Norway given more Continental Shelf by the UN
The final recommendations of the UN Council on the Limits of the Continental Shelf have extended Norway’s control of the seabed off its coastline to a...
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Sri Lanka kicks Norway out of peace talks
After a group of protestors sympathetic to the Tamil Tiger’s reportedly waning cause trashed the Sri Lankan embassy in Norway’s capital, the Sri Lanka...
Norway’s oil industry pushing for exploration in sensitive areas
Despite widespread resistance from environmental groups and the present government, the Norwegian Oil Industry Association is pushing forward with its...
Norwegian tanker captured by Somali pirates
In the most recent incident of piracy in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, pirates boarded and captured a Norwegian tanker, giving more credence ...
Eva Joly hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic Government
The announcement of the involvement of Eva Joly being hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic government and the special prosecutor’s tea...
Huge underwater gas find off Norway
HydroStatoil has made a major gas discovery off the coast of Norway that is getting those in the industry excited. The find was made in the Asterix pr...
Northern nations band together to save the polar bear
The main issue on the agenda of the upcoming 5-nation conference on Arctic warming will be how to protect the polar bear as its natural environment sl...
Can Denmark claim the North Pole?
A seabed mapping expedition in the Arctic region has returned evidence that suggests Denmark has a strong claim to the North Pole thanks to its contin...