Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

New Nobel fallout hits major firm

Serious calls are going out for changes in the make-up of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, after China's angry reaction to last year's Nobel Peace...

No celebration over Chinese relations

Just before flying off to Brazil this week, Trade Minister Trond Giske addressed a seminar in Oslo on Hong Kong as a bridge to...

WikiLeaks snares Nobel nomination

UPDATED: A member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has nominated the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize – a suggestion that...

Elkem’s new owner: ‘We’re no vampires’

"We are neither imperialists nor vampires," the incoming Chinese boss of Norwegian metals firm Elkem told newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) on Wednesday. He was...

Lawmakers forced to drop China trip

This week's sale of one of Norway's major companies to a state-controlled Chinese conglomerate doesn't mean strained relations between Norway and China are back...

Orkla sells Elkem for billions in cash

UPDATED: Norwegian industrial concern Orkla notified the Oslo Stock Exchange early Tuesday that it now has signed a deal to sell its Elkem metals...

Chinese relations in deep freeze

Norway's relations with China were chilly even before the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded last year's Peace Prize to a Chinese human rights activist. More...

Sights and sounds of Peace Prize Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duefA-vMfq0

Torchlights of hope for Liu

Hundreds of Norwegians participated in the annual torchlight parade held in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, even though he couldn't wave back...

Peace Prize drew crowds and emotion

The Nobel Peace Prize always draws a crowd and this year was no exception, despite China's best efforts to ignore the annual event and...
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