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WEEKLY Formerly Sweet and refreshing This week on En mann er ikke ferdig når han er beseiret, han er summer desserts ferdig når han gir opp. norway.com Taste of Norway - R.M. Nixon Norway Travel > Page 8 Planner TIME DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY (Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, WA) Norwegian American Formerly WEEKLY Formerly Vol. 120, No. 25 June 26, 2009 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 Tel (800) 305-0217 • www.norway.com $1.50 per copy Online News Dateline Oslo Still split on whether to join EU Battle against file sharing Recent poll shows starts in Norway Movie and record companies growing opposition want Norwegian operator to Norwegian EU Telenor to block access to membership, but the Pirate Bay file-sharing site and have filed documents final decision won’t in a Norwegian district be made in the near court seeking a temporary injunction. The battle between future Telenor and movie and record SPE C IAL RELEASE companies has been brewing Norwegian American Weekly Staff for a couple of months. In February, a number of industry Sentio Research Norway organizations, including the recently asked a representative International Federation of 1,000 Norwegians on their view on the Phonographic Industry, Norwegian EU membership. The which is also involved in the result of the poll was published case against the people behind in three Norwegian newspapers Pirate Bay in Sweden, sent (Nationen, Klassekampen and a warning letter to Telenor Magazinet). The main result is that demanding that it shut down there is still a massive opposition access to Pirate Bay, but to European Union membership in Telenor rejected the idea. Norway. (www.pcworld.com) The poll shows that 54.3 percent of those asked are opposed Goliat approved by to Norwegian EU membership, Norwegian Parliment Image courtesy of europa.eu. EU countries are yellow, EU candidate countries are blue and other European countries are gray. The Norwegian Parliament CONTINUES PAGE 13 Stortinget has approved the plan for development and operation of the Goliat oil Making a difference field in the Barents Sea. The 40 years of oil Minister of Foreign Affairs Johas approval is a step further in the realization of the first ever This year marks an important Gahr Støre visits New York City on oil field development in this area. (Barents Observer) anniversary for Norway June 14 What’s inside? BERIT HESSEN News 2-3 Managing Editor Business 4 More than 100 people showed Sports 5 up to listen to Jonas Gahr Støre, Op-Ed Norway’s Minister of Foreign 6-7 Affairs, talk about his book, “Å Taste of Norway 8 gjøre en forskjell” (Making a difference) on June 14. The book Travels to Norway 9 presentation took place at The Roots & Connections 10 Norwegian Seamen’s Church in New York City. Faith & Religion 11 To start off the evening, the Arts & Entertainment incredible talented Norwegian 12 composer and pianist, Ola Gjeilo In Your Neighborhood 13 (31), who has been based in the Photo: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate New York City for the last five Norwegian Heritage 14 1970: Industry minister Sverre W. Rostoft proudly displays the first petrol made years, performed two songs from Education 15 from Norwegian oil—a few drops from Balder. his new piano CD, “Stone Rose.” CH RISTY OLSEN FIELD years of exploring. As of 1969, the Gjeilo is actually mentioned in Photo: Berit Hessen Copy Editor Støre’s book. The first time the $1 = NOK 6.52 oil companies were on the verge of Ambassador Sissel Breie and Foreign giving up. The drilling rig Ocean Minister visited the Norwegian Minster Jonas Gahr Støre outside updated 6/22/09 Forty years ago, oil was Scandinavia House on Park Avenue. discovered in Norway after many 5/29/09 $1=NOK 6.34 CONTINUES PAGE 4 CONTINUES PAGE 13 2 NORGE - UKEN SOM GIKK Nytt på Nett Full tollfrihet mellom Norge og Gulfstatene Hamstrer influensavaksine Handelsavtalen mellom EFTA-landene og konkurransedyktige, sier Brustad. Stortinget vedtok i forrige uke å kjøpe inn Samarbeidsrådet for Gulfen (GCC) ble un- Norsk eksport til GCC har firedoblet 9,4 millioner brukerdoser med vaksine mot dertegnet på Hamar i dag. Avtalen vil fjerne seg de siste 10 årene, og GCC er nå vårt 8. svineinfluensa. Forslaget om å bevilge tollsatsene på så å si all norsk eksport og største eksportmarked. Handelsavtalen vil penger til innkjøpet ble fremmet av lederen gi forutsigbare vilkår for norsk skipsfart til legge til rette for fortsatt økning i handelen i helse- og omsorgskomiteen Harald Tom dette store markedet. med disse landene. Nesvik (Frp). Regjeringen hadde planlagt GCC består av landene Bahrain, De for- å kjøpe inn 4,7 millioner brukerdoser med – Jeg er glad for at vi kunne underteg- ente arabiske emirater, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar en såkalt pre-pandemi-vaksine, men et- ne handelsavtalen med GCC her på Hamar. og Saudi Arabia. ter at Stortinget fikk saken til behandling Avtalen er viktig og undertegningen