Asia and Norway

By Adil Tursunov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Norway Kazakhstan’s parliamentary and local elections on March 19 will be crucial for the democracy, the nation-building and international relations. Throughout last year …

“456 nuclear explosions were carried out at the Semipalatinsk test site, 116 of them were atmospheric”, said Alimzhan Akhmetov, the director of the Center for International Security and Policy, an …

Việt Nam has become Norway’s largest seafood consumer in Southeast Asia with a total import output of about 50,000 tonnes last year. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng …

For the first time since the pandemic, passenger flights between South Korean and Norway are due to begin. Every Thursday from May until August will see Air Premia operating direct …

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said. The fund said it had …

 The planned merger of Thai telecoms firms DTAC and True Corporation will not take place as planned this year, but may still go ahead in the first quarter of 2023, …

(By Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Norway) On 20 November Kazakhstan will hold Presidential election. This vote will be highly consequential for Kazakhstan’s democracy since the country’s independence in …

Kazakhstan’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) registered six candidates to qualify for the country’s Nov. 20 presidential election. This will be the seventh presidential election held since Kazakhstan’s independence in 1991. …

International human rights conference the Oslo Freedom Forum is to be held in Taipei for the third time on Thursday, with 10 human rights advocates to attend. Thai democracy movement …

During the meeting, Iran’s strong protest was conveyed to the Norwegian envoy.  It was also stressed that the non-constructive statements of the Norwegian Parliament Speaker about the recent riots in Iran …

Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide has voiced support for Indonesia’s role in climate action, an official from the Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) has informed. “A few days …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store initiatives to mobilise climate finance for renewable energy projects for developing countries. In a telephone conversation …

By Erlan Karin, State Counsellor of Kazakhstan Another Presidential Address opens a fundamentally new political milestone in the history of the country. The head of state is setting qualitatively different …

Kazakhstan will launch a new program called National Fund for Сhildren in 2024 that envisions allocating 50 percent of the National Fund’s annual investment income to support children, nearly the …

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for an extraordinary presidential election this fall. “A new trust mandate of the people is needed for the successful implementation of fundamental and comprehensive …

The Group of Citizens for Freedom in Telecoms submitted a document to Norwegian Ambassador to Thailand – Kjersti Rodsmoen, on the issue to put on hold the planned merger of …

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said Afghanistan’s de facto authorities and the international community’s unwillingness to engage effectively have pushed millions of Afghans into despair. On the eve of …

Ambassador of Norway to Pakistan, Per Albert Ilsaas here on Tuesday said that Pakistan and Norway were enjoying excellent relations, which needed to be further promoted, especially on economic fronts. …

The First Saree Festival in Oslo, Norway, in coordination with Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The Saree Fest 2022 was attended by more than 120 prominent Norwegian women, mostly …

Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs and top negotiator at the Vienna talks visited Norway on Tuesday. “Today, I departed for Oslo in continuation of recent …