Asia and Norway

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund invested $112 million in Bangladesh’s stockmarket in 2016 — a six-fold rise compared to the previous year. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s biggest …

An Air India Boeing 777-300ER flying from Bombay to New York made an emergency landing at Bodo, Norway airport here after a sick passenger requested medical emergencies mid-air. “The Bombay …

Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor said Thursday it was leaving the Indian telecom market and transferring its businesses there to Bharti Airtel. Bharti Airtel, India’s largest wireless operator, with 269 million …

Visiting Norwegian foreign minister Borge Brende on Monday laid emphasis on creating a favorable environment for Rohingyas in Myanmar so that they can go back to their own homes from …

Latvia does not recognize the “independence” of Nagorno-Karabakh and the “referendum” which is held there, Latvian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Juris Maklakovs told Trend on February 20. The so-called “constitutional referendum” …

Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said controlling the country’s waters was his government’s priority and sought help in this regard from Norway, a statement from the Afghanistan presidential …

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Norway exchanged notes on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, Media learned from the …

President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca received Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace today. During the meeting, President Coleiro Preca conveyed Malta’s …

Iran’s embassy in Norway has opened a memorial book on the honor of the firefighters killed during rescue operations in Plasco building last Thursday. To the memorial book were attending …

India and Norway will soon begin collaborative research in the area of antimicrobial resistance. The broad research areas covered under this collaborative research programme include, surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance …

Indian Ambassador to Norway has sought a meeting with the head of the Consular Section in the Norwegian Foreign Ministry after the Indian woman, whose son has been taken away …

Iran’s new ambassador to Norway Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh presented his credentials to King Harald V of Norway on Thursday. During the meeting, Habibollahzadeh offered an outline of ties between Iran …

The newly appointed Ambassador of Norway to Bangladesh, Blake Sidsel, has met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and State Minister for Foreign affairs Md. Shahriar Alam. During separate …

Aslaug Holm´s movie Brothers awarded around the globe. Report from Taiwan. Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival this year chose Aslaug Holm’s film Brothers as the best international film.  A week …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende is seriously concerned about the situation in Turkey, and decided on Friday to call in Turkey’s Ambassador to Norway. This reaction followed the arrest …

Climate change is the biggest challenge for humanity and all nations will have to adopt policies to face and address it, Norway’s ambassador to India, Nils Ragnar Kamsvag said here …

The Norwegian Embassy of Nepal has agreed to provide funds to rebuild six quake-hit schools in Semjong VDC of northern Dhading, one of the districts hardest hit area by last …

The Emirates Capital Limited (TECL), a boutique corporate finance firm with offices located in the DIFC, Dubai, has been retained to assist with sourcing capital funding of more than $21 …

Bringing people and business enterprises together, taking bilateral economic cooperation to a higher level and seeking new possibilities, new markets and new projects are the goals of the Serbian-Norwegian Business …

Ten collaborative agreements between Singapore and Norway were signed at the Research Council of Norway on Tuesday (Oct 11), covering areas such as educational exchanges, renewable energy and urban solutions. …

Norway may be over 10,000km away from Singapore, but it is also a place some Singaporeans call home. Yesterday evening, 140 of them, together with their family members, gathered at …

‘Norway is a long-term partner for Afghanistan. We intend to maintain our current level of aid to the country, approximately NOK 700 million a year, in the period 2017 to …

The contracts were signed in the context of International Exhibition of Fishery, Aquaculture and related industries in Milad Tower in Tehran. Iranian Minister of Agriculture Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati and Norwegian …

A Vietnamese Cultural Event in Oslo – “Essence of Viet Nam” took place on 13 September 2016, at Gamle Logen, in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the National Day …

Norway condemns the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today. ‘The DPRK has once again defied a united international community by carrying out a …