Rabies scare on Svalbard

On Svalbard, two men and three women have been inoculated against rabies, after the fatal virus has been found in two reindeer and a fox on the Arctic archipelago over the past week.

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Thursday, 22 September 2011 06:43

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

Potential strike in the public sector from Thursday

A total of 20,000 municipal employees may go on strike as of Thursday morning if the parties don't reach an agreement. ..Read more...

The Norwegian Church sells Statoil shares in protest

The Norwegian Church has decided to sell its Statoil shares in protest against the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the company's oil sand projects in Canada. ..Read more...

Two members of Yara management charged by Økokrim

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. ..Read more...

Hillary Clinton to visit Norway

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is coming to Norway on an official visit in June, her first visit here since she became Secretary of State. ..Read more...

Growing cooperation with Poland

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says relations between Norway and Poland are continuing to grow in both breadth and depth. ..Read more...

Erik Solheim applies for post as ambassador to the UN

Former minister of environment and international development, Erik Solheim (57) of the Socialist Left Party (SV), is one of four applicants for the position as Ambassador to the U.N. in New York. ..Read more...

Oil&Gas: New licencing round announced

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced the annual licencing round for mature areas on the continental shelf. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas in early 2013. ..Read more...

Statkraft and Hydro-Québec to cooperate

Norway's Statkraft and Canadian Hydro-Québec have entered into a three-year agreement to speed up the development of osmotic power, a new renewable energy technology. ..Read more...

Cooperation with Portugal on climate change and public health

Climate change and public health are priority areas in the new round of Norway's EEA Grants to Portugal. Some NOK 440 million has been allocated for the period 2009–14. ..Read more...

Yara investigates posssible corruption

Norwegian global fertilizer producer Yara International has initiated an external investigation which has now uncovered unacceptable payments from the company's joint venture in Switzerland. ..Read more...

PM presents changes in the Government

Following the meeting of the Council of State at the Royal Palace, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented three new ministers in his three-party coalition government. ..Read more...

New government ministers from Socialist Left

According to public broadcaster NRK, the Socialist Left Party will on Friday be presenting three new ministers to the three-party coalition government of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (photo). ..Read more...

Solar energy industry plant to close down

The Norwegian Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has decided to permanently close down its operations in Glomfjord, in the county of Nordland, Northern Norway. ..Read more...

Statkraft to organize Osmosis membrane summit

Norway's Statkraft will on April 26th and 27th host the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit in Barcelona, Spain. This is a follow up on the Summit at the AMTA conference in San Diego in July 2010. ..Read more...