Police fine Norway prime minister over coronavirus SOPs violation
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits troops of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Pabrade, Lithuania September 8, 2020
Police fine Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg over coronavirus SOPs violation.
The fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352).
The two-term prime minister apologise last month for organising an event to celebrate her 60th birthday.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg was fined by police on Friday for violating COVID-19 social distancing rules when organising a family gathering to celebrate her birthday.
The fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352), police chief Ole Saeverud told a news conference.
Erna Solberg visits troops of NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Pabrade, September 8, 2020.
Oslo:
Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when she organised a family gathering to celebrate her birthday.
The fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352), police chief Ole Saeverud told a news conference.
The two-term prime minister apologised last month for organising an event for her 60th birthday with 13 family members at a mountain resort in late February, despite a government ban on gatherings of more than 10 people.
While the police would not have issued a fine in most such cases, the prime minister has been at the forefront of the government s work to impose restrictions, police said.
7 Jan in 4:31 Eurasia Review
It is well known that NATO member states agreed at the 2016 Summit in Warsaw to enhance NATO’s military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. So, the arrival of the multinational Allied battlegroup in Latvia in June 2017 concluded the deployment of forces under NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic States and Poland.
Since than NATO has been actively enhancing its military capabilities in the Baltic States. It increased the number of troops and deployed heavy weapons including tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery. Canada is the framework nation for the battalion-size NATO battlegroup deployed to Latvia, Eurasia Review writes in the article
21 PABRADE, Lithuania – Troopers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division has arrived to the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, as rotational forces to build interoperability with Lithuanian Motorized Infantry “Griffin” Brigade and German NATO-enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania.
As the regiment’s Troopers arrived, a weeklong sprint began to quickly and safely download and unpack field equipment and vehicles as their first mission: Ready to Fight.
“Ready to Fight means we are ready to train with and help defend this nation,” said Sgt. Maj. Nathanael Greene, 2-8 Cav. Reg. operations sergeant major. “We can’t leave a gap between the previous unit and us to ensure all our weapon platforms and vehicles work and are ready to go.”