Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide is hosting the annual Oslo Forum, a meeting place for leaders from all over the world, at Losby Manor outside Oslo on 19 …
Nadarajah Sethurupan
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Last Thursday, Oslo announced that it will be requesting an additional 700 U.S. Marines to train in the Scandinavian country near the Russian boarder. “This makes Norway less predictable and could …
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The Iranian nuclear chief says he will defend the country’s national interests “in the best way” during the upcoming Oslo Forum. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran …
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Philippines Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza left the country for Europe Sunday night to attend the Oslo Forum in Norway. Dureza will join global peace negotiators to share experiences about …
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DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East and North Africa region, announced last night that it had acquired a further 3.74 million shares in …
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The Norwegian government has decided to welcome continued USMC rotational training and exercises in Norway, with a volume of up to a total of 700 marines, initially for a period …
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Marine research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will arrive in Sri Lanka on June 21 to carry out a research in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal for …
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A pair of Norwegian politicians has nominated US president Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement released on Thursday, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a lawmaker, and Per-Willy Amundsen, …
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National security experts all over Washington spent their winter binge-watching the second season of a popular Norwegian TV series titled Okkupert (or “Occupied”), in which Russia brazenly occupies Norway after a dispute …
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Norwegian Aid
Norwegian government report sharply critical of funding for tropical forest conservation
A recent report by Norway’s Office of the Auditor General had some tough criticisms for the country’s International Forests and Climate Initiative (NICFI), one of the chief funders of REDD+ …
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It is a scorching hot June day in Gwadar, a port city on the southwestern coast of Balochistan, and more than a dozen eight-year-old children have blocked a road by …
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Two lawmakers from Norway’s Progress Party, which is a part of the country’s government coalition, have nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize because of his …
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(Bergen, Norway) – The Holberg Prize was conferred upon Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. At a prestigious award ceremony in the University Aula …
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Washington, DC—As Norway’s fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, travels around New York June 7-8 to promote Norwegian seafood, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) urges the city’s retailers, consumers and restaurateurs to …
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11 June 2018 Oslo – Yet another European corporation, this time ASML – the Dutch technology company, has made the construction of a new renewable power plant possible. Sandvik, a …
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To improve offshore oil spill preparedness, Norway’s government and the oil industry are building an offshore broadband wireless network. When oil spills occur, the ability to exchange information quickly between …
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Norway boasts one of the world’s most transparent tax systems, and investments in its IT support infrastructure in recent years have helped to elevate a sense of impartial openness and …
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“In times like these, when the security landscape is complex and uncertain, we need close allies. I am especially pleased with the strong UK-Norwegian relations, says State Secretary Tone Skogen. …
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Transparency in Payments (TIP) has been implemented in the Finland, Norway and Sweden markets. TIP, which is being introduced in conjunction with …
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The Oslo City Court has convicted a Syrian-Norwegian in his thirties to two and a half years in prison for breaking immigration laws and falsifying documents. While the court found …
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Argentina, Angola, Algeria, Montenegro, Russian …
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Kripos has arrested a Norwegian citizen in his 50s, charged with killing during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The man was arrested in Nordland, and is being sentenced for detention …
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Newspaper Aftenposten reported the Norwegian government to have paid up to USD24.800 over the past three years for Facebook services. Media researcher at the Institute for Social Research Kjersti Thorbjornsrud …
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McDonald’s will open 200 restaurants in the Nordic region over the next 10 years, as well as begin home deliveries this year in an attempt to take on rivals, such …
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More than a year and a half ago, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) built five new satellite receivers in Inuvik, in northwest Canada, as part of a contract with the European …