Tag: spying
Norway gets tougher on US’ spying
The Norwegian government toughened its stand against alleged US spying Thursday, calling in US Embassy officials in Oslo to explain themselves. The meeting at...
Solberg: Spying on allies ‘unacceptable’
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg seemed characteristically unruffled on Monday over reports during the weekend about alleged US spying on its own allies including...
Spy scandal soils Parliament’s leader
UPDATED: The president of the Norwegian Parliament, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, has been subject to scathing criticism after she made sure that an embarrassing report...
Intelligence agency not so intelligent
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's military intelligence agency known as E-tjenesten has reportedly been rebuked by the Parliamentary commission (EOS) that oversees its activities. The government...
‘Spies target the oil and energy sector’
UPDATED: The abrupt resignation on Friday of the central bank boss responsible for Norway's huge Oil Fund, because he'd lost his security clearance, came...
Defense minister questions spying
Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen has taken contact with his Danish counterpart to find out more about alleged spying by the US on Denmark...
Russian ‘downturn’ long time coming
NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Jonas Gahr Støre, leader of the opposition in Parliament, could agree on at least one thing on...
‘Historic’ reaction to Russian hacking
The Norwegian government is mounting what commentators are calling an "historic" reaction against Russia. It was front-page news on Wednesday after Foreign Minister Ine...
Frigate loss didn’t hurt Navy chief
He led Norway's naval defense when naval officers on board one of the country's five frigates collided with a tanker in 2018 and later...
Russia retaliates in espionage case
Norway's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that one of its diplomats in Moscow is being expelled from Russia, after Norway expelled a Russian diplomat...
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