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Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund excludes six companies linked to Israel
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Oslo – Saba: Norway’s largest sovereign wealth fund announced on Monday that it has excluded six companies connected to the West Bank and Gaza Strip from its investment portfolio, following an urgent review of its investments in Israel. The fund,...
Norway Crown Princess' son charged with 32 offences, including 4 rapes
India Today
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August 18, 2025
A son of Norway's crown princess has been charged with 32 offences, including four rapes and several acts of violence and assault, a prosecutor said on Monday. Marius Borg Hoiby, who was born from a relationship before Crown Princess Mette-Marit's...
Norway’s First Scandic Go Launches in Oslo
Hospitality Net
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August 18, 2025
Scandic Go Oslo — Photo by Scandic Scandic Hotels will launch Scandic Go in Norway by converting the existing Scandic Grensen hotel in Oslo into the country's first Scandic Go hotel. By rebranding the centrally located 96-room hotel, Scandic will...
Discussions on the Situation of Afghan Media in Oslo
Afghan Journalists Support Organization
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August 21, 2025
21 Aug 2025 Hamid Obaidi, the head of the Afghanistan Media Support Organization (AMSO), spoke in Norway’s capital, Oslo, about the current situation and challenges of Afghan media. Mr. Obaidi, who participated in a penal organized by Pen Norway,...
'Can't remain indifferent': Norway's soccer federation to donate profits from Israel match to Gaza aid
Haaretz
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August 21, 2025
Norway's soccer federation will donate profits from its World Cup qualifying match against Israel in Oslo on October 11 to humanitarian aid in Gaza, saying it "cannot remain indifferent" to the suffering of civilians there. "We want to give the...
US Navy deploys first E-6B Mercury nuclear command aircraft in Greenland for Arctic defense
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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As reported by Newsweek on August 22, 2025, the US Navy confirmed that an E-6B Mercury airborne command post was recently deployed to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, where it conducted operations described as routine and involving exercises with...
A natural solution to protozoan parasites in farmed fish
The Fish Site
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Tackling red tides and invasive carp Meanwhile Sundew is also looking to combat red tides – harmful algal blooms that can cause enormous damage to aquaculture operations, fisheries and tourism. “In the States, we’re working with researchers in...
A U.S. tariff exemption for small orders ends Friday. It's a big deal to some shoppers and businesses
The Item - South Carolina
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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK - Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global...
Norwegian Ambassador meets Philippine Navy leadership to support arms management initiative
ScandAsia
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August 18, 2025
The Norwegian Ambassador paid a courtesy call to leaders of the Philippine Navy. Photo: Facebook Norwegian ambassador Christian Lyster of the Embassy in Manila paid a courtesy call to Vice Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Q. Ezpeleta, Flag...
Norwegian Embassy in Yangon welcomes new Deputy Head of Mission
ScandAsia
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August 18, 2025
ShareSharePin ItShare Svenn J. Bjerkem has been welcomed as the new Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Norwegian Embassy in Yangon. Photo: Facebook The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Yangon has welcomed Svenn J. Bjerkem as its new...
Scotland approves first semi-closed salmon farm
The Fish Site
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Loch Long Salmon has secured planning permission to create the first semi-closed containment fish farm in Scotland in Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, which will be transformative for the nation’s aquaculture sector. Representing £40 million of...
Norwegian royal Marius Hoiby faces 10 years in prison for rape charges
The New Zealand Herald
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August 18, 2025
The four rapes allegedly took place in 2018, 2023 and 2024, the last one after the police investigation began. Other charges against Hoiby include domestic abuse against a former partner and several counts of violence, disturbing the peace,...
Norway Royal Scandal: Crown Princess' Son Charged With Rape, Assault In 32-Count Indictment
News18
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August 18, 2025
Last Updated:August 18, 2025, 19:37 IST Marius Borg Hoiby, who holds no royal title but became a public figure after his mother married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001 Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo. (AP file...
US journalist reveals harrowing details of surviving 6 days stranded on remote Norwegian mountain with broken femur and no water: "I knew I wasn't going to be able to move"
Advnture
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August 21, 2025
US journalist Alec Luhn has spoken out about how he survived for six days on a Norwegian glacier with multiple broken bones and no water. Luhn, a climate journalist, was reported missing by his wife Veronika Silchenko on August 5 when he failed to...
Aker BP Declares Significant Discovery in Norway's Yggdrasil
Rigzone
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August 21, 2025
Aker BP ASA on Thursday announced an oil discovery with an estimated recoverable volume of 96-134 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) in the Yggdrasil area on Norway’s side of the North Sea. “Omega Alfa is among the largest commercial...
Norway oil refinery blocked by Greta Thunberg activist group
The Local - Norway
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August 18, 2025
Activists from Extinction Rebellion sat on the road, blocking the entrance to the Mongstad refinery in Bergen on Norway's southwestern coast, while kayaks and sailboats obstructed the port's entrance. "We are here because it's crystal clear that...
Norway's Minister of Defense: The Establishment of the NATO Air Operations Centre Is on Track
High North News
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Northern dimension The news of the CAOC being placed in Bodø was revealed in May. The NATO center will have a particular responsibility for command and control in the airspace in the Nordic region and the High North. There are already similar...
Chase the Northern Lights with Ambassador’s choice of sailings to Norway
Barking and Dagenham Post
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Seeing the Northern Lights is often on the bucket list of many and Ambassador Cruise Line is offering not one, but two offers on its cruises to witness the wonders of this natural phenomenon. Both departures are in March and the first offer also...
Kristofer Hivju stars in Norwegian crime-drama series Sogn Murders
Cineuropa
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20/08/2025 - Filming has begun on the TV2 Norway series adapting Jørgen Jæger’s best-selling crime novels, bringing together an international cast and crew Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen, Eili Harboe, Jørgen Jæger, Kristofer Hivju, Kristoffer Metcalfe...
Stowaway slips onto Tromsø–Oslo flight, prompting security review
Aviation24.be
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August 20, 2025
A man without ID or travel documents managed to board a Norwegian flight from Tromsø to Oslo earlier this week by closely following another passenger through the boarding gate, according to Tromsø Airport manager Ivar Helsing Schrøen. The breach...