Nadarajah Sethurupan

Republic Day is a national holiday in Kazakhstan, celebrated on October 25. On this day in 1990, the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the country was adopted. The document declared …

Norway’s government has amended its gambling act to allow the country’s regulator to block illegal websites starting next year. Recommended by the Ministry of Culture and Equality on October 20 …

Norway has asked Russia to reduce the amount charged for damage caused by unauthorised grazing of Norwegian reindeer in Russia’s Pasvik Nature Reserve from 47 million kroner to 50,000 kroner. …

Denmark, Sweden and Norway have further tightened their travel advisories for Lebanon and cautioned against travel there until further notice. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said Thursday that Norway …

Norway has announced the closure of its embassy in Uganda next year as part of comprehensive reforms in its foreign services. A statement released by the embassy on Friday said …

The government of Norway said it is deeply concerned about the situation in Sudan, six months after the war’s outbreak. “More than 5 million people have been forced to flee, …

Indonesia is urging Norway to expedite a $250 million (Rp 3.9 trillion) investment commitment to accelerate the tropical rainforest country’s decarbonization program as stated in the Just Energy Transition Partnership …

The Norwegian government will offer a grant worth 34 million euros to Moldova, through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The members of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign …

Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The former vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) organization was …

This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in Europe. The jury said Fosse, who …

“The U.S. and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts which artificially divide humanity into hostile blocks and hamper the achievement of overall aims. They’re doing everything they …

Cooperation between China and Norway on tackling climate change and in other fields is on the right track, a senior official in the Norwegian government said on Tuesday, expressing his …

The Norwegian F-35A takes off from a highway in Finland for the first time. Photo © Ole Andreas Vekve, Norwegian Armed Forces

The Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, Glauk Konjufca, has met the Norwegian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), composed of Ingjerd Schou, Lise Christoffersen, …

Bulgarian Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov is taking part in the annual conference of the NATO Military Committee between September 15 and 17 in Oslo, Norway, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry …

A 25-year-old Malaysian student has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage, including illegal eavesdropping through various technical devices, local media reported.  Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported that the …

The Bulgarian Embassy in Oslo hosted Friday a meeting with the Bulgarian community in Norway on the occasion of Bulgaria’s Unification Day, September 6, at the invitation of Bulgarian Ambassador …

Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met yesterday with Norway’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen, Azernews reports, citing Kun.uz news agency. According to the Foreign Ministry, …

The Nobel Foundation on Saturday reversed course and decided to withdraw invitations for the Russian, Belarusian and Iranian ambassadors to attend December’s prize ceremony in Stockholm. The foundation earlier this …

The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, presented his new economic course during the annual state-of-the-nation address on 1 September. The President highlighted the country’s large-scale political reforms since 2022 and …

Norway announced Thursday that it will close its embassy in Mali, saying the withdrawal of a UN peacekeeping force from the West African nation “will have consequences for the security …

OERLAND, Norway – United States Air Force B-2 bombers currently deployed to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, launched on August 29, 2023, to conduct integration training with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35s …

Cross-border trade in Norway amounted to NOK 4.5 billion (€390 million) between January and June this year, with shoppers making around 2.3 million day trips, according to the latest data …

The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have intercepted a Norwegian Air Force R-8A Poseidon over the waters of the Barents Sea.   According to the Ministry, on August 23, 2023, a …

The Norwegian military has promoted a king penguin residing in a UK zoo to the rank of Major General in its military. The penguin, who lives at Edinburgh Zoo in …