Oman minister of Commerce and Industry received Borge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Norway, yesterday. The Norweigan minister is currently visiting the Sultanate. They reviewed opportunities of cooperation in the …
Nadarajah Sethurupan
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IB World Schools from across the Barents region are working to help create sustainable future societies Distance didn’t stand in the way of three schools in Norway and Russia coming …
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The Church of Norway—a Lutheran body—ceased to be Norway’s official “public religion” on January 1, and its ministers are no longer government employees. “We are facing the biggest organizational change …
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Government’s believes in ‘dialogue and cooperation to create mutual trust’ as solution to ending conflict Norway announced on Monday that it would limit its funding to Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) …
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Celebrations have begun as people around the world ring in the New Year. From Sydney in Australia to Pyongyang in North Korea, festive crowds gathered to say goodbye to 2016, …
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Norway’s public broadcaster apologized for referencing Nazi death camps and the Jewish genocide in a satirical cartoon about the financial situation of university students. “This cartoon should not have spoofed …
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India and Norway will soon begin collaborative research in the area of antimicrobial resistance. The broad research areas covered under this collaborative research programme include, surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance …
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Norway has substantially increased its assistance for the Syrian crisis in 2016. ‘The war in Syria is affecting millions of people and has ramifications for the whole world. Norway has …
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Srilanka and Norway
Norway assists Sri Lanka Fisheries Ministry to formulate national fisheries and aquaculture policy
As directed by the Prime Minister, Sri Lanka Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the Government of Norway for technical assistance for …
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Two Polish men accused of blowing up ATMs in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been detained by police in Poland. The men were wanted on a European Arrest Warrant …
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At a corner table of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital, an emissary from the Taliban’s supreme leader arrived with a message of peace. It was 2007, as the Afghan …
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Indian Ambassador to Norway has sought a meeting with the head of the Consular Section in the Norwegian Foreign Ministry after the Indian woman, whose son has been taken away …
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It is understandable that the image of NATO in Serbia is not good, says Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia Arne Bjornstad. In an interview for the daily Politika, he added that …
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Norwegian oil companies have scaled back their 2017 investment plans, according to the latest Statistics Norway survey. Economic analysts say that this increases the chances of a central-bank interest-rate cut …
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Astronauts on the International Space Station might soon be getting help from a swarm of snakebots, if Norwegian engineers get their way. Scientists at SINTEF, an industrial and technical research …
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The State Department on Wednesday announced that it approved the sale of five P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft to Norway. The estimated cost of the five Boeing aircraft and associated support …
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‘Norway will play an active and constructive role in the UN Peacebuilding Commission. We will use our experience in the areas of conflict prevention, mediation and peacebuilding to strengthen the …
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The World Bank is stepping up its fight against poverty. From July 2017 to June 2020, Norway will provide NOK 2.7 billion to the World Bank’s Fund for the Poorest, …
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The man overseeing energy policy in western Europe’s biggest oil-producing nation says the worst downturn in the history of Norway’s offshore industry appears to have bottomed out as Opec’s historic …
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A Norwegian missile designed for the F-35 has performed a fight test in the United States. Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile, designed for internal carry on an F-35 aircraft, has been …
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‘Norway condemns the terrorist attack in Berlin in the strongest possible terms. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Germany in the fight against terrorism. We will never …
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Tuesday reshuffled her three-year-old government, replacing three ministers, ahead of next year’s general elections. Two of the new ministers were from the populist Progress …
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Congress passed legislation earlier this week to renew the nuclear cooperation agreement with Norway, paving the way for U.S. access to Halden Reactor Project. “Norway’s Halden Reactor Project is a …
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Norway is set to become the next Nordic country, after Finland, to use privatization as a fiscal tool to reduce costs and achieve greater all-round efficiencies in its military organization. …
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The Government of Norway has donated $11.5 million, (approximately N3.6 billion) to improve basic education and support girls and women who had been victims of sexual violence by Boko Haram …