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Capital Tankers eyes Oslo Stock Exchange listing
Financenaftemporiki5h ago

Capital Tankers eyes Oslo Stock Exchange listing

Capital Tankers, part of the group led by Vangelis Marinakis, is set to list on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company, with assets valued at approximately 13.4 billion dollars, is… Capital Tankers eyes Oslo Stock Exchange listing - Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

Poles Fleeing Communist Regime Through Czechoslovakia
Politicsrzeczpospolita14h ago

Poles Fleeing Communist Regime Through Czechoslovakia

Poles escaping the communist regime often chose routes through the Czechoslovak-Austrian and Czechoslovak-German borders, mistakenly believing these paths to Western Europe would be easier than the heavily guarded East-West German border.

Marius Borg Høiby Cries in Court During Trial
Culturesvenska-dagbladet2d ago

Marius Borg Høiby Cries in Court During Trial

Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, broke down in tears during his ongoing trial in Oslo district court, stating his mother and stepfather Haakon have been incredibly kind.

Ukrajina odlikovala Grlića Radmana
Politicsindex-hr2d ago

Ukrajina odlikovala Grlića Radmana

MINISTAR vanjskih i europskih poslova Gordan Grlić Radman odlikovan je Ordenom za zasluge II. stupnja tijekom boravka u Kijevu na četvrtu godišnjicu ruske invazije na Ukrajinu.

Høibys far dukket opp i Oslo tingrett
Worldnrk3d ago

Høibys far dukket opp i Oslo tingrett

Morten Borg, som er faren til Marius Borg Høiby, er på plass i Oslo tingrett tirsdag ettermiddag. Han ga ingen kommentarer til pressen da han ankom. Høiby skal starte sin forklaring tirsdag i forbin

Norway Considers Hosting Future Winter Olympics
Sportnrk3d ago

Norway Considers Hosting Future Winter Olympics

Norway is exploring the possibility of hosting a future Winter Olympics, with Oslo's city council leader suggesting a collaboration with the Mjøsa region, while a journalist expresses skepticism after visiting a potential future host city in Northern Italy.

UN missions of 85 countries condemn Israeli West Bank plans
PoliticsAl JazeeraFrance 24seeking-alpha+3protothema-enDaily SabahTehran Times8d ago6 sources

UN missions of 85 countries condemn Israeli West Bank plans

The UN missions of 85 countries on Wednesday condemned a series of Israeli measures designed to tighten control over the West Bank, including in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords, in place since the 1990s. It came as Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Obama Says Aliens Exist But Are Not Kept In Area 51
Politicszerohedge9d ago

Obama Says Aliens Exist But Are Not Kept In Area 51

Obama Says Aliens Exist But Are Not Kept In Area 51 Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in a Feb. 14 podcast interview that aliens are real but that none are kept at the secretive Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert, later adding that he didn’t see any evidence indicating that extraterrestrials have contacted Earth during his presidency. In the interview, when asked, “Are aliens real?” Obama replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them—and they’re not being kept in [Area 51]. There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.” Obama became the first leader of the United States to affirm the existence of extraterrestrial life when questioned by progressive podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen in a video posted on YouTube. After the interview went viral, Obama said on Instagram that he wanted to “clarify” his comments to Cohen, writing that he was “trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round” while speaking on the podcast. “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,” he wrote. “But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!” In 2013, Obama was possibly the first U.S. leader to acknowledge the existence of Area 51, an Air Force base built during the Cold War, which has long been rumored to house extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Cohen did not ask Obama a follow-up question on the issue. Instead, he asked the former president what his first question had been upon entering the White House. “Where are the aliens?” Obama joked in response. Some critics, including British political commentator Calvin Robinson, said Cohen should have asked Obama for more information about aliens. “When a former President of the United States says on the record there are aliens, YOU FOLLOW UP WITH RELEVANT QUESTIONS. You do not continue reading from your script,” he wrote on X. The U.S. government first acknowledged Area 51’s existence in 2013 through a Freedom of Information request and has declassified documents detailing its history and purpose. The base has been a testing ground for a host of top-secret aircraft, including the U-2 in the 1950s and later the F-117 stealth fighter. Trump Admin on Aliens President Donald Trump has expressed skepticism about the existence of aliens, while acknowledging that “anything is possible.” Trump addressed the subject in several media appearances during the 2024 presidential campaign. On a podcast with Lex Fridman, Trump said he would consider pushing the Pentagon to release additional UFO footage that many believe is classified. “Oh yeah, sure, I’ll do that. I would do that. I’d love to do that,” Trump said, noting that public pressure to disclose records relating to UFOs is similar to that surrounding the John F. Kennedy assassination. On Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast in June 2025, Trump said, “Am I a believer? No, I can’t say I am." “But I have met with people, serious people, that say there’s some really strange things flying around out there.” Trump added that given the size of the universe, “Why wouldn’t there be something, somebody?” Vice President JD Vance has expressed his personal enthusiasm, telling the “Ruthless” podcast in August 2025 that he is “obsessed with the whole UFO thing.” “What’s actually going on? What were those videos all about? What’s actually happening?” Vance probed. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said last August that she believes aliens may exist and that the U.S. government holds classified information on the subject. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in Washington on Dec. 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Gabbard pledged to share disclosures from ongoing investigations into UFOs amid growing discussion of the phenomena at the highest levels of government. Pentagon Cases Unresolved The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) continues to investigate more than 1,600 reports of “unidentified aerial phenomena,” an official term that has largely replaced “UFOs.” At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in November 2024, AARO’s director, Jon T. Kosloski, detailed cases the military believes it has solved—such as the widely circulated 2016 “GOFAST” video, now thought to show an object flying at 13,000 feet rather than right above the water—as well as other incidents which have so far defied explanation. Previous presidents, including Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, have discussed their curiosity about alien life without confirming a belief in it. Carter reported that he saw an unidentified bright object in the sky when he was governor of Georgia in 1969, although he later said it was likely a natural phenomenon. A view of Area 51. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times Clinton said that he was curious about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and that he had asked aides to look into both Area 51 and the Roswell incident of 1947, which gave rise to much speculation about a government cover-up. After Air Force personnel recovered metallic and rubber debris near Roswell, New Mexico, the U.S. Army Air Forces announced that they were in possession of a “flying disc” before retracting the statement within a day. Clinton said he was told there was no evidence of alien life in connection with the incident. In 1995, he joked about the Roswell incident, saying, “If the U.S. Air Force did recover any alien bodies, they didn’t tell me about it.” The American public is increasingly convinced that aliens exist and have visited Earth, according to recent polls. More than half (56 percent) of Americans believe extraterrestrials definitely or probably exist, according to a 2025 YouGov poll. Democrat (61 percent) and Independent (59 percent) voters are more likely than Republicans (46 percent) to believe aliens exist, with 73 percent of Americans believing the government would hide evidence of UFOs if it had any, and just 13 percent thinking it would be transparent, according to the same survey. Tyler Durden Tue, 02/17/2026 - 17:00

