Norway increases contribution to ILO

alt Minister for International Development, Heikki Holmås has announced that Norway has decided to double its contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) from NOK 90 million to NOK 180 million.

An agreement to this end was signed in Oslo Sunday evening by the Norwegian Development Minister and the ILO Director General Guy Ryder.

(NRK)

Monday, 08 April 2013 06:47

Posted in Section: News - Category: News

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

Statoil farms in to new Tanzania licence

alt Norwegian energy producer Statoil has acquired a 12% working interest in the Block 6 licence offshore Tanzania from operator Petrobras Tanzania Ltd...Read more...

Increase in export prices of fresh salmon

alt In the period from 13 May to 19 May, the export price of fresh salmon reached NOK 43.51 per kilo. This is an increase of 2.8 per cent from the previous seven-day period, according to Statistics Norway. ..Read more...

Aker Solutions to double manufacturing capacity in Brazil

alt Aker Solutions has this week laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil...Read more...

Aker Solutions receives Canadian contract award

alt Aker Solutions has received a contract award notification for offshore engineering services to support Husky Energy's activities at the offshore White Rose field in Canada. ..Read more...

Thor Hushovd wins 3rd place in California

alt Thor Hushovd could not compete with Jens Voigt and was beat by Tyler Farrar in the race for second place in Tour de California, but still earned a spot on the podium...Read more...

Widerøe employees still on strike

Widerøe has cancelled all flights Saturday. Although the parties have been in contact during the past 24 hours, no resolution has been made between the airline and cabin crew. ..Read more...

Salmon prices keep rising

alt In the period from 8 April to 14 April, the export price of Norwegian fresh salmon came to NOK 42.27 per kilo. This is an increase of 6.1 per cent from the previous seven-day period. ..Read more...

Aker Solutions wins West Africa contract

alt Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Technip to deliver umbilicals for the Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) phase 2 development off the coast of Angola. ..Read more...

Concern over Europe's financial crisis

alt Speaking at ILO's regional conference in Oslo, Norwegian Priem Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the crisis in Europe is dramatic. A financial crisis has now turned into a jobs crisis...Read more...

Kongsberg offshore vessel simulator to India

alt Bibby Ship Management India Pvt. Ltd has contracted Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime to deliver a KONGSBERG Offshore Vessel Simulator (KOVS). ..Read more...

ILO regional meeting in Oslo

The Ninth European Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be opened in Oslo on Monday...Read more...

Reduced emissions from Statoil's Canadian oil sands

alt In 2012 Statoil increased oil sands production by more than 60% and reduced CO2 intensity by almost 24%. These results are published in the Statoil 2012 Oil Sands Report just released. ..Read more...

Statoil farms down in Mozambique licence

alt Statoil has announced that it has farmed down a 25 % working interest in its operated exploration licence offshore Mozambique to Japanese based INPEX Mozambique, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of INPEX CORPORATION. ..Read more...

Aker Solutions awarded Brazil deepwater contract

alt Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions has entered a frame agreement with Petrobras to provide subsea equipment for the oil company's deepwater pre-salt field developments in Brazil. ..Read more...

New North Sea oil field on stream

Statoil and its partners have started up production on the Stjerne field, 13 kilometres southwest of the Oseberg South platform in the North Sea...Read more...