Norwegian Armed Forces are now making preparations to welcome a fighting force of 300 USA Marines at Værnes. Norway will host a fighting force of 300 US Marines at Værnes …
Nadarajah Sethurupan
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Norway may be over 10,000km away from Singapore, but it is also a place some Singaporeans call home. Yesterday evening, 140 of them, together with their family members, gathered at …
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Norwegian and African leaders across industries are expected to meet once again at the Radisson Blu Scandinavian Hotel in Oslo to discuss trends, issues and great potentials for rising cities …
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Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam will arrive in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Sunday (Oct 9), for the first state visit by a Singapore head of state to …
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Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel peace prize for his work on the peace accord with Farc rebels that his countrymen last weekend voted to reject. …
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Norway is to prepare guidelines banning female students from wearing full-face veils, the country’s education minister said Thursday. Education Minister Torbjorn Roe Isaksen said that in their view, full-face veils …
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Russia and Norway
NATO fighters escorted Russian bombers flying near the airspace of five European countries
Two Russian TU-160 bombers were intercepted by NATO fighter planes as they flew from Norway to northern Spain and back, BBC reports. Air Force fighter jets from Norway, Great Britain, …
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Lars Kristiansen teaches public relations in the School of Communication Studies. He was born and raised in Norway, and lived there until he was 24 years old. In 2005, he …
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Norway is poised to spend more than NOK1billion on building its carbon capture and storage portfolio, according to the Norwegian government. The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) today welcomed …
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Norewgian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Wednesday she has no regrets over attempting to play the popular mobile phone game Pokemon Go during a parliament session. Photos taken Tuesday showed …
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‘Norway is a long-term partner for Afghanistan. We intend to maintain our current level of aid to the country, approximately NOK 700 million a year, in the period 2017 to …
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A total of 50 Romanian companies and NGOs received EUR 26 million in grants as part of the Green Innovation in Romanian Industry programme between March 2013 – April 2016. …
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Norway is hosting a mini-Ministerial meeting of about 20 World Trade Organisation (WTO) countries, which include India, the US and the EU, to work out the areas where an agreement …
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The first Sri Lankan Diaspora Dialogue in Norway was held at the Norwegian Red Cross Conference Center, Norway. Collection of a group of “Norwegian Sri Lankan” representatives of various associations …
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Negotiating panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front are expected to exchange drafts on the proposed bilateral ceasefire and craft an amnesty proclamation as peace talks are …
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The contracts were signed in the context of International Exhibition of Fishery, Aquaculture and related industries in Milad Tower in Tehran. Iranian Minister of Agriculture Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati and Norwegian …
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NSB train crews must downsize with around 300 employees as a result of railway reform. The cuts will come in leadership and management in passenger operations up to 2018. There …
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Perez, a.k.a. the “Godfather of the Oslo Accords” has died at the age of 93, after suffering a stroke. For posterity, Perez, was the Israeli …
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Yanar Mohammed has won Norway’s prestigious Rafto Prize. The Iraqi activist is known for her work promoting women’s rights. Mohammed was awarded on Thursday the 2016 Rafto Prize for her …
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Haugesund, Norway • Ten-year-old Anna Thulin-Myge’s passport shows what looks like an ordinary Norwegian girl wearing her long, blond hair fastened with a clip. It lists her first name as …
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Norwegian Energy Minister Tord Lien has stated that Europe is “a very important gas consumer,” both for Norway and Russia. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has discussed with his Norwegian …
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Royal House
Norwegian King and Queen end jubilee tour with public viewing of King No in Jubilee Park
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway celebrated their Silver Anniversary of their accession to the Norwegian throne earlier this year on 17 January. Since then, they have conducted a …
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The first lesbian MP in Norway has passed away at the age of 90. Wenche Lowzow was a pioneer in gay rights in the country and has passed away after …
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Violent conflicts are increasing in number and in complexity. Their humanitarian consequences are devastating, and a record number of people have been forced to flee their homes. ‘Preventing conflicts is …
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IBM has expanded its global network of cloud datacentres by opening a new facility in Norway. Situated in Fetsund, 30 km outside Oslo, the datacentre is the company’s twelfth in …