Tag: Norway

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Soaring gas price helped Norway triple its hydrocarbons tax revenue

  

  Soaring gas prices in 2022 means that the Norwegian Tax Administration will collect a record US$ 89,5 billion, triple the previous record of 2021, according to the tax revenue office. Likewise it has revised upwards petroleum revenue by 20%.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Germany, Norway and UK support plan to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

  

  Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom are supporting a plan from the Colombian government, working with local communities to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon, it was announced at the COP27 taking place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Liz Truss after long term gas provision deals with Norway and Qatar

  

  The new government of Liz Truss is focusing in long-term gas deals with Norway, Qatar and other countries, as energy supply has become the priority of the United Kingdom and ensuring heating and lights this winter.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  The majestic Norwegian tall ship marked the end of Ushuaia's cruise season

  

  With the departure on Monday of the Norwegian flagged three-mast tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, considered the “successful” 2021/22 cruise season over. According to local port authorities from the province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia received more than 200 calls and some 60,000 visitors, since the arrival last 7 November of NatGeo Endurance, and was the only Latin American port that did not interrupt its summer activities.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Norway's Equinor, YPF and Shell will operate a block in North Argentine basin

  

  Norway's Equinor and YPF have entered into an agreement with Shell to jointly farm-down 30% non-operated interests in the CAN 100 block in the North Argentine basin, offshore Argentina.

• Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Icelandair's 42 hours flight to Antarctica and home again

  

  In its presentation, Icelandair says it usually flies closer to the Arctic Circle, but on this occasion, the trip was 4 days and 42 flight hours from the top of the world to the bottom, and home again. On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  WW2 German warship wreckage found off the coast of Norway

  

  The wreckage of a major German warship has been discovered off the coast of Norway some 80 years after it was sunk in a World War Two battle, Norwegian power grid operator Statnett and a maritime archaeologist said.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  China bans Norwegian salmon claiming it could be linked to Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing market

  

  China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at a Beijing market, although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 06:51 UTC

  Norwegian Cruise Line exploring financial options including sale of a stake

  

  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc to explore financing options that could include the sale of a stake in the company, according to a report filed by Reuters.

• Friday, March 27th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Norway's sovereign fund has lost US$ 124 billion because of the pandemic markets collapse

  

  Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has lost 1.33 trillion Norwegian crowns (US$124 billion) so far this year as stock markets have plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Thursday.