US VIPs to visit Svalbard’s Global Seed Bank
A diverse delegation of VIPs from the US will travel to Norway’s Arctic archipelago of Svalbard this week in an attempt to learn more about global war...
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Rare war crimes trial held in Norway
In Norway’s first war crimes indictment since the Second World War, an unnamed 41-year-old Norwegian citizen stands charged with torture, rape, illega...
Norwegian gas fields purchased by energy giant Centrica
In a bid to expand its upstream oil and gas assets, Centrica recently purchased its first Norwegian gas assets from Marathon Oil for GBP 190 million. ...
Siemens fined in Norwegian corruption case
The Norwegian Police Financial Division has fined German telecoms engineering company, Siemens two million Kroner for alleged corruption. The case inv...
Norway’s FSN Capital Partners moves into Danish market
One of Norway’s largest investment companies has created a fund to move into companies with growth potential in Denmark and other countries. Until now...
Where to put the new US Embassy in Oslo?
The ruling labour party has erupted into a bitter row over the re-zoning of a downtown site on which the new US embassy was to be relocated. The party...
Stoltenberg’s government on shaky ground
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is suffering an apparently ever-decreasing popularity rating among the electorate. A day after shaking up his...
Prince and princess purchase pokey premises
Norway’s Crown Prince and Princess recently purchased a modest hytte on a private island off the southern coast of the country and have announced that...