er et Noen norske selskaper etablert i GCC- har verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO) op- sterkt signal om at Norge, midt i den økono- landene: Frontline, Hoegh, Jebsen, Wilhelm- pgradert beredskapen til nivå 6. miske krisen, satser på økt handel. Avtalen sen, StatoilHydro, Aker Solutions, Yara, Jo- Sheikh Ghazi Bin Said Al Bahar Al Rawas (til ven- vil bidra til å øke verdiskapingen og sikre tun, Elopak, NorSun, Kongsberggruppen. stre) og Abdulrahman Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah på Færre barn døpes arbeidsplasser i Norge, sier nærings- og han- Hamar. Photo: Government.no. Men medlemstallet i Den norske kirke økte delsminister Sylvia Brustad. med nesten 1.000 i fjor. Det går fram av - Dette fører til årlig sparte tollavgifter English Synopsis: A free trade agreement between The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Statistisk sentralbyrås kirkedatabase, der i størrelsesorden 150 millioner kroner og and Norway was signed in Hamar last week. GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi 2008-tallene ble lagt fram tirsdag. 42.599 vil gjøre norske varer og tjenester mer Arabia and UAE ) is Norway’s eighth largest export market. personer ble døpt i Den norske kirke i 2008. Det er det laveste tallet i SSBs tall- database, som går tilbake til 2005. Totalt Norsk musikkstjerne syk av flått var 3.874.823 mennesker medlem av Den norske kirke ved årsskiftet. Dette er nesten Mørk (bilde) er for tiden sengeliggende vant i kategorien «beste instrumentalsolist 1.000 flere enn ett år tidligere. og har avlyst konserter de neste seks uten orkester» for platen «Britten Cello månedene. Cellisten skal ha oppdaget fem Suites 1-3.» Momsfritak for frivillige flåttbitt på kroppen etter et opphold i USA Norsk Folkehelseinstitutt innkalte til Regjeringen vil gi frivillige organisasjoner i 2006. Den alvorlige sykdommen skal først hastemøte om flått-tester 22. juni. Et økende kompensasjon for momsen ved varekjøp. ha slått ut under et opphold i Tokyo i april antall personer i Norge blir smittet av syk- Det gir en femdobling av de statlige ut- i år. dommen lyme borreliose, som utvikler seg betalingene til organisasjonene. Dette ble Borreliose er en kronisk infeksjonssyk- etter flåttbitt. I 2004 var det registrert 255 Cellisten Truls Mørk (48) ble bitt av flått i lagt fram på en pressekonferanse 16. juni. dom, som særlig kan affisere hud, nervesys- tilfeller, i 2008 var tallet 347 med denne di- USA, melder ABC Nyheter. Regjeringspartiene er enige om at ordnin- tem, hjerte og ledd. agnosen. gen skal omfatte både varer og tjenester, at Truls Mørk er en av Norges mest kjente den skal vere knyttet til Frivillighetsregis- klassiske musikere. Han er blitt utnevnt til English Synopsis: Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk is seriously ill with Lyme disease. He teret og at det skal vere et frivillig og reelt ridder av St. Olavs Orden og har vunnet en was bitten by a tick in the United States in 2006. On June 22, the Norwegian Institute of tilgjengelig tilbud for både små og store rekke Spellemannpriser, fikk som første nor- Public Health called for an emergency meeting regarding proper testing for the disease. organissjoner som i dag driver uten mom- dmann tildelt en Grammypris i 2001. Mørk spliktig omsetning. Frivillige organisas- joner vil i framtida få tilbake 25 prosent av kjøpesummen. - 175 millioner til forskning i nord Yngre shopper litt mer Statsminister Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) hadde somheten i nord. Dette forskningsløftet er en (Ap) besøkte det nordnorske energiselskapet Yngre låntakere viser større vilje til å med seg forskningspenger da han i for- del av regjeringens nordområdesatsing, sier North Energy i Alta. bruke rentebesparelsen til forbruk enn for rige uke besøkte Finnmark. Godbiten kom Stoltenberg til NTB. North Energy er partner i prosjektet få måneder siden. Dette er et av hovedfun- i form av tildelinger til fem forskning- Forskningsmidlene går til kunnskaps Kald-klimateknologi, som skal forske på nene i en undersøkelse som Visendi har sprosjekter i de nordligste fylkene, melder miljøer i Nordland, Troms og Finnmark. hvordan bygg og anlegg og annen infrastruk- gjort for SpareBank 1. Undersøkelsen om- NTB. Bevilgningen ble presentert da Stoltenberg tur skal fungere i kaldt klima. Dette prosjek- fatter 2.335 personer som ble spurt elek- sammen med fiskeriminister Helga Pedersen tet får 48 millioner kroner. tronisk i perioden 15.-28. mai. Én av tre – Vi bevilger 175 millioner kroner over låntakere sier hele eller deler av gevinsten fem år til et forskningsløft i nord. Pengene English Synopsis: On June 16 Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Fisheries ved lavt rentenivå går til forbruk. går til fem ulike prosjekter knyttet til reiseliv, Helga Pedersen, visited North Energy in Alta. The company, which is a direct product of energi, arktisk teknologi, og prosjekter som the High North Strategy, received 48 mill. NOK for climate research.
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