By Terje Solsvik and Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.50% on Thursday, as unanimously expected by analysts, and said the…
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway in 2011, remains “very dangerous” and should be kept…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund faces growing obstacles to earning a return on its investments amid persistent inflation, already-high market valuations and geopolitical tension, its CEO…
By Victoria Klesty and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, should include private equity investments in its portfolio, allocating up to $70 billion,…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday said it had agreed to buy a 45% stake in two properties in Boston in a joint venture with U.S. based…
By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% on Thursday, as widely expected, and said it would likely raise the cost…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Norwegian defence ministry on Tuesday said it had agreed a new collaboration with U.S. based RTX unit Raytheon and Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen on further development of…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s central bank is expected to keep its key policy interest rate on hold this week but could hike borrowing costs again by the end of the…
By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the…
By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 4.25% on Thursday to curb inflation, as widely predicted, and, in…
LONDON (Reuters) – In a big day for central banks across Europe on Thursday, Switzerland shocked markets by leaving its interest rates unchanged, while Sweden and Norway met expectations with…
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s minority government should withdraw its proposal to open a vast Arctic offshore area to deep sea mining and call at…
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Meta Platforms can be fined for breaching users’ privacy, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday, stopping an attempt by the owner of Facebook and…
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Tuesday asked a court in Norway to stop a fine that the country’s data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian oil and gas companies plan to invest more in 2023 and 2024 than previously thought, driven mainly by rising activity as well as cost inflation from…
ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has recently reduced its overweight investment position in major tech firms, Chief Executive Nicolai Tangen told a press conference on Wednesday. (Reporting…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 4.00% this week to curb inflation, economists polled by Reuters…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund has excluded Power Construction Corp of China from its portfolio and placed London-listed Petrofac under observation. The Norwegian wealth fund, set…
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – A former commander of Russia’s Wagner group who sought asylum in Norway after crossing the Russian-Norwegian border in January said on Wednesday he wanted…
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s centre-left government said on Thursday it plans to spend an extra 56 billion Norwegian crowns ($5.3 billion) from its sovereign wealth fund in 2023 to compensate for…
(Reuters) – The Norwegian central bank on Thursday excluded two oil and gas companies from its $1.4-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, citing ethical concerns over their ties to the…
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will launch its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Norway, the U.S. automaker said on Thursday, as it hopes to tap into high demand…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, will vote in favour of the UniCredit remuneration package, it said on Sunday. The Italian…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund said on Monday it expects to recover some of the investment it made in the bonds of collapsed U.S. bank SVB Financial Group.…
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will order 54 new German-made Leopard 2 tanks for its army from the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Group, and will get an option to buy a further 18 tanks…