The order is part of the MNOK 960 framework agreement for delivery of PROTECTOR “Nordic” Remote Weapon Stations for the Norwegian and Swedish Armed Forces signed in December 2011.
The Norwegian Kongsberg Group (KONGSBERG) is an international knowledge-based group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers engaged in the oil and gas industry, the merchant marine industry, and the defence and aerospace industries. In 2012, the Group had operating revenues of NOK 15.7 billion, and it currently has some 7 250 co-workers in more than 25 countries.
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Norwegian energy producer Statoil has acquired a 12% working interest in the Block 6 licence offshore Tanzania from operator Petrobras Tanzania Ltd...
Last year, police confiscated 22 guns associated with organized crime. This year, 21 guns have have been confiscated and police fear the escalated tension among gangs...
Severe forms of terror can be punished with up to 30 years in prison when the government implements the coming changes to the current criminal law.
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The largest party according to the latest polls, the Conservative Party (Høyre) held their annual National Congress in Oslo this past weekend. Here are some of the assembly's key issues:
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Head of the Labour Party Youth Branch (AUF), Eskil Pedersen, is asking that the Labour Party's National Congress adopt a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons in Norway.
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Norway welcomes the historic Global Arms Trade Treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly by a huge majority. The aim of the treaty is to control the trade in conventional arms...
Statoil has announced that it has farmed down a 25 % working interest in its operated exploration licence offshore Mozambique to Japanese based INPEX Mozambique, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of INPEX CORPORATION.
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A new round of negotiations on trade in conventional arms (the Arms Trade Treaty) has started at UN headquarters in New York. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says Norway will be at the forefront of efforts to ensure a strong and robust agreement.
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A working party within the Justice and Public Security Department has proposed that it should become compulsory to store arms in all Norwegian police patrol cars.
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The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) confirms that there is a conflict between the military and the police when it comes to who should have the lead in in the fight against terror in Norway.(Photo: Head of PST Benedicte Bjørnland)
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The Norwegian Defence Command on Thursday strengthened the level of preparedness at all Norwegian military installations to level Alfa (lowest level), following intelligence information from NATO.
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The Government has already rejected a proposal for Norwegian police to carry arms, although the police union is positive and the proposal is still being evaluated by the Department of Justice.
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"There is no nonsense in a pile of wood". It doesn't loose its value in the stock market , It does not rust and it does not file for divorce !." Log Cutting, and firewood is passion for Lars Mytting, the Author of " Solid wood" and last years X-Mas bestseller. Already 150.000 copies sold in Norway.
The author visited some of the country's coldest and most remote areas and made contact with people using wood as source of heat, - and woodcutters. He stopped at inters..
The Norwegian Police Officers' Association (Politiets Fellesforbund) have at their annual meeting voted in favour of arming the Norwegian police.
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