Nadarajah Sethurupan

Professor Sandra Myrna DÌaz from Argentina has been awarded the prize for her work in biodiversity, encompassing the diversity of all living organisms.  The Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science is an …

The late Kare Kristiansen was a leader of the Norwegian Chrsitian People’s Party. In 1994, he resigned from the Nobel Committee to protest the Award granted to Yasser Arafat, whom …

Maritime authorities in Norway, Britain and the United States have started investigating the loss of power on board the Viking Sky cruise ship which nearly led to its grounding along the west …

Once completed in 2022, a gas link between Poland and Norway will hinder Russia’s Gazprom monopoly on gas supplies, putting an end to a phenomenon that has lasted for several …

There are 800 million people with disabilities in developing countries. I am delighted that we can now give a real boost to this vulnerable group, said Minister of International Development …

Rescue helicopters were battling severe winds on Saturday to airlift more than 1,300 people off a Viking Cruises’ ship that issued a distressed call after an engine failure off the …

A Norwegian-led resolution on environmental human rights defenders was adopted by consensus in the UN Human Rights Council yesterday. – I am very pleased that we have succeeded in reaching …

Adviser to the Russian President Anton Kobyakov and Norwegian Ambassador to Russia  Rune Resaland held a meeting in Moscow during which they discussed current issues concerning cooperation between the two …

Many refugees lose their papers and diplomas while fleeing, but without such documentation it may be difficult to get a job or enroll in a higher education institution in the …

Article from Minister of International Development, Dag-Inge Ulstein, and Minister of Digitalisation, Nikolai Astrup, together with Mitchell Baker (chairwoman of Mozilla) and Henrietta H. Fore (Unicef director). The article is published at …

Norway’s youth is not adequately protected from the often subtle and sophisticated digital marketing techniques of unhealthy food brands, says the Norwegian Consumer Council. A new report has found that …

A deep divide has emerged within the Foreign Ministry and the Pakistan military on the latter’s policy of using terror groups as strategic assets. Though Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, a …

Fifty-eight Turkish companies traded on Borsa Istanbul received last year investments worth $707 million from Norway’s Oil Fund, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund worth over $1 trillion, according to …

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway, paid a two-days visit to Malaysia on 25-26 February 2019. The purpose of the visit was to meet Teresa Kok, …

A student injured a teacher and three staff members at a school in Oslo, Nova TV reported, citing BGNews. The four employees at the Bringeng School were taken to local …

Genesta, acting on behalf of Genesta Nordic Real Estate Fund II (GNRE Fund II), has divested its holding in the Oslo office property Dronning Mauds gate 15 to Carnegie Norway, acting for Nordea Liv. GNRE Fund II purchased …

Flytoget is set to increase its capacity by 50% and this week the company has showed off its brand-new trains for the very first time. Wider seats, less noise and …

Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (NAAF) has become the launch customer in the emergency medical services (EMS) sector for the new H145 helicopter unveiled at the Heli-Expo 2019 exhibition. The Foundation, …

 The Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology—named British cultural historian and postcolonial scholar …

Together with the UN and other partners, Norway will host an international pledging conference to strengthen efforts to combat sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises. The conference will take …

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Friday condemned the deadly mass shootings in New Zealand and emphasized the importance of international work against extremism. “This is a reminder that we …

A senior advisor to the U.S. State Department is calling on the Catholic bishops of Nicaragua to find a way to once again play a part in the ongoing talks …

ISIS is down to its last few hundred fighters and less than a square kilometre of land in a battle for its final Syrian stronghold, although it may have 15,000-20,000 …

Norway will participate at the world exposition Expo 2020 Dubai under the theme “Norway as a world leading ocean nation”. Norway’s coastline is one of the longest in the world, …

Payment service provider Nets has announced expanding its contracts with DNB and Eika Gruppen, a strategic alliance of 69 Norwegian banks. Eika has agreed a new seven-year framework agreement with Nets, increasing its card processing …