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 UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons, backed by 51 states, enters into force on Friday, but why hasn't peace loving Norway signed up to the landmark international agreement? https://www.thelocal.no/20210119/why-hasnt-peace-loving-norway-sign-up-to-un-nuclear-weapons-ban Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:49:05 +0100 why-hasnt-peace-loving-norway-sign-up-to-un-nuclear-weapons-ban Norway regularly takes the top spot on the United Nations Human Development Index, but a new parameter is set to change that. https://www.thelocal.no/20201215/why-norway-is-set-to-lose-top-spot-on-un-development-ranking Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:04:12 +0100 why-norway-is-set-to-lose-top-spot-on-un-development-ranking Norway said on Monday that it wanted to start a United Nations donors' fund to help poor countries fight the new coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.no/20200323/norway-calls-for-un-fund-to-help-poor-countries-fight-coronavirus Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:46:07 +0100 norway-calls-for-un-fund-to-help-poor-countries-fight-coronavirus The Human Development Report 2019 has placed Norway as the leading country in the world. https://www.thelocal.no/20191210/norway-is-worlds-top-nation-in-un-development-index Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:58:38 +0100 norway-is-worlds-top-nation-in-un-development-index United Nations General Secretary António Guterres has said that he “admires” Norway, but cannot guarantee a place for the country on the UN Security Council. https://www.thelocal.no/20180619/un-general-secretary-praises-norway-for-peacemaking-role Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:44:22 +0200 un-general-secretary-praises-norway-for-peacemaking-role Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg spoke about menstruation at an anti-poverty event in New York City on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170919/on-new-york-visit-norway-pm-solberg-speaks-about-menstruation Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:20:33 +0200 on-new-york-visit-norway-pm-solberg-speaks-about-menstruation The EU’s immigration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has asked Norwegian immigration minister Sylvi Listhaug to be “as ambitious as possible” in regard to accepting EU-designated quota refugees. https://www.thelocal.no/20170915/eu-appeals-to-norway-others-to-increase-quota-refugee-intake Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:14:15 +0200 eu-appeals-to-norway-others-to-increase-quota-refugee-intake Norway's foreign ministry has said it regrets the deportation by Qatar of a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway seeking international protection. https://www.thelocal.no/20170530/qatar-prevents-saudi-activist-un-refugee-from-reaching-norway-reports Tue, 30 May 2017 12:15:14 +0200 qatar-prevents-saudi-activist-un-refugee-from-reaching-norway-reports Norway’s opposition parties have asked in parliament that the government confirm whether it voted for Saudi Arabia’s inclusion in a UN women’s rights commission. https://www.thelocal.no/20170426/norway-opposition-demands-answer-over-saudi-arabia Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:35:16 +0200 norway-opposition-demands-answer-over-saudi-arabia Norway has been ranked the world’s best country to live in for the twelfth year in a row, in the annual benchmark report on human development published by the UN Development Programme. https://www.thelocal.no/20151214/norway-ranked-worlds-best-for-12th-year-running Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:59:10 +0100 norway-ranked-worlds-best-for-12th-year-running Norway's authorities are doing too little to combat the threat of racism and far-right extremist violence, a damning new report from the UN has concluded. https://www.thelocal.no/20150819/un-too-much-racism-in-norway Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:16:11 +0200 un-too-much-racism-in-norway International donors pledged more than $600 million in aid to South Sudan on Tuesday at a conference in Oslo aimed at averting a famine threatening millions of people. https://www.thelocal.no/20140520/donors-pledge-600m-to-south-sudan-at-oslo-meet Tue, 20 May 2014 16:43:00 +0200 donors-pledge-600m-to-south-sudan-at-oslo-meet Norway's human rights record came in for sharp criticism during a UN hearing on Monday, with Saudi Arabia and Russia weighing in to highlight the country's shortcomings. https://www.thelocal.no/20140429/saudi-arabia-asks-norway-to-ban-slurs-on-prohets Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:31:00 +0200 saudi-arabia-asks-norway-to-ban-slurs-on-prohets Norway's former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday warned of the urgent need to strike a new deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as he began his new role as one of the UN's two special envoys for climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20140113/we-are-in-a-hurry-nature-can-take-no-more-climate-envoy-stoltenberg Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:31:00 +0100 we-are-in-a-hurry-nature-can-take-no-more-climate-envoy-stoltenberg Norway’s former prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has been appointed as special envoy on climate change by Ban Ki-Moon, secretary general of the United Nations, it was announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131223/stoltenberg-gets-top-un-climate-role Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:34:00 +0100 stoltenberg-gets-top-un-climate-role The Foreign Ministry has sent a letter of complaint to the UN Security Council, after a report stated that Norwegian aid to Somalia could be coverage for oil exploration in the conflict-torn east African nation. https://www.thelocal.no/20130724/norway-protests-smear-by-un-oil-report Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:09:12 +0200 norway-protests-smear-by-un-oil-report A Norwegian UN employee freed after a nearly two-week-long kidnapping in Yemen said on Sunday he had been treated well and that uncertainty had been the worst part of his ordeal. https://www.thelocal.no/20120130/norwegian-says-yemeni-abductors-treated-him-well Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:05:15 +0100 norwegian-says-yemeni-abductors-treated-him-well A Norwegian UN aid worker kidnapped by a group of armed men two weeks ago has been freed after negotiations, Norway’s foreign ministry said. https://www.thelocal.no/20120127/yemeni-kidnappers-free-norwegian-aid-worker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:06:10 +0100 yemeni-kidnappers-free-norwegian-aid-worker Norway and other Northern European countries have begun negotiations aimed at returning teenage Afghan asylum seekers to their home country. https://www.thelocal.no/20111121/norway-northern-europe-to-return-young-afghans Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:49:00 +0100 norway-northern-europe-to-return-young-afghans Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas "knows what's in store" when he attempts this week to force a vote at the United Nations on the establishment of a state largely within Israel, Norway's most-senior diplomat has warned. https://www.thelocal.no/20110920/norway-abbas-knows-the-outcome Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:06:59 +0200 norway-abbas-knows-the-outcome