Nadarajah Sethurupan

FAO and Norway have agreed to continue an already fruitful cooperation in the strategic areas of fisheries, the right to food, climate-smart agriculture, deforestation, gender equity and food loss and …

Norway’s property boom doesn’t look like ending any time soon. According to Real Estate Norway, average prices have increased by 7.3 percent over the past year – and as much …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that the Kingdom of Norway had increased assistance to Ukraine by seven times since the beginning of the Russian aggression in …

A 34-year-old Swedish businessman based in Oslo is facing trial in Norway accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in Thailand for several years – including making her pregnant. The …

It is likely that Norwegian troops will be stationed in Lithuania early in 2017 to join in NATO’s fortified line of defense against Russia. According to VG, Prime Minister Erna …

For the first time in history we can succeed in providing education for all children and young people. If we put education first, we will gain multiple benefits in terms …

The Norwegian government has allegedly tried to hide millions of dollars in contributions to the Clinton Foundation spread out over eight years. Daily newspaper Dagbladet has tracked $89.6 million of …

As most European countries grapple with stopping unwarranted and at times suspicious asylum seekers from flocking to their territories,Norway has come up with a new legislation meant to solve that …

Mr Lars Erik Tellmann, a member of the Telenor Myanmar team since it established operations in 2013, has been appointed chief executive officer to succeed Mr Petter Furberg, the Norway-based …

The Norwegian government on Tuesday extended support of 2.1 million U.S. dollars for professional development of 150 Tanzanian female engineers in a span of five years. Edwin Ngonyani, the east …

Foreign Minister Børge Brende has condemned the terrorist attack in Baghdad late on Saturday in the strongest possible terms. It appears to have been planned to kill and injure as …

Today the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy presents the feasibility study report on full-scale carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) in Norway. – We have chosen a step by step …

Norway’s ratification of the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention will strengthen our cooperation with other states when parental conflicts and child welfare cases arise that involve more than one country. …

The Abu Sayyaf has announced that it will be beheading its hostage, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, if Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza insists on the non-payment of ransom. “There is no …

Norway and the Republic of China (Taiwan) are to become the latest nations to upgrade their Raytheon Sidewinder air-to-air missile (AAM) stocks to the latest AIM-9X Block II standard, a …

A Norwegian prime minister once compared the difficulty of capturing carbon and storing it underground to a “moon landing.” But just as the lunar program transformed the U.S. economy, this …

NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER ERNA SOLBERG & UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION GORDON BROWN TO HOST MEETING OF 25 WORLD LEADERS ON JULY 4TH IN OSLO TO MAP OUT …

Norway is far from enthusiastic about the prospect of the UK remaining a member of the EEA via EFTA. The reason for this is that only Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein …

While acknowledging Sri Lanka’s progress that has taken place in implementing the resolution since its adoption in October last year, Norway called on the government of Sri Lanka to adhere …

The Iraqi asylum seekers deported from Iceland earlier this week are now in Norwegian jail, and will soon be sent back to Iraq. President-elect Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has expressed his …

MSB announced yesterday that on June 28 the first live tests of connecting Rakel (Sweden) with Nødnett (Norway) have been carried out with great success. The tests are part of …

Indonesia and Norway partners with the World Resources Institute Indonesia to map priority peatland areas in order to support peatland restoration. WRI will help increase transparency in the management of …

State Secretary Elsbeth Tronstad’s speech at an Oslo visit by the EU transport attachés. Dear Transport Attachés – dear colleagues, Norway has longstanding, good and close ties with the EU. …

In the final four months of 2015, a record number of asylum seekers came to Norway. During the first four months of this year, the numbers plummeted by 95 percent …

‘I condemn the terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday 28 June in the strongest possible terms. Terrorists have once again targeted innocent civilians in Turkey. These cowardly acts …