Norway News

The contract is a EPCI contract worth approximately NOK 50 million, scheduled for project completion November 2009.

June 25, 2008, 08:34 PM - Computerworld - People are becoming accustomed to robots in space , robotic vacuum cleaners and even the notion of robotic friends and spouses .

Ingvil Ladehaug is battery challenged. Her laptop is running out of juice. Her cellphone is down to its last electrons.

Conflict mediators from all over the world will again meet at the annual Oslo Forum to exchange experience in the capital of Norway on June 24-26, according to reports reaching here from Oslo Saturday.

Norwegian papermaker Norske Skogindustrier ASA announced yesterday it has sold its South Korean mills for $622-million in cash to a private equity group as part of a debt reduction program.

Create better motorcycle safety training, teach car drivers to watch for motorcycles, and promote responsible riding.

Norwegian ministers and IMO representatives said they hoped a meeting that opened in Oslo on Monday would reach agreement on design standards for new ships.

Inter Press Service 23 June 2008 Tarjei Kidd Olsen Oslo The prime ministers of Norway and Britain have launched a 200 million dollar fund to tackle deforestation in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest ...

The first stocks to be made available for trading on Chi-X Europe are: Norway -- Norsk Hydro ASA -- Renewable Energy Corp A/S -- StatoilHydro ASA -- Telenor ASA -- Yara International ASA Denmark -- AP Moller - ...

Regulatory News: Technip has been awarded by StatoilHydro an engineering, procurement, construction and installation lumpsum contract, worth approximately 60 million, for the Gj a oil field development.

Construction workers on the waterfront of the Norwegian capital have discovered the remains of three ships that may be around 400 years old.

U.S. stock indexes fell Tuesday on inflation news and declining housing starts. The government said said producer prices rose sharply, up 1.4 percent in May.

In an effort to curb global C02 emissions, Britain and Norway are organizing a 108m fund to combat the deforestation of the Congo basin rainforest.

One of Norway's largest ship-owning and operating firms will be moving its activities to Malta in order to have more stability for the group's operation.

OSLO: Norway's petroleum and energy minister, who has been the subject of a scandal concerning her real estate holdings, said yesterday she would resign for health reasons.

Babies born by Caesarean section have a 50 % increased risk of developing asthma compared to babies born naturally.

Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said it is targeting revenue growth of around 50 percent in 2008 and even more in 2009 on increasing demand.

Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 7:26 am Press Release: United Nations Young environmental activists tell their story at UN children's conference 17 June 2008 - A young Australian filmmaker and an Indian child ...

Norwegian firefighters and hundreds of assistance personnel were able to bring under control the largest forest fire in the country since the Second World War in the south-east of Norway, said government ...

A British woman's bulging wig did not fool customs agents in Norway who discovered a kilogram of cocaine glued to her head.