industry and commerce

Norwegian People’s Aid attacks Statoil’s plans to participate in Israeli petroleum industry.

by McGonagall • September 5, 2012 • 4 Comments

Yet a sample of the anti-Israel mood in significant quarters of the Norwegian Labor movement. Let us not forget that it is the Labor movement that sponsors the Labor party to to the tune of NOK 18 million (the money…

by McGonagall • August 30, 2012 • 2 Comments

We all know that Dr. Gerstenfeld is a very sharp observer of Norwegian politics and attitudes towards Israel and the Jews. So far, since our strange little snowed in country with such dark spots on our national character caught his…

by McGonagall • August 6, 2012 • 3 Comments

Year after year, Norway comes out of the annual Transparency International on a decent number 10 or 11. This is a very good position, considering that we are a major oil producer and, ehem, it is not always that the…

by McGonagall • June 15, 2012 • 15 Comments

lifted from dagen.no (again, apologies for google translation, no time to clean up, you will get the general gist of it!) Israeli entrepreneur thrown out of the oil fund Construction company Shikun & Binui has participated in the construction of…

by McGonagall • June 5, 2012 • 7 Comments

WANTS TO SHIP ISRAELI GAS Dagens Næringsliv 2012 06 05, Kenneth Lund Not Online Høegh LNG intends to ship gas for the Israelis. The Israelis intend to learn by Norway over the management of the country’s offshore gas resources. “We…

by McGonagall • May 31, 2012 • 15 Comments

So, in the perfect world of the Socialist Left, Norwegian companies should not engage with the Israeli petroleum industry, even when it is clear that the country’s gas finds lie safely within its continental shelf, whereas on the other hand…

by McGonagall • May 1, 2012 • 16 Comments

lifted from Vårt Land Slogans against Israel in the cities In Bergen, 1st of may organizers are accused of Jew hatred. - Nonsense, the city’s trade union leader responds. “Free Palestine – Boycott Israel”, “Stop the Israeli occupation – recognize Palestine” -slogans like these…

by McGonagall • February 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

Wow, we actually have national politicians who are capable of delivering stinging criticism and demand better performance in our foreign affairs. Rebekka Borsch was born in Germany, but is now a Norwegian citizen. She is the leader of the Liberal party…

by McGonagall • January 25, 2012 • 8 Comments

Going back about 8 weeks or so, a story much commented upon both here and elsewhere was the one where it transpired that Norway declined a request from Israel to receive a delegation to study the Norwegian oil industry, its…

by McGonagall • January 17, 2012 • 16 Comments

Wearing a crash helmet here now, still complying with ‘ealf & safety, even while I am rolling on the floor laughing out loud! Lifted from miff.no, but also featured in Dagen, although surprisingly not very much reported in mainstream media:…

by McGonagall • January 15, 2012 • 9 Comments

So, it seems Norway is prepared to ignore Turkeys abysmal and worsening human rights records. Our PM manages to praise Erdogan for work well done in the area of human rights, conflict resolution, when in reality, more and more journalists…

by McGonagall • December 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

This contrasts to the treatment Israel was given after requesting a technical visit to Norway…. But on the other hand, maybe this is a win-win proposal tabled by Norway: Libya wins since we helped bombing their country to smithereens, kill…

by McGonagall • December 19, 2011 • 3 Comments

Following up on the story from a few days back, when we reported that Jørund Rytman, the new leader of Stortingets Friends of Israel group, had written to the Minister of Health to query why Israeli wines are not readily…

by McGonagall • December 19, 2011 • 4 Comments

A couple of weeks ago we brought you the story on how Norway rebuffed Israel over its request to send a delegation to Norway to learn more about the Norwegian oil development model. While it still is unclear how Norway…

by McGonagall • December 17, 2011 • 4 Comments

HARBORS THE OPINION NORWAY SHOULD LEARN FROM ISRAEL Dagens Næringsliv 2011 12 16 p 16, Stig Arild Pettersen, Not Online Summary. This article is an interview with Guy Kawasaki of Apple. Mr. Kawasaki is comparing Norway to Israel; stating Norway…

by McGonagall • November 27, 2011 • 20 Comments

The technical journal, Teknisk ukeblad brings us this story on how Norway has rebuffed Israel over its request to send a delegation to Norway to learn more about the Norwegian oil development model After the discovery of large quantities of gas in sea off Israel last year,…

by McGonagall • November 22, 2011 • 10 Comments

The anti-Israel movement in Norway is planning to target supermarket chain Coop for their audacity to continue to stock Israeli goods, of any kind and any origin, in an action planned for November 26. It will be interesting to see…

by McGonagall • October 14, 2011 • 5 Comments

A few days ago, we reported on Fellesforbundet’s (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions) motion to vote for a boycott of its sister-union, the Histadrut. Vårt Land now reports that the motion was rejected by a clear majority of…

by McGonagall • October 9, 2011 • 0 Comments

The leader of Fellesforbundet (The Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions), Lars Frøysa wants to boycott the Israeli Histadrut, on the grounds that it is an apartheid organization, according to an article in Vårt Land This is an organization only…

by McGonagall • October 7, 2011 • 2 Comments

Trade union leader Roar Flåthen is quick to condemn arms and guns as long as there are no Norwegian interests in it. But when there are potential Norwegian jobs in it, he is happy to walk over corpses to get…

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