Category: Business News
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Senate confirmed a new Navy secretary, Kenneth “K.J.” Braithwaite, by voice vote on Thursday. Braithwaite, a former ambassador to Norway and executive for American oil and health care companies, assumes the job after financier Richard V. Spencer was forced out of office amid a fight with the White House and senior defense […]
Source: Defense News
Category: Business News
In one of the world’s richest countries, the finance minister may soon need to break the spending record he just set. For Jan Tore Sanner, the 55-year-old who’s been running Norway’s finances since January, that’s not really a problem thanks to a couple of choices his country made a while back. After Norway first discovered […]
Category: Business News
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: J. Mark Burkhalter, of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway. Mr. Burkhalter is a Senior Advisor in the Public Policy and Regulation practice at […]
Source: The White House
Category: Business News
Generalmajor Eirik Kristoffersen (51) er i dag utnevnt til ny forsvarssjef. Han vil etterfølge admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen som går av med pensjon i august i år. – Eirik Kristoffersen er en forsvarssjef for vår tid. Han har de rette egenskapene for å lede Forsvaret fremover, sier forsvarsminister Frank Bakke-Jensen. Les hele pressemeldingen HER.
Source: Regjeringen.no
Published: May 12, 2020
Category: Business News
On 5 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and 41 other ministers responsible for the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a ministerial statement on Covid-19 and the multilateral trading system. The statement is an important supplement to a joint statement issued by the Alliance for Multilateralism in April, and endorsed by Norway, on […]
Source: Regjeringen.no
Published: May 5, 2020