upon the political framework of the Arctic Council. |
| | | | Major earthquake hits Svalbard. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.03.2009, 08:38am, Sat. GMT] |
| The Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard was hit by a major earthquake in the early hours. The quake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale. The quake is said to be the strongest in Norway in modern times. The Longyearbyen citizens woke up as building shook violently. Senior scientist says the quake could have resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe if it had hit on land rather than at sea. |
| | | | Norway and Iceland sign border treaty. |
| [Norwaynews] [05.11.2008, 10:03pm, Wed. GMT] |
| This week Norway and Iceland signed a treaty which outlines the framework of oil and gas exploration on the continental shelf between Jan Mayen and Iceland. Norwegian minister of Foreign Affaires, Jonas Gahr Støre, says to Fiskeribladet Fiskaren that Norway has worked closely with Iceland in finding oil and gas resources on the continental shelf. The treaty signed this week outlines an agreement in the border areas between Iceland and the Norwegian iceland of Jan Mayen. Iceland is planning to open areas in the north-eastern part of its continental shelf called the "Northern Dreki Area", for oil and gas exploration. |
| | | | Svalbard bans criminal. |
| [Norwaynews] [16.10.2008, 05:14pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The Assistant Governor on Svalbard has barred a 28 year-old man from entering the Arctic archipelago for two years. "The man has carried out a large number of crimes and his right to live here has been revoked for two years," says Assistant Governor Lars Fause. "We don’t have the time to watch out for people like this. It becomes a drain on Police resources," says Fause. Police have the right to refuse entry to Svalbard for ex-convicts, if the authorities think that they are likely to commit new crimes. |
| | | | Russian population boom at Svalbard? |
| [Norwaynews] [19.09.2008, 02:18pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Politicians on Svalbard believe that the Arctic archipelago will have a population increase of 10 to 20 percent over the next five to ten years. Leader of the local board in Longyearbyen at Svalbard, Kjell Mork, says to NRK that far more people will move to Svalbard over the next years. Both the university at Svalbard and tourism industry will expand. In addition there are plans to open a new coal mine, which will ensure further production at the mining company, Store Norske Kullkompani. Almost half of all living at Svalbard work in the mine company or in related industries. |
| | | | Russian helicopter crashes on Norway's Svalbard islands; 3 dead. |
| [Norwaynews] [01.04.2008, 09:43am, Tue. GMT] |
A Russian helicopter crashed Sunday while attempting to land at the remote settlement of Barentsburg on Norway's Svalbard islands in the Arctic, killing three, rescue officials said. There were six other people onboard the Mi8 helicopter and they were taken to a local clinic for treatment, said Sten Rune Nikolaisen, of the Norwegian rescue coordination center from northern Norway. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, he said by telephone. |
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