Politicians condemn Syrian brutality

Norway has condemned the Syrian government’s attacks against pro-democracy demonstrators in recent weeks, and is believed to be joining the USA in considering sanctions against the country. A junior minister in the foreign ministry and representative of the Labour Party, Gry Larsen, told news agency NTB that “Norway condemns in the strongest possible terms the [...]

Journalist finally released in Libya

UPDATED: Ammar Al-Hamdan, a Norwegian cameraman who works for worldwide news service Al-Jazeera, has been released in Libya, with the help of the Palestinian authorities and President Mahmoud Abbas, after being captured by government authorities six weeks ago. Norwegian officials, meanwhile, are maintaining their support for Norway’s involvement in the NATO-led military intervention in Libya. [...]

Several still trapped in Ivory Coast

13 Norwegians remain in the Ivory Coast as the conflict there intensifies, with Norwegian foreign ministry officials working to bring them home. All 13 are currently in different places within the country’s largest city, Abidjan, awaiting transport out of the conflict-ridden area. Norwegian authorities have been in contact with their French counterparts in order to [...]

Foreign Minister to relax with a taco

It was a good week for Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Not only did he finally get to help settle a long-standing border dispute with Russia, he could look forward to a rare weekend eating tacos with his family. Støre, who turns 50 in August, maintains a schedule that gives “busy” an entirely new [...]

Ambassadors’ pay sparks complaints

Several of Norway’s ambassadors have received double-digit pay raises that defy state demands for moderation. Newspaper Aftenposten reports that six ambassadors now even earn more than their boss, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (photo), and there’s rumbling among the rank and file. Some of the ambassadors receiving big pay raises were transferred out of central [...]

Bolivia, Morocco angry with Norway

Bolivian officials are furious after a young Norwegian woman, armed with a newly issued Norwegian passport in a new name, fled drug charges and flew home to Norway over the weekend. Morocco’s ambassador to Norway, meanwhile, was also angry this week after two members of Norwegian special forces were cleared of any charges tied to [...]

Norwegian flees drug charges in Bolivia

One of three young Norwegian women, caught with 22 kilos of cocaine while leaving Bolivia two years ago, has skipped bail and made her way back to Norway, reported TV2 over the weekend. Now Norway’s Foreign Ministry seems caught in the fray once again, after reports emerged Monday that she had received a new passport from [...]

Morocco wants to see Norwegian diplomats punished

A diplomatic conflict continued Wednesday after Moroccan officials demanded that Norwegian diplomats involved in the flight of two Norwegian-Moroccan children be punished. A statement from the Moroccan foreign ministry claimed that Norwegian diplomats “had committed serious offenses that cannot go unpunished.” Norwegian foreign ministry officials have claimed that the children, caught in a bitter custody battle between [...]

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