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Norway appoints its first female foreign minister
Category: Government
Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide was named minister of foreign affairs on Friday, making her the first woman to hold the post in the Nordic country. She replaces Boerge Brende, who last month was appointed president of the World Economic Forum. The appointment leaves the top three government jobs, that of prime minister, foreign […]
Source: Reuters
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Datatilsynet: Taxiforbundet brøt loven under Uber-etterforskning
Category: Automobile / Transport
Datatilsynet mener Taxiforbundet har brutt personopplysningsloven ved å la pr-firmaet Aabø & Co benytte seg av metoder som «bærer preg av skjult etterforskning» og «til en viss grad minner om skjulte avhør». Datatilsynet pålegger Norges Taxiforbund (NT) å informere alle berørte Uber-sjåfører om at forbundet har samlet opplysninger om dem i det skjulte. DN skrev i […]
Source: Dagens Næringsliv
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President Trump nominates new Ambassador to Norway
Category: Government
President Donald J. Trump announced today his intent to nominate Kenneth J. Braithwaite of Pennsylvania to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway. Mr. Braithwaite, a distinguished 27-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserve, currently serves as Group Senior Vice President for Vizient, a healthcare […]
Source: US Embassy in Norway
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Supreme Court to consider major digital privacy case on Microsoft email storage
Category: Defense / Security
The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a second important case on digital privacy, agreeing to hear a dispute between the federal government and Microsoft about emails stored overseas. The case began in 2013, when U.S. prosecutors got a warrant to access emails in a drug trafficking investigation. The data was stored on Microsoft servers in […]
Source: Washington Post
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Norwegian Government Proposes Significant Boost in Defence Expenditures
Category: Defense / Security
The Norwegian government continues to give priority to the defence sector in its annual budget proposal through a NOK 3 billion increase in 2018. It shows the government’s commitment to increase defence spending every year to meet the ambitions set out in the Long Term Plan “Capable and sustainable” for the defence sector for the […]
Source: Regjeringen
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