To develop its maritime industry, Nigeria is to partner Norway. Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director-General Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said. Speaking when the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, …
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The Norwegian state owned company, StatkraftNorfund Power Invest or SN Power, concluded an MOU for a project known as the Middle Yeywa dam with the previous government in July 2014. …
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi met her Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende for the second Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting here on Monday. “Today, we will hold two meetings. …
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The Dream Mile is synonymous with the ExxonMobil Bislett Games. There is virtually no other race on the track and field circuit that connects an event, a city and a …
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Following the implantation of the nuclear deal and lift of sanctions against Iran, Norwegian universities have called off a discriminatory ban that did not allow Iranian students to study in …
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Airbus Helicopters has acted to allay concerns over the safety of its Super Puma aircraft after Norwegian investigators declined to rule out a repetition of past gearbox problems being the …
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Africa and Norway
Oslo Meeting: International community should contribute to implementation of Mali, Libya agreements
Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra called on the international community to actively contribute to the implementation of the agreements signed in Mali …
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Lithuania’s Defense Ministry on Friday decided to open talks with the Norwegian government on acquisition of medium-range missile defense systems NASAMS. “We have decided to open negotiations with the Norwegian …
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The members of the Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States) are appalled by the Sudanese government’s aerial bombardment of civilians in Kauda and the Heiban area of …
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Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has welcomed the Financial Stability Board’s efforts to draft “homogeneous, appropriate and consistent” reporting guidelines for climate risks. The manager, responsible for Norway’s NOK7.1trn (€763bn) …
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The State Secretary of Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Tore Hattrem, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from May 31 to June 02, 2016. The State Secretary will …
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The US Navy is focused on a major shift in its maritime strategy. With global threats mounting, our Navy is implementing “distributed lethality,” a vision that will enable forces to …
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Norway’s largest farmer-owned dairy co-operative TINE are to open a new Jarlsberg cheese production facility in Ireland. The project will see TINE form a partnership with Dairygold’s existing speciality cheese …
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Ministry of Environment (MINAM) will sign an agreement today with the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) costing $6.1 million, this agreement …
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The Norwegian Export Credit Agency (GIEK) has said that the sharp downturn in the offshore industry means that a massive 50 per cent of its NKr102 billion (US$12.3 billion) loan …
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The Norwegian parliament pledged that the government’s public procurement policy will go deforestation-free. Norway is a leader in funding forest conservation around the world (see here, here, and here, for …
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‘I am looking forward to receiving colleagues from 12 key African countries on Thursday and Friday this week. They include the foreign ministers of Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and …
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London- Ever since State of Law Coalition leader Nouri al-Maliki asked the militias of the Popular Mobilization Forces to join the operation to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from …
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The Nigerian-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (NNCC) has been launched in Lagos to promote socio-economic relationship between Africa’s biggest economy and the Nordic country. The chamber, according to its promoters, will …
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When Snøhetta was approached to develop and identity for Høyskolen Kristiania it developed a concept that would embrace the school’s holistic focus on the individual rather than education alone. Høyskolen …
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European lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) said it is “astonished” that Norway’s government is pressing ahead with a new airline passenger tax despite evidence that such levies depress demand …
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Sex scandal
Sex workers must be able to live in safety and free from discrimination – new policy published
“If a customer is bad you need to manage it yourself to the end. You only call the police if you think you are going to die. If you call …
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Building on its efforts to empower Pakistani youth, the Royal Norwegian Embassy/Government of Norway and Telenor Pakistan have jointly inaugurated the second community centre in Dera Ismail Khan. Part of …
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Companies come together to develop new hydrogen stations in Norwegian cities. Uno-X Hydrogen AS has announced that it has partnered with Norway’s Praxair, a leading producer of industrial gases, in …
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University at Buffalo architectural historian Despina Stratigakos has been invited to advance her research on the wide-ranging architectural influences of Germany’s Third Reich as a 2016-17 member of the Institute …