Oslo Bureau Chief for @Reuters. Also Deputy Bureau Chief for the Nordics. Views my own.
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When #Norway's $2.2 trillion wealth fund - the world's largest - sells a company's shares over ethical concerns, should it explain why? This seemingly simple question has become a dilemma for its guardians, Finance Minister @jensstoltenberg told me. reuters.com/legal/government…
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"Norway has now given enormous sums to Ukraine. And one of the arguments is that 'we earned a lot of money on oil and gas prices going through the roof. Why not say the same here?'," he told foreign reporters at NRC headquarters in Oslo.
"Let's give to the Lebanese and the Iranians and the other victims of this war, direct and indirect, because the oil prices are now $100 per barrel."
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Exclusive: Norway to lift ban on wealth fund investments in Syrian bonds, document shows reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
'We have been in exile': Norway government back to old quarters 15 years after Breivik bomb. By @nora_buli reuters.com/world/we-have-be…
In Norwegian Arctic, civilian doctors, volunteer 'casualties' rehearse for war
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Norway wealth fund may invest in top defence firms after 21-year ban reuters.com/sustainability/b…
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English winemakers are betting that surging exports can sustain their once novelty product after domestic sales growth slowed, hoping for a boost from Britain's warmest summer on record this year as climate change optimized conditions reut.rs/4ovl68h
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🔊 'But the campaign that US President Trump has conducted is beyond any lobbying campaign that we've seen in recent years.' On the Reuters World News podcast today, @gfouche talks about how the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been overshadowed by Trump reut.rs/3Wtw6qy
Norwegians went to the polls on Sunday for the first of two days of voting in a close race between a left-wing bloc led by the incumbent Labour Party and a right-wing bloc headed by the populist Progress Party and the Conservatives. reuters.com/world/europe/nor…
Norwegians head to the polls on Sunday and Monday to elect a new parliament, in what is a close race between a left-wing bloc led by the incumbent Labour Party and a right-wing bloc dominated by the anti-immigration Progress Party and the Conservatives.
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President Donald Trump's administration said on Wednesday it was "very troubled" by the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's divestment of U.S. construction equipment group Caterpillar, and is engaging with Norway's government on the issue. reuters.com/sustainability/s…
Former NATO chief @jensstoltenberg is fighting on two fronts in Norway these days: bringing star power to the Labour Party's re-election bid, and running the government's response to a crisis in the country's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund. reuters.com/business/finance…
Explainer: What you need to know about Norway's upcoming election reuters.com/business/finance…
Investments in Israel have taken centre stage in Norway's election campaign, sparking an unusually public debate over how the world's largest sovereign wealth fund operates. #NBIM #NorgesBank reuters.com/business/finance…
Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar region from the U.S., Russia and China.
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The ethics watchdog for Norway's $1.9 trillion wealth fund is scrutinising Israeli banks' practice of underwriting Israeli settlers' housebuilding commitments in the occupied West Bank in a review that could prompt up to $500 million in divestments. reuters.com/business/finance…
EXCLUSIVE-Norway's parliament is poised to reject campaigners' calls to instruct its $1.8 trillion wealth fund to boycott any company selling products and services in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to a person familiar with the process. reuters.com/sustainability/b…
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Først kom konflikten, så kom flommen. Tusenvis av de som ble rammet av flom i Rødehavsstaten i Sudan i fjor har fortsatt behov for hjelp. Norges Røde Kors støtter Sudan Røde Halvmåne i å hjelpe de som trenger det mest.
Exclusive-Norway's $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares of companies that violate the fund watchdog's new, tougher interpretation of ethics standards for businesses that aid Israel's operations in the occupied Palestinian territories. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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🔊 A royal wedding in Norway is causing controversy. Find out why with @gfouche on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/3z7O5dZ
