General Electric announces Norwegian wind power expansion
US energy giant General Electric (GE) has promised to pump money into Norway’s wind power industry, in a move that will create 100 new jobs. GE will b...
Norwegian Central Bank keeps key policy rate unchanged
The Norwegian Central Bank announced last week that it would not be making any changes to the key policy rate. The Executive Board agreed to maintain ...
Norway analyses spy presence
The Norwegian National Security Service (PST) has declared that some 19 countries have intelligence officers located across the country, with not all ...
Norway’s international doomsday seed bank still growing
In an isolated mountainside deep within the Norwegian tundra lies a contingency plan against the threat of global catastrophe. The so-called “doomsday...
St Patrick’s Day Parade in Oslo
The Oslo Caledonian Pipe Band (OCPB) was the main attraction in this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in the Norwegian capital city.
Norway to spend less oil money from 2011
The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that his government will limit spending of oil revenue beginning in 2011 as a safeguard ag...
Strong performance from Norwegian Pension Fund
The Government Pension Fund Global, or National Oil Fund, recorded a record annual return for 2009 according to a new report by the Norwegian Central ...
Norwegian led cluster munitions ban a step closer
Moldova and Burkina Faso have become the latest countries to submit their instruments of ratification for the Norwegian-led Convention on Cluster Muni...