Kverneland acquired by KubotaThe Japanese firm Kubota has acquired the Norwegian farm machinery manufacturer Kverneland, by bying 30 per cent of the shares from majority owner Jens Ulltveit-Moe. Kubota has paid NOK 10.50 per share, and has offered to pay the same for the rest of the Kverneland shares, NRK reports. This would be equal to NOK 1.6 billion. Kverneland has companies in 19 countries, exports to 60 nations and has around 2000 employees globally. (NRK)
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The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) has charged two members of Yara's corporate executive management team.
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A new shipment of seeds from food plants has arrived at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for long-term storage on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Spitzbergen.
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Museum Nord is an umbrella organization for museums and historical information in the North of Norway, Lofoten, Vesterålen and Ofoten. There are museums and historical presentations in 8 municipalities Vågan, Hadsel, Sortland, Bø, Øksnes, Andøy, Narvik og Ballangen.
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Despite a long lasting controversy, it now looks as if Parliament (Storting) will not suggest shutting down the fur industry in Norway, the newspaper Nationen reports.According to the newspaper, there is no mention of a shut-down in the coalition government's upcoming white paper on agriculture, in spite of both the Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Labor Party (AP) voting for closure. It therefore looks like the third coalition party, the Centre Party (SP) will have their way in the q..
Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen (photo) on Thursday presented the National Budget for next year. Some highlights: Record budget for development aid, with focus on renewable energy and agriculture. (More updates)
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Norway's Crown Prince Haakon will attend the official opening ceremony at the Forest Europe ministerial conference in Oslo on Tuesday. Norway is hosting the two-day conference.
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The government appointed Food Chain Committee has presented its findings, and has as expected on the whole held retailers responsible for the high food prices and poor assortment in Norwegian stores.
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The Government has put forward a proposal to allow farmers to sell alcohol produced from their own fruit and berries, with an alcohol content of up to 4.7 per cent.
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The Museum documents the development of Norwegian agriculture with an emphasis on the 20th century. The architecture of the museum building is unique. There is a museum farm and a 4H farm, including old breeds of farm animals.
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In its revised national budget, the Norwegian government has proposed increased funding to Haiti, with a view to support the reconstruction process and to help the country become more robust and stable.(Photo: Minister of International Development Erik Solheim)
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Just days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault has this week received thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples...
Head of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Jan Egeland, has been elected to co-chair the High-level Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services. an international taskforce that is to compile and make available climate information...
