A meeting between visiting Norwegian Prime Minister and the Leader of the Tamil National Alliance and Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan took place in Colombo yesterday. Sampanthan brought to …
Nadarajah Sethurupan
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Sri Lanka and Norway will take steps to increase cooperation in several areas, including fisheries, information technology, energy, hydro and solar power as well as oil and gas exploration. This …
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at Temple Trees this afternoon. (N.Sethu)
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Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena today received the Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, who is commencing a two-day official visit from today, at the Presidential Secretariat. The Norwegian leader …
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Srilanka and Norway
Sri Lankan delegation to attend fisheries exhibition ‘Nor Fishing’ in Norway next week
Norway has officially invited Sri Lanka to participate and conduct a discussion on fish exports at the internationally acclaimed fisheries exhibition to be held in Trondheim, Norway next week. Upon …
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The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, will have her official programme on 12 and 13 August 2016. She is already in Sri Lanka on a private visit. Norwegian Prime Minister …
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In the biggest deal-ever in the fertiliser sector, Norwegian chemical company Yara International ASA has acquired Tata Chemicals’ Babrala urea plant and distribution business in Uttar Pradesh for $400 million. …
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Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Dublin-based carrier whose efforts to launch flights between Cork and America have been stymied by US officials, posted a $59.7m (€53.4m) loss last year. Total …
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A Manila court on Friday allowed communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon to post bail and join in the resumption of formal peace negotiations with the government in Oslo, Norway …
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who is already in Sri Lanka on a private visit, will have an official Programme at the invitation of the Government on Friday and Saturday, …
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Avinor, the organisation responsible for managing 46 Norwegian airports, including the country’s busiest air gateway in Oslo, has prioritised efforts to improve air connections between Norway and Asia, pointing to …
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In an interview with Norwegian daily Aftenposten, Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, Norway’s Minister for European Economic Area (EEA) and EU Affairs said that: “It’s not certain that it would be a …
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Zaventem airport in Brussels experienced a bomb scare on Wednesday evening as two inbound Scandinavian airline planes (SAS) – from Oslo and Arlanda airports – were flagged as carrying explosives. …
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Norwegian chemical company Yara International ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire the Tata Chemicals Ltd’s Babrala urea plant and distribution business in Uttar Pradesh for $ 400 million …
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Economics
Skanska Invests NOK 360M, about SEK 360M, in Residential Development Property in Oslo, Norway
Skanska (STO:SKAB) has bought the development property Sinsenveien 51-53 of Axer Eiendom AS. The net investment for residential purpose amounts to NOK 360M, about SEK 360M, and will be recorded …
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The British Embassy in Norway has published fresh guidance for the friends and relatives of UK nationals who have died in the Scandinavian country. The online document contains advice about …
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It is not often that Usain Bolt is outshone at his own press conference but a Norwegian radio journalist and freestyle rapper managed it in Rio on Monday with a …
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Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank says it expects to benefit from the planned consolidation of African investments by its major shareholders, Netherlands development bank FMO, Norfund of Norway and Dutch multinational bank …
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Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV 2, which belongs to Danish company Egmont, is seeking state support to continue the general broadcasting obligations that it has been carring out since 1992, according …
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Norges Bank has increased its shareholding in Dialog Axiata PLC to 96.6 million shares as of end June, data filed with the Colombo Stock Exchange shows. Norway’s Norges Bank, which …
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A Norwegian policeman writes himself a 500 NOK (60 USD) ticket for not wearing compulsory life jacket on patrol. Police officer Arne Stavnes was pictured by Norwegian daily VG at …
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The European bank that would suffer the smallest capital loss in a recession is DNB ASA, Norway’s biggest lender. According to the financial regulator in Oslo, DNB did so well …
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The fossil was originally found on Spitzbergen, the largest island of Svalbard, in 1962. Fifty years later it was rediscovered amongst uncatalogued material in the storage shelves of the University …
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Authorities have recovered the body of a well-known Utah defense attorney who fell down a Norway waterfall last month, one of his colleagues has confirmed. Kent Hart was hiking and …
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A SHETLAND musician is set to grace the main stage of a top Norwegian festival this weekend. Jack Sandison, who is a guitarist and vocalist with Edinburgh rock n’ rollers …