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Energy Transition Begins At Home, Says Norwegian Climate Startup Boss
Starflow's Energy Hub brings together solar, battery storage, EV charging, and energy management into one seamless digital platform for home installation and usage. Starflow, October 2025 The world’s energy transition could begin at home by...

Norway’s Utsira Nord floating wind round advances with two subsidy bids
Utsira Nord floating wind, the first offshore floating wind tender in Norway, has drawn two large offshore wind consortia competing for the actual areas of the Utsira Nord region. Industry heavyweights applied to the Ministry of Energy, a major...

Recognition amid genocide seeks to undermine Palestinian anti-colonial resistance
As Israel's genocide in Gaza was going full scale, Arab and western governments, many of them complicit, have embraced the hollow gesture of recognising a hypothetical Palestinian state. This move comes while the Palestinian people endure...

Israel slams Norway FA head over Oct. 7 silence
Tensions between Israel and Norway’s national soccer teams escalated Tuesday ahead of their World Cup qualifying match in Oslo on Saturday, as the Israel Football Association (IFA) issued a sharp rebuke of comments made by Norwegian Football...

Luther College awards honorary degree to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor of Civil Law honoris causa upon His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. At a Celebration Convocation on Monday, Oct. 6, Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor...

Havila to Sail Climate-Neutral Along Norwegian Coast
Havila Voyages announced that at the end of November, the Havila Polaris will be filled with pure liquefied biogas for a historic voyage along the Norwegian coast. The sailing will prove that climate neutrality in the next tender on the coastal...

The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway
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Nobel Committee: A Prize for US Military Regime Change
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Rewards Militarism, Defies Alfred Nobel’s Will The board of the Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research (TFF) strongly condemns the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina...

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, is visiting Minnesota. Here’s why.
On Oct. 9, 1825, 53 Norwegians arrived in New York via a ship called the Restauration, marking the beginning of Norway emigration to the United States. On Tuesday, almost exactly 200 years later, His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway,...

Norwegian architects help shape Kota Kinabalu’s new waterfront vision
Norway’s Snøhetta is designing Kota Kinabalu’s new waterfront, transforming the city’s historic port into a modern business and tourism hub. Norwegian design firm Snøhetta is playing a key role in transforming Kota Kinabalu’s historic port into a...

Norway offered update as Arsenal face Martin Odegaard injury battle
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard set an unwanted Premier League record as the Gunners signed off for the international break with a 2-0 win over West Ham United. Goals from Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka sealed victory against the Hammers as Mikel...

Proton VPN Free adds Norway server, boosting its location count to 8
Proton VPN Free has added Norway to its available VPN server locations, taking its total locations to eight. We rate Proton VPN as one of the best VPNs, and the existence of Proton VPN Free reinforces this claim. It's one of the best free VPNs out...

Why has Norway seen repeated grenade explosions?
An incident overnight between Monday and Tuesday in the town of Strømmen was the second time in two weeks in which a grenade has been detonated in a public place in Norway. Two young men have been arrested after an explosion at a restaurant in the...

Moldovans' community from Norway marks Wine Day at museum in Minnesund
The Moldovans’ community from Norway marked the Wine Day on October 4, 2025, with an event organized at the 'La Bunei' (At Grandparents) Museum in Minnesund. The event had double significance, as it coincided with the official inauguration of the...

Norwegian study on self-harm: "Concerning numbers"
More than half of children and adolescents who have experienced violence and abuse have harmed themselves, according to a new Norwegian study. "These are concerning numbers," says Børge Sivertsen, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of...

Trump's Nobel Snub, Gaza Peace Deal, Starmer & Muttaqi's India visit: The Week That Was In Pics
This week saw major global developments across politics, technology, and science. Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, while a long-awaited Gaza ceasefire raised hopes for peace in Palestine. Take a look. 6 Min...
Security concerns overshadow Israel's World Cup qualifiers in Norway and Italy
Israel's World Cup qualifiers in Norway and Italy are being overshadowed by security concerns, with the mayor of the northern Italian city of Udine warning about the situation ahead of the match scheduled to be played there next week. Israel visit...

Hybrid warfare: how Russia’s Baltic Fleet is turning the region into a potential frontline
Airspace incursions The Kremlin’s aggressive actions, aimed at ramping up tensions, remain a central factor in global security, particularly across the Baltic Sea region. After the high-profile September 10 incursion into Polish and Estonian...

AMLC: Philippine remains off global dirty money list
Keisha Ta-Asan - The Philippine Star October 13, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) confirmed that the Philippines remains off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s gray list following its removal in...

Princess Martha Louise of Norway hits back at claims that her marriage to a controversial bisexual shaman is a sham
Princess Martha Louise of Norway and her bisexual American Shaman husband have responded to claims they're in a 'lavender marriage'. Durek Verrett, 50, and Martha Louise, 54, who tied the knot last year, posted a joint Instagram video on Monday to...