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 The Norwegian parliament on Wednesday rejected moves to toughen rules on its sovereign wealth fund investing in companies operating in the occupied West Bank. https://www.thelocal.no/20250605/norway-votes-down-plan-to-limit-investment-in-israeli-companies Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:11:56 +0200 norway-votes-down-plan-to-limit-investment-in-israeli-companies Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest with assets of around $1.8 trillion, has excluded an Israeli group on ethics grounds because it supplies fuel to illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. https://www.thelocal.no/20250512/norway-oil-fund-divests-holdings-in-israeli-petrol-station-group Mon, 12 May 2025 16:11:07 +0200 norway-oil-fund-divests-holdings-in-israeli-petrol-station-group An Israeli plan to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza at hubs controlled by the military is "fundamentally against humanitarian principles", the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) told AFP on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250505/norwegian-refugee-council-slams-israel-plan-to-take-over-gaza-aid Mon, 05 May 2025 18:35:31 +0200 norwegian-refugee-council-slams-israel-plan-to-take-over-gaza-aid Norway on Friday condemned Israel's "unacceptable" siege of Gaza after the Hamas militant group's bloody attack on Israel. https://www.thelocal.no/20231013/unacceptable-what-is-norways-stance-on-the-israel-hamas-war Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:33:12 +0200 unacceptable-what-is-norways-stance-on-the-israel-hamas-war