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Belarus Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko met with Minister of Transport and Communications Jon Georg Dale of Norway in Oslo on 12 December, Media learned from press service of …

Kazakhstan plans to ease the arrangements for public rallies, decriminalize libel, strengthen parliamentary opposition and introduce party quotas for women and youth. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has introduced the package of …

Switzerland has come second behind Norway in the UN’s 2019 Human Development Index (HDI), keeping the position it enjoyed last year. Ireland is third, Germany and Hong Kong share fourth …

The 30th Anniversary of Noble peace Prize to H H the Dalai Lama was celebrated by Norwegian Tibet Committee on 12th December 2019 at the Litteraturhuset, Oslo. The event was …

The replenishment negotiations for the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and the African Development Bank’s African Development Fund (ADF) have now been completed. Norway will provide over NOK 3 …

According to the international trade data, Norway’s aluminium wire exports to Sweden are likely to stand lower at the end of this year, while its exports to the Netherlands are …

Kaliningrad Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has signed a memorandum of understanding on developing a multimodal transit container rail service between China and Europe via the ports of Kaliningrad …

The two-day symposium held in Sri Lanka, , it is aiming to showcase NBRO’s innovations –geotechnical guideline for safe construction of building foundations, technical guideline on building demolition work in …

Norwegian owner JJ Ugland has confirmed that nine crewmembers from 2014-built supramax bulker Bonita, who were held hostage by pirates, were released in Nigeria after 35 days in captivity. The vessel …

Norway’s Equinor has acquired a 50-percent stake in a Polish offshore wind project, Baltyk I with a capacity of 1.56 GW, from Poland-based privately-owned energy producer Polenergia, the Norwegian company …

As part of a revised industrial energy strategy drafted by economy minister Peter Altmaier (CDU), the German government contemplates capturing and storing unavoidable CO2 emissions from industrial processes beneath the North Sea, …

China is everywhere.  Huawei is in control of virtually everything.  And so from the human rights perspective, China’s performance in Xinjiang is just – it truly dwarfs anything, even Siberia …

In 2021 the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expires. Experts worry about the future of the US and Russian nuclear arsenals. After the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range …

Performed at Beijing’s Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre, the Norwegian production “Garage” is tickling people of all ages. In one garage, two repairmen work on three unexpected eggs. The play, featuring …

In the Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land, Russia is building a new military airbase where it will station fighter aircraft. The new infrastructure will be ready in 2020, which …

The Norwegian Armed Forces received the first 155 / 52-mm self-propelled howitzers K9 South Korean production, learned online Media. The first two self-propelled guns and one K10 ammunition transport vehicle …

Thirty years ago, today, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of His unwavering commitment to peacefully restore freedom for Tibetans in …

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony held at the Oslo City Hall in Norway’s capital. Abiy received the Nobel Peace …

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met the Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal this morning at Temple Trees. Reiterating the historical bilateral relations the two countries …

The U.S. placed sanctions on six current or former foreign government officials and various support networks in Europe, Asia and Latin America for alleged corruption, the Senior U.S. Government Officials …

The Defender Europe 20 military exercise has been designed to build strategic military readiness, US Brig. Gen. Sean Bernabe said during a press briefing on Monday. “Overall, the main focus …

US deputy assistant secretary for cyber security Robert Strayer has stated unequivocally that “any country that deploys Huawei equipment in any part of its 5th generation infrastructure” would be reappraised …

The services of 30 Sri Lankan Ambassadors including to Norway and High Commissioners have been terminated and they have been recalled by the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry. In 2018, …

A delegation from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sri Lanka headed by its Ambassador Trine Jøranli Eskedal met Sri Lankan new President Rajapaksa on Monday. The delegation extended the good …

‘Under the Norwegian presidency, the new and ambitious Oslo Action Plan is being adopted to step up action against landmines. The Action Plan is an important step towards the goal …