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India has amended its Citizenship Act of 1955 in December 2019 to allow persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Christian faiths who have illegally migrated into India over …

Norway and India agree to cooperate closely to investigate the possibility of establishing a global agreement to stop plastic pollution. The ministers of environment from the two countries met in …

Norwegian rail freight operator CargoNet has launched the new intermodal connection between Trondheim and Bodø. It carries up to 52 semi-trailers in each direction. With the help of the new …

“Counterterrorism is a very good example of where Washington and Moscow are working together.  This is very much a shared interest and a shared concern for all states, not just …

4,236 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in the first month of the new year. The market share of electric cars in passenger car registrations was thus 44.3 per …

Norway’s national economic crime unit raided the local office of international shipping company Teekay Offshore this week on suspicion of illegally exporting waste, the agency, known as Okokrim, said on …

Skanska invests €46.2m (NOK 470m) in the sixth phase of the residential project Ensjo Torg in Oslo, Norway. The construction contract is worth €36.6m (NOK 372m) which will be included in …

Each year, during the Lunar New Year celebrations, a small Arctic Chinatown takes shape near Norway’s border with Russia and Finland. It’s an indication of how China, though a non-Arctic …

Royal Marines have been showing Norwegian troops how commandos storm shorelines on amphibious raids in the fjords of the Arctic Circle. In blizzard conditions, the fast raiding boats of Plymouth-based …

Enterprise Estonia launched a round of applications on Saturday for the main grant scheme of the Estonian-Norwegian cooperation program “Green ICT,” the total budget of which is €18.8 million. In …

Damen is converting the platform supply vessel (PSV) Eidsvaag Opal for Eidsvaag, a small, family-owned Norwegian company that has been transporting fish feed to the aquaculture sector since the early 1980s. In …

The exercise in the fjords of northern Norway saw marines of Plymouth-based 47 Commando, the small boat raiding specialists of 3 Commando Brigade, work closely with Norwegian counterparts and their …

At tabloid newspaper VG better understanding younger generations and learning how best to communicate with them is a top priority. So much so that it recently established a new department …

A court in Oslo on Monday opened hearings on a lawsuit filed by the Norwegian company Olen Betong Gruppen AS against the country’s government. The company claims that Norwegian secret …

From January 1st, 2020, the Royal Norwegian Air Force set up a new Maritime helicopter wing: The 139 Air Wing of Bardufoss Air Station. The new unit will mainly focus …

CHICAGO – On Jan. 21, the Chicago office of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., celebrated the opening of the new Norwegian Honorary Consulate for Illinois – located at Greensfelder – …

The US and Europe are stepping up their sanctions against the Syrian regime because of an assault on Idlib, according to Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, US Special Representative for Syria …

The US government is keen to include agriculture in the trade talks with the EU, according to the US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. The Trump administration believes agriculture must …

A widespread and unseemly controversy has broken out in India over the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2019 that fast tracks Indian citizenship for persecuted …

Norway has signed an agreement to provide NOK 3.2 billion in funding for the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The Government is doubling Norway’s annual contribution to the Fund, making this …

An NGO has filed a complaint against a Swiss energy company for investing in a Norwegian wind power project opposed by the indigenous Sami people.  On Thursday, the Society for Threatened …

A Romanian from Iasi lost his expensive Tesla car after policemen had found out that the car was listed as most wanted good for seizure, an alert issued by the …

About 40 per cent of all Norwegian children experience the divorce of their parents before reaching the end of their teen years. Although it used to be more common, divorce …

Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden will be visiting Oslo in the coming days as part of the 15th Pastoral Visit to the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation. The Metropolitan will arrive …

IF SAFETY IS your number one priority when traveling abroad, make sure to add Norway to your must-visit list. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration revealed on January 1, 2020, that no children between …