Bern, 13.10.2020 – Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), will visit Norway on 15 October and Denmark on 15 and 16 October. In Oslo, Mr Cassis …
Norway is modifying its Tromso naval base to accommodate American nuclear submarines. These modifications include a well-guarded berthing area for the largest American SSN (nuclear attack sub) the USS Carter, …
The Japanese government on Tuesday named Hiroshi Kawamura, ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs, as its new ambassador to Norway, effective Oct. 13. Kawamura, 62, has been in the post …
Freight operator Cargonet in Norway will open a weekly connection directly from Narvik (Norway) to Malmö (Sweden) on 23 October. With this first direct route the seafood can arrive up …
Around 100 Demonstrators protested outside the Chinese embassy in Oslo last week over the bloodshed in the china region. Similar protests are planned in several other European cities. Demonstrators are …
The World Food Programme (WFP) has been praised by world leaders and humanitarian groups after it was awarded 2020’s Nobel Peace Prize. The UN entity, which provided food to 100 …
The members of the ‘Troika’ — the United Kingdom, the United States, and Norway have welcomed the peace deal between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), Sudan …
Kongsberg has developed world-class signal processing equipment that provides improved mobile coverage in areas with insufficient ground network. The equipment is to be integrated in Airbus Defence and Space’s new …
Leading experts from shipping, R&D and oil and gas have teamed up to develop a ground-breaking fuel solution for ships and oil and gas (offshore) sector. The new technology opens for …
Norwegian citizen Oleg Neganov has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Hewlêr (Erbil) in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq for membership in the ISIS. According to a detailed report …
The Norwegian Government proposed Christian Hauglie-Hanssen, the Director General of the Norwegian Space Agency, as candidate for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) top job as ESA Director General, the Norwegian …
A 48-year-old member of far-right SIAN movement, was found dead in his apartment in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand Saturday, according to local state media. Dan-Eivind Lid, known as an …
A highly sensitive COVID-19 test, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), relies on magnetic nanoparticles to extract viral RNA. More than 5 million NTNU …
US Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Keith Krach has urged Germany to support NATO by expelling the Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G mobile network. The statement comes …
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has initiated construction of the Hywind Tampen floating offshore windfarm. She did so in a ceremony at Kværner Stord, where elements of the windfarm are …
50 Ambassadors from around the world, including Norway and representatives of international organisations, have expressed support for LGBT rights in Poland. 50 Ambassadors of countries from all corners of the …
The governments of the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Somalia, in coordination with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and the …
Norway and the United Kingdom have today signed a new framework agreement on fisheries cooperation. It allows the parties to agree to on the exchange fishing quotas as well as …
The Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) signed a Joint Procurement Agreement with the Dutch authorities to procure a total of seven THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) from Milrem Robotics, …
The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, through its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (Doalos), and Norway, have entered into an agreement to provide support …
The stand taken and the statements made by Amnesty International are unfortunate, exaggerated and far from the truth. The facts of the matter are as follows: Amnesty International had received …
The Swedish and Norwegian wind industry argue that proposals for an end to the countries’ shared electricity certificate system could create uncertainty and reduce profitability for developers and investors. Both …
Norway will have access to just a fraction of the 1.4 gigawatt (GW) export capacity of a subsea power cable connecting it with Germany once it starts operating in early …
In a Government White Paper to the Norwegian parliament submitted today, the Government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The project has been named …
The government today presents the annual white paper on the management of the Government Pension Fund. The paper reports on results in the management of the Government Pension Fund Global …
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