https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's supreme court on Friday rejected a final appeal by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to secure assurances he would not be extradited to the US should he travel to Norway to collect an award. https://www.thelocal.no/20161126/snowden-loses-norway-appeal-for-no-extradition-pledge Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:06:58 +0100 snowden-loses-norway-appeal-for-no-extradition-pledge A Norwegian court on Wednesday dismissed a fresh bid by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to win assurances he would not be extradited to the US should he come to Norway to collect an award. https://www.thelocal.no/20160928/snowden-again-fails-to-win-no-extradition-pledge-from-norway Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:38:23 +0200 snowden-again-fails-to-win-no-extradition-pledge-from-norway The Oslo District Court has sided with Norway’s state attorney and has rejected American whistleblower Edward Snowden’s lawsuit to prevent his potential extradition. https://www.thelocal.no/20160627/oslo-court-rejects-edward-snowden-lawsuit Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:07:37 +0200 oslo-court-rejects-edward-snowden-lawsuit Norway’s state attorney has requested that Oslo District Court reject a lawsuit brought by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden that would prevent the former intelligence worker from being extradited during a visit to Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20160519/norway-wants-to-reject-snowden-lawsuit Thu, 19 May 2016 15:24:15 +0200 norway-wants-to-reject-snowden-lawsuit Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian government seeking a guarantee he will not be extradited if he visits to accept an award, a literary rights group said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160422/snowden-sues-norway-to-prevent-extradition-during-award-visit Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:38:45 +0200 snowden-sues-norway-to-prevent-extradition-during-award-visit Donald Trump, Greek islanders helping desperate migrants, Angela Merkel, Edward Snowden and the pope -- some may seem more likely than others but all are understood to be in the running for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20160202/trump-snowden-and-greek-islanders-in-running-for-nobel-prize Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:19:17 +0100 trump-snowden-and-greek-islanders-in-running-for-nobel-prize NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden criticised Russia's treatment of gay people and the internet as he accepted a Norwegian free speech prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20150907/snowden-slams-russia-in-norway-awards Mon, 07 Sep 2015 23:38:35 +0200 snowden-slams-russia-in-norway-awards Edward Snowden will be represented by an empty chair next week when he is honoured with a freedom of expression prize in Norway, as he fears extradition to the US, organisers said Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150829/prize-body-to-empty-chair-snowden Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:46:12 +0200 prize-body-to-empty-chair-snowden NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned Norway that he faced a possible death sentence if returned to the United States in the extradition request he made in 2012. https://www.thelocal.no/20150828/snowden-warned-norway-he-faced-death-in-us Fri, 28 Aug 2015 23:43:28 +0200 snowden-warned-norway-he-faced-death-in-us The Norwegian academy which gave Edward Snowden a free speech prize is planning to hold a "symbolic ceremony" for the whistleblower at the country's far-northern border with Russia. https://www.thelocal.no/20150828/snowden-may-get-free-speech-award-at-norwayrussia-border Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:34:46 +0200 snowden-may-get-free-speech-award-at-norwayrussia-border Norway’s NRK broadcaster has obtained a copy of the formal requests US authorities sent to Norway’s Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Justice asking it to arrest NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden should he enter Norwegian territory. https://www.thelocal.no/20150827/us-asked-norway-to-arrest-snowden Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:17:19 +0200 us-asked-norway-to-arrest-snowden Norway’s government has refused to allow the NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden to cross over the border from Russia to to collect a freedom of speech prize, warning that he may be at risk of arrest. https://www.thelocal.no/20150617/norway-refuses-to-let-snowden-in-for-free-speech-prize Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:33:45 +0200 norway-refuses-to-let-snowden-in-for-free-speech-prize The US State Department has advised Norway to arrest and extradite NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden if he comes to Oslo in September to pick up a freedom of information prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20150603/snowden-should-come-here-to-face-charges-us Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:23:05 +0200 snowden-should-come-here-to-face-charges-us The Norwegian academy which on Tuesday awarded Edward Snowden its “freedom of expression” prize is lobbying its government government to allow him to come to Norway to collect the prize, meaning he may be able to leave Russia for the first time since claiming asylum in 2013. https://www.thelocal.no/20150602/snowden-could-come-to-norway-to-collect-prize Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:26:30 +0200 snowden-could-come-to-norway-to-collect-prize The leak of top secret documents by US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has resulted in “very few changes” to the way the US’s National Security Agency and its partners operate, Norway’s top spy has declared. https://www.thelocal.no/20150317/snowden-leaks-changed-nothing-norway-spy-chief Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:38:24 +0100 snowden-leaks-changed-nothing-norway-spy-chief Some of Norway's most eminent lawyers have backed a proposal from Oslo University's law professor Terje Einarsen to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Edward Snowden, praising it as "particularly well-argued and solidly reasoned". https://www.thelocal.no/20140623/top-norway-lawyers-back-snowden-nobel Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:58:00 +0200 top-norway-lawyers-back-snowden-nobel US whistleblower Edward Snowden, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, as the Nobel Institute announced a record 278 candidates on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140304/record-278-people-nominated-for-nobel Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:14:00 +0100 record-278-people-nominated-for-nobel Two Norwegian MPs have nominated the fugitive NSA contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20140129/norway-mps-nominate-snowden-for-nobel-prize Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:05:00 +0100 norway-mps-nominate-snowden-for-nobel-prize Norway's justice minister has admitted in parliament that the country's government cannot guarantee that Norwegian citizens have not been illegally surveilled by the US's National Security Agency. https://www.thelocal.no/20131120/cannot-guarantee-no-nsa-snooping-norway-minister Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:25:00 +0100 cannot-guarantee-no-nsa-snooping-norway-minister Norwegian secret services denied on Tuesday the US spy agency at the centre of an international row had monitored millions of phone calls in Norway, responding to accusations made in a local newspaper. https://www.thelocal.no/20131119/spy-agency-nsa-did-not-monitor-norway-calls Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:15:49 +0100 spy-agency-nsa-did-not-monitor-norway-calls