Tag: human rights

More trouble for Telenor in Asia

Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor reported disappointing first-quarter earnings this week, as the US' war on Iran hurts its Asian operations. The state-controlled company also...

Parliament probes Telenor’s exit from war-torn Myanmar

UPDATED: The Norwegian Parliament's disciplinary committee is moving forward with a probe of how the government and Oslo-based telecoms firm Telenor handled its chaotic...

Mixed reaction to Assange’s release

Norwegian government officials generally hail critical journalism and freedom of expression, but they were unusually quiet when Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was finally released...

New empty chair at Peace Prize ceremony shames Iran

This year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo featured yet another empty chair, since Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi remains jailed in Iran. Mohammadi's...

Klaveness vows to ‘modernize’ football

Lise Klaveness is best known in Norway as the "brave" and "outspoken" president of the country's national football federation NFF. She didn't manage to...

Norway summons Iran’s ambassador

Norway's foreign ministry has once again called the Iranian ambassador in on the carpet this week. The official diplomatic summons on Monday comes after...

Football boss fed up with FIFA

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway didn't qualify to play in this year's highly political and controversial World Cup football tournament in Qatar. That's made it easier...

Norway adopts sanctions against Iran

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed Monday night that Norway will adopt new EU sanctions against Iran, calling it "a clear signal of protest...

Peace Prize hails human rights heroes in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

The Norwegian Nobel Committee faces another empty chair at this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the Oslo City Hall, but thinks it's worth...

‘No regrets’ for angering Iran

The president of the Norwegian Parliament, whose family came to Norway as refugees from Iran, has set off a diplomatic incident after publicly protesting...
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