As of today, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion, Costas Frangogiannis, is paying a two-day working visit to Norway. Mr. Frangogiannis will have meetings with the leadership of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, with representatives of the Norwegian business world as well as with Greek businessmen operating in the country, with whom they […]
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Norway is abolishing almost all measures for coronavirus
Norway will lift almost all remaining measures for the coronavirus, as high levels of new cases are unlikely to endanger the health system, Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere said on Saturday. According to Reuters, the Nordic country, which lifted most of the restrictions on February 1, will still maintain some rules for the Svalbard archipelago. […]
‘List’ goes on: Norway-Latvia urges citizens to leave Ukraine
Norway and Latvia were added tonight to those countries that are calling on their citizens to leave Ukraine, citing the security situation and the concentration of large military forces in the region. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said that “due to the serious and unpredictable situation” in Ukraine, it advised citizens to avoid traveling to that […]
Norway: Many of the remaining restrictive measures are lifted
Norway will lift most of the remaining restrictive measures against COVID-19 with immediate effect, as the continuing rise in coronavirus cases is unlikely to put pressure on health services, the country’s prime minister announced tonight. Restaurants will again be allowed to serve alcohol beyond 11pm, teleworking will no longer be mandatory and the current limit […]
Welcoming Nazis, Breivik denies violence – Says he is not responsible for Uteja massacre
Nazi salute, a long, incoherent delusion τώντας Calling for his release, just ten years after he killed 77 people in Norway, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik today turned the trial into a step-by-step ideology against his ideological family. Before the three judges, in the high school of Skien prison where the 42-year-old is being held, […]
Norway: Exports rose to a record high in 2021
Norway’s exports rose to a record high last year, helped by higher demand for fossil fuels, fish and minerals. The largest oil and gas exporting country in Western Europe, sold abroad goods worth 1.38 trillion. Kroner ($ 156 billion) in 2021, an increase that led to a trade surplus of 531 billion kroner for the […]
Norway-Coronavirus: Vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 begins
Norway will in turn start vaccination against coronavirus at the age of 5 to 11 years and on a voluntary basis without having made a formal recommendation, as announced today by the Norwegian government. The children from 12 to 15 years old, for whom only one dose of vaccine has been proposed so far, will […]
Norway Investment Fund: Long-term market weakness expected
The head of Norway’s $ 1.4 trillion investment fund has said he expects a long period of weakness in financial markets and warned that inflation could be the biggest challenge, according to Bloomberg. Nicolai Tangen, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, told the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that after achieving an average return of […]
At least 17 suspected cases of the Omicron mutation in Norway
At least 17 people are thought to have been infected with the coronavirus strain Omicron during a celebration last week in Oslo last week, after which more than half of the 100 attendees tested positive for covid-19 despite the fact that were vaccinated. This is a provisional report, which may increase as the virus continues […]
Norway: Restoration of health restrictions in Oslo due to Omicron mutation
Norway today reintroduced health restrictions against Covid in Oslo and its environs following the emergence of a suspected outbreak of the Omicron variant, which may have affected half of the nearly 120 guests at a Christmas dinner, even though they were all vaccinated. If the new variant is detected in all the guests who tested […]