Nadarajah Sethurupan

The first ever circumpolar action plan to protect polar bears was released yesterday during the Polar Bear Range States meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland. The five polar bear range states – …

Several people are missing after an avalanche smashed into 10 houses on Norway’s remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, authorities said. Eight people were taken to hospital after the avalanche tumbled …

The week-long Arctic Frontiers conference kicked off on Sunday as about 1,300 delegates from around the world gathered in the northern Norwegian city of Tromso to discuss the balance between …

A child and a man are both dead and at least eight others have been hospitalised after an avalanche slammed into 10 homes in Norway. The horror occurred at Norway’s …

With the support of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council …

A Norwegian politician has spoken of how how he felt guilty that the Somali asylum seeker who raped him was deported. Karsten Nordal Hauken, from Ås, Akershus, was raped in …

The deputy mayor of Oslo has generated a wave of support after revealing that her stepfather repeatedly raped her from when she was seven years old. “I was seven or …

In a decision deemed “devastating” for the 17-year-old girl who claimed she was raped, prosecutors have dropped all charges against the former deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Helge Solum …

State secretary Roger Ingebrigtsens sexual relationship with the 17 year old member of The Workers’ Youth League (Norway’s largest political youth organization and is affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party) …

Former unprofessional Minister of Children and Equality, Audun Lysbakken, of the Socialist Left Party, has been accused of funneling 500,000 NOK in funds to self (sex) – defense classes that …

During the trial of sexual assault accused Vågå mayor from Labor Party(Ap) Rune Øygard, it was claimed that Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg knew of the alleged relationship between the minor …

Trond Birkedal, the former top politician who was the Progress Party’s candidate for mayor of Stavanger, was acquitted on Thursday of charges he’d sexually assaulted minors under the age of …

There have been twice as many rapes committed in Oslo so far this year as in the whole of 2010, nearly all of them by immigrants, Oslo Police statistics have …

As investigations into indicted deputy Liberal (V) leader Helge Solum Larsen’s alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl continue, police say they have now secured items at the scene. Crime technicians …

Member of Parliament for the right wing Progress Party (FrP), Bård Hoksrud, has admitted to buying sex from a prostitute in Riga. He has now offered to resign from all …

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) will hold a session on “Bilateral Trade between Sri Lanka and Norway”. The seminar will be held on Wednesday 20 January …

Sri Lanka and Norway bilateral trade needs to be increased, Norway’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Thorbjourn Gaustadsaether said on Wednesday (20th). Addressing a forum on bilateral trade between Sri Lanka …

The domestic mechanism process on the war will begin next week, SriLankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera says. The observation was made after having official talks with the Minister of Foreign …

The Government of Norway and United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] in Sri Lanka recently entered in to a partnership agreement to improve access to justice and livelihood opportunities of the …

Foreign Minister of Norway, Borge Brende arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. Upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, the visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister was welcomed …

Norway has pledged their technical support to conduct an assessment on marine fish stocks in Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister of Norway Børge Brende said. “We would like to support in …

Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende, is scheduled to visit the Srilanka, SL Foreign Ministry Sources confirmed. He is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka immediately following Pakistan Prime …

The Norwegian Government is to hold talks with former Srilankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Børge Brende, who will undertake a one-day official visit to …

In a book to be launched in Oslo next month, the former Norwegian peace envoys to Sri Lanka will tell the story of Norway’s efforts to bring peace to the …

Sri Lanka is keen to reinvigorate the relations with countries that Sri Lanka had once difficult relations with over a number of issues, the Foreign Ministry said. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador …