ANKARA/OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian police on Thursday banned a planned anti-Islam protest including the burning of a copy of the Koran this week for security reasons, hours after the Turkish foreign…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will increase the spending from its sovereign wealth fund in the coming years to fund military and civilian aid to Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr…
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Shell held talks with Harbour Energy to sell its Norwegian oil and gas fields last year but could not reach a deal due to…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, United Kingdom, Norway and the European Union expressed horror at the escalation of violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state and urged delivery of…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian companies see a further deterioration in their outlook for the next six months, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday. “Looking ahead, contacts expect lower activity…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway police arrested a Russian man at the airport in the arctic town of Tromsoe and charged him with flying a drone, they said on Saturday, marking…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s military said on Monday it had posted soldiers to help guard major onshore oil and gas processing plants, part of a wider effort to boost security…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s centre-left government said on Wednesday it plans to increase taxes on electricity producers and fish farmers to raise an extra 33 billion crowns ($3 billion) a…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate again this week and signal a continued rise in the cost of borrowing in the fourth…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s prime minister and the head of the European Commission did not discuss setting a price cap for Norwegian gas sold to the EU during talks on…
OSLO – Norwegian paint maker Jotun said on Tuesday it will exit Russia with immediate effect after selling its local assets in the country to industrial group Atomstroykomplex for an…
OSLO – All oil and gas fields that were affected by a strike in Norway’s petroleum sector are expected to be back in full operation within a couple of days,…
By Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik OSLO -Seventy-four Norwegian offshore oil workers at Equinor’s Gudrun, Oseberg South and Oseberg East platforms will go on strike from July 5, the Lederne…
PARIS – NH Industries, which is owned by Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo, said on Friday it was “extremely disappointed” by Norway’s decision to return its NH90 military helicopters. “NHIndustries considers…
By Nora Buli OSLO – Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth…
By Victoria Klesty and Gwladys Fouche OSLO – Norway’s central bank kept interest rates on hold on Thursday as widely expected and restated its plan to raise the cost of…
OSLO – Europe needs more gas from Norway, and from Equinor, as the continent tries to wean itself from Russian gas, Equinor Chief Executive Anders Opedal said on Wednesday. “We…
OSLO – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is currently unable to sell its portfolio of Russian stocks as the market for such assets is not functioning and many firms are on…
OSLO – Norwegian interest rates are set to rise amid strong domestic growth and a buildup of pressure in the economy, but the the war in Ukraine also raises uncertainty…
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank has nominated Yngve Slyngstad, the former head of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, to its supervisory board, Germany’s largest lender said on Friday. Slyngstad was chief executive…
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced today that a Latvian woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for her role in a money laundering conspiracy. She was…
OSLO – The Norwegian economy has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic but now faces a negative impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Statistics Norway (SSB) said as it released fresh…
By Victoria Klesty OSLO -Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, earned a return on investment of 1.58 trillion Norwegian crowns ($177 billion) last year, the second highest on record,…
An investigation into a Broken Arrow man alleged to have been an administrator for a transnational child exploitation chat group has led to five additional arrests and the rescue of…
The 37-year-old Danish man in police custody for allegedly killing several people in Norway with a bow and arrow was previously flagged for radicalization, according to officials, the Associated Press…