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Norway’s Minister for Transport Knut Arild Hareide has celebrated on Wednesday the completion of a long-awaited construction project by cutting the ceremonial ribbon via videoconference. Speaking from his office in Oslo over …

Norway, which says it has the new coronavirus under control, on Monday started opening up pre-schools after a month-long closure, Media reported. Authorities have said the reopening was possible because …

Norway gave a record NOK 37.8 billion in aid to developing countries in 2019, slightly more than 1 per cent of the gross national income (GNI). “The global corona crisis …

NATO Defence Ministers met today (15 April 2020) by secure video conference to decide the Alliance’s next steps in the fight against Covid-19. Speaking after the meeting, NATO Secretary General …

NATO defense ministers have reviewed the alliance’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and agreed upon the next steps to take, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. Stoltenberg held a virtual news …

A dedicated EU military task force will be set up to support the coordination of the national armed forces in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. However, it is yet …

Prominent Norwegian shipowner Arne Wilhelmsen has died over the weekend at the age of 90. Born in 1929, Wilhelmsen worked as a chartering assistant for Norway’s EB Lund & Co and later …

The Government is allocating NOK 30 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for their …

Today the Norwegian government presented the new Long Term Plan for the Norwegian Armed Forces. A continued increase in defence spending will strengthen the readiness and endurance of the Norwegian …

Widespread international cooperation is of vital importance in the efforts to alleviate the impacts of the coronavirus crisis. The Government is now considering a Norwegian contribution to the IMF’s Catastrophe …

The Pentagon believes that this week’s incident involving a Russian Su-35 fighter jet and a US P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea was unprofessional but not intentional, the …

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) continues to play an important role in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, by assisting NATO Allies and partners with key relief acquisition …

This is all part of the hybrid and cyber warfare that we see constantly within our alliance, trying to sow not only discontent but trying to devalue our leadership at …

A new programme “Addressing Gender Biased Sex Selection and related harmful practices in Viet Nam” has been launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for three years from 2020 …

Sweden stands out as one of few countries without a lockdown and where primary schools and kindergartens are still open. Only high schools and universities are closed and people are …

Municipalities with significant border trade are being badly affected by the corona crisis. This is particularly noticeable in the run-up to Easter, when the stores along the Swedish Norwegian border are …

A team of doctors and nurses from Romania and Norway, deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, has been sent to Milan and Bergamo, Italy’s worst-hit regions by the COVID-19, …

The global outbreak of COVID-19 that took hold across the aviation industry throughout March has heavily influenced Norwegian´s traffic figures. The company experienced a dramatic drop in demand following government-imposed …

After deploying to Norway for the multinational exercise Cold Response 2020, NATO AWACS aircraft were quickly reassigned to support Air Policing and Deterrence operations in the area when the exercise …

The USA branded a Russian RIM group and its top members as global terrorists this week, making use of a tool normally used to target radical Islamist groups overseas. The …

Kosovo’s Caretaker minister of Health, Arben Vitia, hosted on Monday Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo, Jens Erik Grondahl. The Kosovo’s Ministry of Health in a statement said that Grondahl commended the …

Norway, one of the first European countries to curb activities to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, will relax restrictions “little by little”, the prime minister says. The Nordic …

NORWAY has suspended further applications from salmon companies who want to send fish overseas to be processed. The move by the seafood and fisheries minister, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, follows a …

The Government today proposed additional financial measures to soften the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak in Norway. The newly submitted measures are directed at industries, companies and certain groups that …

Total deaths started to spiral in China from coronavirus and fear grew around the world, it was chosen as venue for the key meeting between President Xi Jinping and Tedros …