The Oslo municipality has agreed to close off two streets in the centre of the capital, as part of an effort to improve security around the Parliament buildings.
The Parliament Administration had requested that the sections of Akersgata and Karl Johans gate which border on the Parliament buildings be closed to motorised traffic, and the City has now agreed.
This is in line with reccommendations by experts, following the July 22nd terrorist attacks against the government buildings two years ago, when a van carrying a bomb was parked right outside the main entrance and detonated.
(NRK)
The Norwegian-Russian Commission for Nuclear Security will meet in Kirkenes, Norway on Tuesday to discuss nuclear security in the North, the Department of Foreign Affairs has announced.
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Norwegian telecom company Telenor has been exposed to industrial espionage for the past three years, NRK reports.
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The situation in Afghanistan turned more severe after the Norwegian troops left the country, but the soldiers did not leave a job undone, says Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Ap/Labor Party)...
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 Ministry of Environment has set aside an additional NOK 10 million in order to better secure and fireproof Norway's ancient stave churches.
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The Security Police (PST) have allegedly kept two Muslim communities in Norway under illegal surveillance, according to the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Monitoring Committee (EOS).
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (photo)were present when the UN Security Council Chamber in New York was reopened after the renovation.
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In only a few days, the UN Security Council can start using their newly renovated meeting room. The room was originally a gift from Norway to the UN Headquarter in New York in 1952.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says Norway and Russia are continously developing a closer cooperation in important fields.
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