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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Sweden, Norway, and Finland

Category: Business News

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Sweden, Norway, and Finland from May 29 to June 2 to deepen transatlantic cooperation on top national security and economic priorities. Secretary Blinken will travel to Luleå, Sweden May 29-31, where he will co-chair, together with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Tai, […]

Source: U.S. Department of State

First U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Norway in 65 Years

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U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), arrived in Oslo, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 24. This port visit is the capital ship’s first stop while deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe (NAVEUR) area of operations and provides an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Norway partnership, marking the first time […]

Source: US Naval Forces Europe and Africa

Report: Future Acquisitions For the Norwegian Defence Sector 2023–2030

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The Norwegian Long-Term Defence Plan outlines the continuous development of the Norwegian Defence Sector with respect to organisation, infrastructure (garrisons and bases), personnel (numbers, composition and qualifications) and materiel (existing equipment and new acquisitions). The Government outlines a direction towards a more capable and sustainable defence force better able to face future challenges and the […]

Source: Regjeringen

Meta: Our Response to the Decision on Facebook’s EU-US Data Transfers

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The ability for data to be transferred across borders is fundamental to how the global open internet works. From finance and telecommunications to critical public services like healthcare or education, the free flow of data supports many of the services that we have come to rely on. Thousands of businesses and other organisations rely on […]

Source: Meta

Norway’s $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI

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The head of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has called on governments to speed up the regulation of artificial intelligence as it revealed it would set guidelines for how the 9,000 companies it invests in should use AI “ethically”. Nicolai Tangen, chief executive of Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund — which owns on average 1.5 […]

Source: Financial Times

Published: January 18, 2025