Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack’s visit included meeting with business representatives and key political figures. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack this week travelled to Finland and Norway on a mission to boost post-Brexit trade links. Finland and Norway have strong business links with Scotland, with Scottish exports to bothContinue Reading
Russia’s operation in Ukraine has resulted in the rise of energy resource prices, as gas price soared by nearly 40% and the price of oil reached USD 105 (EUR 94.18) On the day of Russian operation, Thursday, February 24, Brent crude oil price hit USD 105 per barrel for theContinue Reading
Norway’s blustery Fosen peninsula is a long way from anywhere, its mountains sustaining the Indigenous Sami and their reindeer for centuries. These same peaks are vital to the kingdom’s wind energy plans, and native herder Lena Haugen says her people pay the price. Snaking through the snowy terrain are dozens ofContinue Reading
BEIJING — They’re doing it again. Norway, with a population of just 5 million, is executing its quadrennial triumph over the rest of the world. It may not surpass the historic 2018 Pyeongchang Games, when Norway won 39 medals, eight more than its closest competitor, Germany, which has 16 timesContinue Reading
KRIGSFRYKT: Norge og de andre nordiske landene må være forberedt på at ukrainere på flukt kommer hit hvis det blir krig, tror forsker Jakub M. Godzimirski. En eventuell krig kan utløse en stor flyktningkrise i Europa. Landene nærmest vil få flest flyktninger fra Ukraina: Polen, Romania og Slovakia forbereder segContinue Reading
Stockholm: Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country’s indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden. The government is next month to decide whether to greenlight the controversial project led by UK firm Beowulf, which has promised to createContinue Reading
Scandinavia is expected to become free of almost all COVID restrictions – with Sweden reportedly due to announce it will join Denmark and Norway in abandoning virus-related rules. Sweden’s prime minister is set to announce that all mandatory coronavirus regulations will be removed by 9 February, according to Expressen. TheContinue Reading
The cable carries data from satellites orbiting the Earth above the North Pole Service to one of the world’s key Arctic underwater cables providing a data lifeline to satellites orbiting the Earth has been disrupted. One of the two cables has been out of service since Friday and Space NorwayContinue Reading
Newly discharged conscripts to hand back items including socks and bras, to be washed and reused Norwegian conscripts are to return their underwear after completing military service for the next recruits, as the army struggles with dwindling supplies due to Covid. Norway, which guards Nato’s northern borders and shares aContinue Reading
Norway on Monday announced new Covid curbs less than a week after tightening restrictions amid the spread of the Omicron variant and soaring case numbers and hospital admissions. The move came after Norway’s health authority warned the country could record between 90,000 and 300,000 daily coronavirus cases and up toContinue Reading