Norwegian carrier Flyr has axed plans to offer up to 62.5 million new shares in the company, after the stock’s trading value remained below the offer price. Flyr had raised NKr250 million ($25 million) during a rights issue at the beginning of the year, an issue which was oversubscribed by more than 40%. It then […]
Norwegian third seed Casper Ruud registered his maiden Wimbledon victory in his third main-draw appearance when he saw off experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(1) 7-6(9) 6-2 in the first round on Monday. French Open runner-up Ruud failed to get past the opening hurdle in 2019 and 2021 and arrived at this year`s grasscourt Grand Slam […]
Norway’s salmon farming sector needs to increase its smolt production by 90,000 metric tons in the next eight years to keep up with expected growth by 2030, said the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) in its new report “Fish Market – Salmon around 2030” […] Want to keep reading? Sign up for a FREE TRIAL to […]
The numbers of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Norway declined during the Easter holidays, allowing police to catch up on refugee registration and shorten long waiting times. Many refugees still face poor living conditions at hastily set-up asylum centers, leaving some children hungry and their mothers in tears. This abandoned apartment building at Tøyen in Oslo […]
Read more about Norway’s new National Museum here While Oslo’s other shiny new mega museum, the Munch, looms up dramatically over the habourside, the National Museum is more subtle and retiring. Despite a spectacular setting on the edge of the fjord, next to the ferry ports and opposite Oslo’s famous City Hall, the new museum […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s new central bank chief could finally end weeks of rampant speculation, not over whether interest rates would rise, but by how much. Ida Wolden Bache and the bank’s monetary policy committee opted to double the size of recent rate hikes, and warned that another rate increase is likely soon. Norway’s new central bank […]
Fatal shootings at a gay bar in Oslo would not halt the fight against “discrimination, prejudice and hate”, Norway’s prime minister has said, as the country paid tribute to the victims of the attack in the early hours of Saturday morning. The altar and aisles of the Norwegian capital’s cathedral were draped with rainbow flags […]
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Bjarte Morner Tveit and Tonje Hessen Schei have joined Norway’s Oslo Pictures as the company ramps up its investment in non-fiction. Producer Morner Tveit joins from Stavanger-based Piraya Film, where his credits included Cold Case Hammarskjold, Inside Fur, The Secret Life of Pigs and The Mole. The latter went undercover in North […]
Norway’s largest sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl. Norway’s largest sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl is currently berthed at the Suva Wharf. The ship serves as a floating university and training vessel combined, bringing students, scientists, trainees, and professionals together to look at marine life. The University of Bergen is one of the main partners of the expedition […]
Image credit: Teamleader Oslo-based Visma, a company that provides business software and services for accounting and administration, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Belgium-based SaaS scale-up Teamleader from investors Fortino Capital, Keen Venture Partners, and PMV. Teamleader offers work management software for small and medium enterprises. The Belgium company is currently operational in the […]