Nadarajah Sethurupan

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende signed an agreement on free visa access for diplomatic and official passport holders in Oslo on Tuesday. “After two …

Oslo Forum 2017 opened Tuesday with participation of officials from numerous countries and international organisations, including Iran’s Foreign Minister, the US former Secretary of State, Indonesia and Norway Ministers of …

Everyone should be able to see each other’s faces, the government argues. The Norwegian government on Monday proposed a ban on full-face veils in schools, universities and kindergartens. Oslo’s move …

Carbon Clean Solutions Limited (CCSL) has won key carbon dioxide (CO2) capture content study contracts in Norway. In partnership with international engineering company Apply Sørco, CCSL has been awarded two …

FIJI’S University of the South Pacific and Norway’s University of Bergen will establish a high-profile Joint Chair in Oceans and Climate Change to be hosted at USP’s Laucala Campus in …

The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Børge Brende, has announced that Norway will contribute with NOK 10 million (LKR 180 million/USD 1.2 million) to the humanitarian relief effort due to floods and …

A RUSSIAN fighter jet has been scrambled to intercept a Norwegian patrol plane flying above the Arctic ocean with its transponder reportedly switched off. An MiG-31 jet was sent to …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was honoured by the Atlantic Council on Monday (5 June 2017) with a Distinguished International Leadership Award for his service both as Secretary General and …

Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to supply 15 natural gas engines to Norwegian ferry company Torghatten Nord AS. As reported, these engines will power five LNG ferries operating between Bergen …

Norwegian regional power company Lyse said it has become one of the owners of newly founded innovation company Digitalnorway – Toppindustrisenteret. The other owners are the Kongsberg Group, DNB, DNV …

Indian Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare S. S. Ahluwalia has said that both India and Norway should work towards strengthening cooperation in areas …

South Sudan’s civil war has been ranked fourth on the list of the world’s ten most neglected displacement crises, a 2017 report released by the Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC) has shown. …

Some 200 troops and 60 combat vehicles from Norway arrived in Lithuania Tuesday, completing a multinational NATO unit of more than 1,000 soldiers in the Baltic nation neighboring Russia. Defense …

Norwegian electronic communications regulator Nkom said that Telenor Norway must reduce its wholesale prices for operators which to lease capacity on its mobile network. The aim is to improve the …

Wealth is an interesting thing. Some people hold onto every penny for their entire lives just for the sake of it. It becomes a burden when they pass away, their …

Women in military is certainly not a new concept, but women in special elite units and combat roles definitely it. In 2016, the US military finally allowed women to apply …

Norway is considering introducing “uniformed police profiles” which would patrol Facebook looking for criminal activity. Kripos, Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service, is reportedly examining the legal aspects of how police …

DHL Global Forwarding is accelerating Norway’s seafood supply chain by shipping live crabs and other seafood on dedicated weekly flights from Oslo to Asia and Northern America. The express giant …

NORWAY and China yesterday moved closer towards restoring normal fish exporting relations following a visit to Beijing by Norway’s fisheries minister. Per Sandberg (pictured) led a delegation of 120 seafood executives and …

TVB chairman Charles Chan had a narrow escape in a helicopter crash in Norway a week ago when he was believed to be on vacation in the Nordic country. The …

Sri Lanka-Norway diplomatic relations spanning over 60 years since 1950 have entered a new and dynamic phase strengthening the relations and bilateral cooperation between the two countries, Finance Minister Ravi …

A man with dual Norwegian and British citizenship who had been sentenced to life in prison for murder in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been freed on humanitarian …

Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway want to be part of the EU’s transitional deal with the UK after the latter leaves the bloc in April 2019. “We need to find solutions …

Norway will in June host a reconciliation conference between the South Sudanese government and armed opposition leaders, the Norwegian government envoy Erlen Skogonsberg said on Saturday. Skogonsberg told reporters in …

Norway-based engine MRO facility Aero Norway AS reached an important milestone this month as technicians celebrated completing the 150th repaired CFM56 engine in the past 18 months.  Aero Norway has …