Norway gives Rio Tinto the boot over ethical concerns
As part of Norway’s aim to invest its sovereign wealth fund only in ethical, environmentally responsible projects, it has pulled out of a deal with Ri...
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Brit attempts to kayak to North Pole
Lewis Gordon Pugh, a 38 year-old environmental activist from the UK, has begun the extraordinary challenge of kayaking 1,200km from Svalbard, Norway t...
Students in Norway cheating financial aid system
Evidence has come to light that some Norwegian university students are cheating the system. It would appear that the students are collecting student a...
Norway’s equestrian doping charge confirmed
Although an official hearing still has to be held, the Olympic doping charges levelled against Norwegian equestrian athlete Tony Andre Hansen and his ...
Cocaine bust shock for Norwegian footballer
Erik “Myggen” Mykland, one of Norway’s most famous footballers, has been arrested for his links to one of Norway’s biggest drug networks. ...
Norway plans to spend heavily on renewable energy
Norway plans to use some of its vast sovereign wealth fund to develop sustainable energy. Despite being flush with oil, an unspecified proportion of N...
Norway not hunting enough whales
Last week Norway officially stated that it would not be able to catch enough whales this year to meet its allocated quota. Few nations still allow wha...
Norway to host Arctic Indigenous Language Symposium
The leaders of the Arctic’s aboriginal groups will meet in Tromso, Norway this autumn to discuss the preservation of their respective languages. Most ...