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Israeli plans to annex Gaza illegal under international law: Norway
Al Mayadeen
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July 29, 2025
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide condemns the Israeli plots to annex Gaza, calling them illegal under international law. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has sharply condemned the Israeli occupation's reported intentions to...
Norwegian Cruise Line Unveils Massive Waterpark for Great Stirrup Cay
Cruise Hive
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July 29, 2025
Key Aspects: The 6-acre Great Tides Waterpark will open on Great Stirrup Cay in the summer of 2026. The new waterpark will feature 19 slides, a lazy river, cliff jumps, children’s play areas, and more. Additional enhancements to the private island...
Norwegian Cruise Line to build 19-slide water park on private Bahamas island
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 29, 2025
Norwegian Cruise Line announced Tuesday it will build a water park on its private Bahamas island Great Stirrup Cay set to open in summer 2026. The nearly 6-acre attraction called the Great Tides Waterpark will feature 19 slides, a...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Alaska
Your Alaska Link
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Alaska Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...
Norway Seeks Stronger Partnership With Zambia
Open Zambia
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Norway has hailed Zambia as an excellent partner for investment and development, particularly at a time when global cooperation is under threat from trade wars. Speaking during a visit to State House, Norwegian Minister of International...
Israeli prison guards assault black US activist kidnapped from Gaza aid ship
Press TV
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An American humanitarian activist aboard the Gaza-bound Handala aid ship was assaulted by Israeli forces after being kidnapped and taken to the regime’s prison, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says. The aid ship, led by the FFC, was violently...
EBU Members to broadcast secure FTA coverage of UEFA Women’s Champions League
Broadband TV News
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July 29, 2025
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has sealed a landmark agreement with UC3 for free-to-air media rights for the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) over the next five years until 2030, spanning 24 territories on behalf of 26 EBU Members. UC3...
Prosecutor reveals major update after Norwegian royal was charged with rape, sexual assault and battery
Daily Mail
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July 29, 2025
Marius Borg Høiby is likely to receive a decision on his indictment by next month, the State Attorney has revealed in a new update. Høiby, stepson of the heir to Norway's throne, Crown Prince Haakon, has been under scrutiny since he was repeatedly...
The 6 best things to do in Stavanger and the Lysefjord, Norway
Lonely Planet
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Perched at Norway’s southwestern tip, Stavanger is a city with attitude – a confident hub that combines its role as the country’s oil capital with a pretty harborside setting, an impressive portfolio of museums and a delightful old quarter. The...
6 unmissable things to do in Bergen, Norway
Lonely Planet
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Bergen ranks among Scandinavia’s most beautiful cities. Surrounded by seven hills and seven fjords, Norway’s second city has gorgeous wooden architecture that enlivens its compact historic center. With medieval Bryggen as its centerpiece, the area...
LISTED: All the ways parents living in Norway can save money
The Local - Norway
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July 29, 2025
The cost of living in Norway can be a huge burden, especially for families. Mari Wachelke spoke to locals to get their best life hacks and tips for how parents with children of all ages can save money in Norway. With an average price of 18,320...
Netherlands Bans Two Israeli Cabinet Ministers Who 'Called for Ethnic Cleansing' in Gaza
Common Dreams
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July 29, 2025
As Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza accelerates, the Netherlands has banned two far-right Israeli ministers from entering the country after they "repeatedly incited violence against the Palestinian population," and "called for ethnic cleansing...
Russia Protests Norway’s Ban on Russian Fishing Vessels in Disputed Waters
teleSUR
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July 29, 2025 Hour: 10:31 am On Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Norway’s charge d’affaires, Ruben Andre Johansen, to lodge a formal protest over Oslo’s decision to ban Russian vessels from fishing in Norway’s exclusive economic zone,...
Scandic Expands to Norway’s Western Edge with New Franchise Hotel in Florø
Rus Tourism News
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July 29, 2025
Starting December 1, 2025, the Comfort Hotel Victoria in downtown Florø will be reborn under a new name: Scandic Victoria Florø. This move marks Scandic Hotels Group’s debut in Norway’s most westerly city—and adds another key location to its...
HH calls on Norway to Reopen Embassy in Zambia
Daily Nation
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July 29, 2025
By GIDEON NYENDWA PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged the Norwegian government to reconsider its decision to operate its diplomatic mission to Zambia from Malawi, and instead reopen its embassy in Lusaka. Speaking during a meeting with...
Norway’s initiative to improve children’s reading skills
Famagusta Gazette
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July 28, 2025
The Norwegian government has announced a new national initiative to improve children’s reading skills, pledging an additional one billion Norwegian kroner (98 million U.S. dollars) over the next four years. “Norwegian children used to be among the...
United Nations Watercourses Convention, Presidential Reference and New Education Policy
The Indian Express
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July 29, 2025
India’s 1st private test facility for heavy water upgrade opens Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies III: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports,...
Children cut from Jordan’s Principle services under ‘substantive equality’ should reapply: Caring Society
APTN News
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July 28, 2025
Two separate legal rulings in June and July are forcing Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) to revisit funding denials, signalling that the government’s interpretation of Jordan’s Principle is too narrow and needs to reconsider cases where it has cut...
Norway: Oslo’s Øya Festival 2025 is nearly here – 6th–9th August
The Travel Magazine
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July 28, 2025
1 WHAT: Oslo’s Øya Festival is not your average park-bound weekend of cheap lager and trashy toilets. It’s one of Europe’s most meticulously curated, progressive utopias of music and sustainability, bathed in Scandinavian cool. Since 1999, Øya has...
No Knighthood, no filter: Irvine Welsh is searingly honest on culture, class, and chaos
The Times
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“Culture isn’t moving forward, culture is dying”; the working class has been “destroyed and immiserated”; and a populace wrestling with “species extinction” are “despondent”. Oh, and food delivery apps are creating an addicted underclass that is...