https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway will halt subsidies worth more than 30 million euros for the Amazon Fund, after accusing Brazil of turning its back on their agreement. https://www.thelocal.no/20190816/why-norway-is-halting-its-donations-to-forest-protection-in-brazil Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:32:03 +0200 why-norway-is-halting-its-donations-to-forest-protection-in-brazil Norwegian metals group Norsk Hydro said on Thursday it has reached agreement with the Brazilian authorities following a dispute over the discharge of untreated water from its aluminium factory Alunorte, the largest in the world. https://www.thelocal.no/20180907/norsk-hydro-seals-deal-with-brazil-over-environmental-dispute Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:21:47 +0200 norsk-hydro-seals-deal-with-brazil-over-environmental-dispute Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro on Tuesday posted results below expectations as the group has been forced to halve its production in Brazil following environmental damage allegations. https://www.thelocal.no/20180724/brazil-environmental-claims-hit-norsk-hydro-earnings Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:48:57 +0200 brazil-environmental-claims-hit-norsk-hydro-earnings Norway on Thursday said it will raise $400 million to encourage Brazil's farmers to stop destroying the rainforests, launching a fund also backed by food giants Unilever and Nestle. https://www.thelocal.no/20170119/norway-spurs-400mn-rainforest-fund-at-davos Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:40:08 +0100 norway-spurs-400mn-rainforest-fund-at-davos Norwegian oil company Statoil has agreed to shell out $2.5bn to buy a majority stake in Brazil’s Carcará oil field, one of the biggest recent oil discoveries worldwide. https://www.thelocal.no/20160729/statoil-blows-25bn-on-brazil-oil-field-stake Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:09:33 +0200 statoil-blows-25bn-on-brazil-oil-field-stake Norway's state pension fund, the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, said on Thursday it had placed Brazilian oil group Petrobras "under observation" because of corruption fears following a kickbacks scandal. https://www.thelocal.no/20160128/norways-oil-fund-wary-of-corruption-in-brazil-firm Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:59:17 +0100 norways-oil-fund-wary-of-corruption-in-brazil-firm Norway announced a pair of rainforest protection initiatives on the first day of the COP21 climate talks in Paris. https://www.thelocal.no/20151201/norway-makes-major-rainforest-commitments Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:09:49 +0100 norway-makes-major-rainforest-commitments Norway will soon pay Brazil the final instalment of a $1bn payment for slowing the rate at which the Amazon rainforest is cut down, and is in talks about a further scheme. https://www.thelocal.no/20150915/norway-pays-brazil-1bn-for-slowing-amazon-loss Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:33:32 +0200 norway-pays-brazil-1bn-for-slowing-amazon-loss The death toll from a blast which ripped through a Norwegian oil rig off Brazil has risen to five, with another four people still missing, the rig's Oslo-based owner said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150213/five-dead-from-blast-on-norwegian-rig Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:18:00 +0100 five-dead-from-blast-on-norwegian-rig A Brazilian base jumper has died after crashing into the side of a mountain in western Norway on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20120718/base-jumper-dies-in-norway-mountain-crash Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:42:00 +0200 base-jumper-dies-in-norway-mountain-crash