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Montevideo, March 29th 2026 - 18:44 UTC

Tag: Norway

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Argentina: Deal to buy Norwegian P-3s moves forward

    The first Norwegian Orion will hopefully be delivered to Argentina before the end of 2023, it was explained

    With a nod from the United States, Argentine authorities have finally reached an agreement with the Norwegian government for the purchase of four Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA) D3 Director Magnus Hansvold announced during a ceremony aboard the Fragata Sarmiento museum ship in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:08 UTC

    Orkney Islands councilor feels Scotland has failed them dreadfully and suggests joining Norway

    Councilor Stockan told  there were many areas where Orkney was being “failed dreadfully” by both the UK and Scottish governments.(Pic BBC)

    The Orkney Islands could change their status in the UK or even become a self-governing territory of Norway under new proposals. A motion will go before the council next week to investigate “alternative forms of governance”. Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship with the UK.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:11 UTC

    Norwegian catches for UK Fish and chips, and the price now averages £9

    ”It's the price of cooking oil. Then Brexit and the war in Ukraine because most of the fish comes from Russia. So now the fish is Norwegian.”

    The soaring price of the UK staple fish and chips has become a national controversy from the moment a portion of the dish in Somerset can cost as much as £14, while the UK average is £9, according to the ONS, reports BBC. But, the 19% increase has nothing to do with profiteering, the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) says.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Argentina to buy 4 P-3s from Norway

    The P-3 Orion is a military version of the Lockheed Electra C passenger 4-engined turboprop aircraft

    Argentina's Defense Ministry agreed to purchase four long-range Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion aircraft from Norway at a cost of US$ 67 million to increase the South American country's patrolling capabilities in the South Atlantic, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

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

    Soaring gas price helped Norway triple its hydrocarbons tax revenue

    The high natural gas prices drove record tax revenue from petroleum companies which “has never been anywhere near as high as it is now,” said the Norwegian Tax Administration

    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

    Colombia has the third biggest forest area in South America and has one of the most bio-diverse forests in the world and is facing deforestation in the 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

    Truss said ministers are “looking” at multi-year deals to cut reliance on imports from authoritarian regimes.

    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

    Equinor and YPF currently both hold 50% equity in the license. After the transaction each will hold 35%, with Shell holding the remaining 30% in the block

    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

    The charter flight included offloading provisions for the research station's staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway

    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.