Norwegian increases their staff for the busy Christmas period
Norwegian.no is facing a busy Christmas season with hundreds of thousands of passengers just in Norway. The company will put in extra resources both at…
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End of Norwegian rescue efforts in the Mediterranean
Since 2015 tens of thousands of people have been rescued by Norwegian ships in the Mediterranean. Now it’s over. “We have been notified via…
Norwegian seafood exports for 2017 exceed last year’s level by a clear margin
Norway exported 286,000 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 9 billion in November. Volume increased by 25 per cent, while export values remained on par…
Norwegian may become oil minister in Somalia
Norwegian-speaking Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan, 66, may become oil minister in Somalia, according to Nettavisen newspaper. Hassan came to Norway in the 1970s and is…
Norwegian reports 11 per cent passenger growth in November
Norwegian carried 2.5 million passengers in November, an increase of 11 per cent compared to the same month last year. Norwegian’s long-haul routes had a…
Good market for Norwegian Christmas trees abroad
Norwegian Christmas trees are popular abroad. In Moscow, Russians are willing to pay up to 3,000 kroner for luxury ‘edelgran’ from western Norway. Managing…
Norwegian dies in paragliding accident in South Africa
A 58 year old man from Holmestrand died this week after a paragliding accident in Porterville in South Africa, reported Tønsbergs Blad newspaper. ‘He…
Norwegian satellite “lost in space”
There is no contact with a Norwegian satellite that was launched from Russia on Tuesday. The satellite AISSat-3 was one of 19 satellites, aboard a…
Norwegian-led NATO force completed anti-terrorist exercise in the Mediterranean
Norwegian-led ‘Status NATO Maritime Group 1’ (SNMG1) have completed their patrol in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. One of the goals was to prevent…
Norwegian Air gets a no from Russia – Siberian corridor is closed
After Norwegian and Russian transport authorities met this week in Oslo, it is clear that Norwegian Air still has to fly by detour around the…
Norwegian reports continued international growth and 14 per cent passenger increase in October
Norwegian once again carried more than three million passengers in a single month. More than 3.1 million passengers travelled with the company in October, an…
Wrote climbing history in the Himalayas
Norwegian wrote climbing history in the Himalayas Norwegian Tor Sunde-Rasmussen and his expedition on Sunday made climbing history when they as the first in the…
Money more important than climate for Norwegian energy customers
Norwegian electricity customers are still more concerned with the size of their electricity bill than climate pressures from their own energy consumption. Attitudes have changed…
Strong growth in Norwegian arms exports
Norwegian exports of weapons, ammunition and other defense materials increased by 10 percent last year. In total, bullets and gun powder were sold for NOK…
Norwegian reports a result of 1 billion NOK
Norwegian reports a result of 1 billion NOK (£ 94 million) and passenger growth for the third quarter Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) today reported its…
Norwegian Police Security Service believes that Norwegian Islamic State (IS) fighters are still alive
An IS connected Norwegian who was thought dead since 2014 could still be alive, according to the police security service (PST). The man was…
Majority in favour of change to Norwegian marriage law
64% want Norway to introduce an absolute 18 year old age limit for marriage, according to a new survey Norstat has done for Plan International…
The government says it’s stopping subsidies to the Islamic Council
The government will suspend the operating grant to the Islamic Council of Norway, partly because it believes that the Council is unable to fulfil its…
Solid bonus payments to Norwegian top managers
25 of the country’s most paid top executives received over 200 million kroner in bonus last year, much more than their total payment of just…
Norwegian journalist wins a case about protecting sources
Journalist, Cecilie Langum Becker, of Dagens Næringsliv newspaper, was fined for refusing to reveal her sources. Norway violated Article 10 of the human rights…