Time is money, or so the saying goes, and the CEO of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is making sure every day counts—he’s even got a calendar countdown in his office to prove it. Nicolai Tangen leads Nordic behemoth Norges Bank Investment Management, which governs the revenue earned by Norway’s oil and gas resources, with the […]
Norway’s ‘trillion-dollar-man’ believes America’s attitude towards failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but aren’t as ambitious. Nicolai Tangen leads Nordic behemoth Norges Bank Investment Management, which governs the revenue earned by Norway’s oil and gas resources, with the aim of ensuring its benefits […]
Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum will not feature in Norway’s upcoming Euro 2025 qualifiers after collapsing in Sunday’s League Cup final win against Chelsea. The 24-year-old collapsed off the ball in stoppage time and left the field on a stretcher before Arsenal clinched a 1-0 victory in extra-time. The Gunners announced on Tuesday that Maanum was […]
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has been discharged from an Oslo hospital where he received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, the palace has said. The 87-year-old was “doing well” and would be on sick leave until April 8, the royal household said in a brief statement. His 50-year-old son, Crown Prince […]
ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just war games meant to hone the fighting skills of the newly expanded 32-nation military alliance. But for troops taking part, they are very real. And that’s the whole point. With drills underway now, NATO is […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is in Norway to get a first-hand look at the NATO operations on Norway’s border with Russia. The minister arrived in the town of Kirkenes on Wednesday, the second day of his trip to Scandinavia, and plans to visit a border post manned by NATO-member forces. Up until Russia started […]
Norway’s King Harald V transferred on Monday to a university hospital in Oslo, with the palace saying he was hospitalised for medical examinations and his health was improving. The 87-year-old monarch returned to Norway aboard a medical aeroplane late on Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker while on holiday in Malaysia. […]
A plane carrying Norway’s King Harald V has departed Malaysia, a day after he had a pacemaker fitted. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was taken to hospital with an infection during a private holiday on the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said on Tuesday. He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on […]
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald departed Malaysia on Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized in Malaysia for an infection during a private vacation in the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said Tuesday. He underwent […]
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, remains in hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday. Malaysian national news agency Bernama said the 87-year-old was undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi. The report cited unnamed sources as saying he was staying at the […]
Norway’s ageing king Harald V is on sick leave until February 2 because of a respiratory infection, the Norwegian palace has said. The 86-year-old monarch, who has repeatedly said he has no plans to abdicate unlike his second cousin Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, has been admitted to hospital several times in recent months. In […]
PARIS — Norway’s break with decades-old restrictions on arms export this year was driven by the possibility that Ukraine may be facing a long war with Russia, according to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. The Norwegian government allowed its defense industry to sell directly to Ukraine as of Jan. 1, creating an exemption to a ban […]