Nadarajah Sethurupan

“This year’s observance of the International Day of Yoga highlights the important role healthy living plays in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last year by all 193 …

On the 16-17th of June the delegation of the Council of the Federation headed by the Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev is visiting Oslo. Today senators held …

On the 17th of June the delegation of the Council of the Federation met with State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tore Hattrem.

The Norwegian government has proposed a substantial increase in military funding to tackle “deteriorated” security situation in its long-term plan for the Nordic country’s armed forces. In its white paper …

Just days after the ISIS-inspired Orlando shooting, Secretary of State John Kerry was busy touring the Arctic Circle this week to see how climate change was affecting the region. But …

Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has opened the Petter Dass festival in Alstahaug. The 42-year-old royal gave a speech on the first day of the ceremony, which took place on Thursday …

Norway announced plans Friday for its biggest military upgrade effort since the end of the Cold War, to bolster its defenses against an “increasingly unpredictable” Russia. The Scandinavian country, a …

Rosselkhoznadzor head Sergey Dankvert met with Jose Miguel Burgos, the head of Chile’s Sernapesca fisheries body, on Thursday. “The sides [Russia and Chile]…have mapped out concrete steps for the supply …

The Embassy of Ireland is hosting in conjunction with Oslo Pride a free event on Thursday 23 June at Eldorado Bokhandel from 2 pm until 3.30 pm. The event will …

Breivik’s massacre began on July 22, 2011, with a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people. Later that day, using a semi-automatic rifle, he went on a shooting rampage …

The Norwegian ministry of culture has announced that it will establish an art foundation and artist residency in Longyearbyen—one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas—which is located on an archipelago …

Attorney Amir Mirmotahari, 38, who is accused of having planned the kidnapping and drugging of a rape victim, was arrested by Oslo Police on Thursday. “The accused showed up at …

Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte is stepping up efforts to beat back the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf after it threatened to behead a Filipino woman and Norwegian man if it does …

Norwegian security startup CLTRe announced a new product series, enhancing its existing Saas offering, the Security Culture Toolkit. This new range consists of CLTRe Control, CLTRe Discover and CLTRe Improve, …

Kerry toured Svalbard on Thursday with Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende and head of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther. In Kongsfjorden, not far from the world’s …

– It is not as though all channels of communication between the Norwegian Armed Forces and the Russian military in the north are broken, specifies Chief of Communications, Colonel-Lieutenant Ivar …

Norway has agreed to support Sri Lanka to conduct a marine survey and a fish stocks assessment, the Sri lankan Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. According to the …

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Minister Helgesen, (in Norwegian), thank you very much, nice to be here with you. I am really glad to be here in Oslo and delighted to see …

Indonesia and Norway agree to strengthen cooperation to reduce gas emission as a result of forest denudation and destruction. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg appreciated steps already taken by President …

PRIME MINISTER SOLBERG: Good afternoon. I am very pleased to welcome Secretary of State John Kerry to Oslo. We last met in Washington, D.C. in May during the U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ …

Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Vidar Helgesen, and Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, reiterated their commitment to reach their shared goals as set out in the bilateral …

Norway will support the forest information and monitoring system Global Forest Watch with 115 million kroner for the period of 2016-2018. The Norwegian minister for Climate and Environment, Vidar Helgesen, …

The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States of America The White House Washington D.C. Dear Mr. President, I was shocked and saddened on hearing the news about the …

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. Borge, thank you so much for a very generous introduction. More importantly, thank you for a wonderful welcome back to Norway and to this …

Kongsberg Maritime recently participated, using its Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) technology, in a highly unusual and intriguing exercise in the fjord just outside Trondheim, Norway. Four autonomous units – an …