Oslo Goldsmith Charged with Money Laundering
Financemorgunbladid14h ago

Oslo Goldsmith Charged with Money Laundering

A goldsmith in Oslo has been charged with money laundering, accused of selling gold worth nearly one million Norwegian kroner despite knowing it was paid for with proceeds from criminal activities.

AZU pokrenuo stratešku suradnju s Kazahstanom
Businessjutarnji-list22h ago

AZU pokrenuo stratešku suradnju s Kazahstanom

Kazahstanska državna naftna i plinska tvrtka KazMunayGas (KMG) odobrila je ključni sporazum o zajedničkom poslovnom poduhvatu s Geoenergijom razvoj, čime je formalno potvrđeno strateško partnerstvo…

Sex first, dinner later: what can singles in Oslo, Berlin, Paris and Rome teach me about dating?
CultureThe Guardian6d ago

Sex first, dinner later: what can singles in Oslo, Berlin, Paris and Rome teach me about dating?

My fellow Brits seem weighed down by endless swiping – I went to the Europeans for a fresh perspective Last year, I went through a breakup and threw myself into internet dating. I started experimenting with mirror selfies, and spent whole evenings trying to take artful photographs of my own bum. I agonised over my three-line bio. I even put a notebook by my bed with the Hinge prompt “most spontaneous thing I’ve done” written on the first page, so if the answer came to me in a dream, I’d have ...

Ambassador Nicoletti inaugurates the 'Looking Beyond' exhibition in Bergen
CultureANSA8d ago

Ambassador Nicoletti inaugurates the 'Looking Beyond' exhibition in Bergen

(ANSA) - OSLO, 18 FEB - The "Looking Beyond" photo exhibition was inaugurated today at the University of Bergen (UiB) by the Italian Ambassador to Norway, Stefano Nicoletti, the Vice Rector of UiB Sigrunn Eliassen, and the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology Gunn Mangerud, in the presence of professors, researchers, and students from the university—Norway's third largest academic center—as well as members of the local Italian community. The exhibition, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and produced in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Telespazio/e Geos, was organized in Bergen by the Italian Embassy in Oslo and Dr. Andrea Magugliani, Honorary Vice Consul in Bergen, with the support of Vår Energi of the ENI group. Bergen is the third Norwegian stop for 'Looking Beyond', which has already been successfully hosted at the Science Museum (Vitenfabrikken) in Sandnes, near Stavanger, and at the Arctic University of Tromsø, where it was greatly appreciated by the public and teachers alike. The aim of the exhibition, consisting of 25 stunning high-resolution satellite images acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed constellation and sourced from the archives of Telespazio/e-Geos and ASI, is to stimulate reflection on the impact of human activities on the environment and the role of satellite technology in addressing global challenges such as deforestation, desertification, and pollution. But that's not all: divided into six thematic sections—agriculture, water, urban centers, climate change, natural disasters, and deforestation—Looking Beyond also aims to showcase the beauty of Earth as seen from space through spectacular images of glaciers, lava flows, megacities, cultivated fields, and waterways from different areas of the world. Italian Earth observation technology, in particular through the COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation, plays a fundamental role in environmental monitoring and risk management. The satellites support early warning systems for landslides and floods, the coordination of relief efforts in the event of natural disasters, and the monitoring of crisis areas. In Norway, COSMO-SkyMed data is used thanks to a collaboration agreement between e-Geos and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT). In his speech at the inauguration, Ambassador Nicoletti highlighted how "Italian Earth observation technology, developed by ASI and Telespazio, is now widely used in crucial sectors, and the COSMO-SkyMed constellation also supports monitoring activities in Norway, thanks to collaboration with local partners. We are very pleased to have been able to inaugurate a third stage of 'Looking Beyond' in Norway, which confirms the great attention and sensitivity of local institutions and the public towards issues such as scientific research and environmental protection." On the sidelines of the inauguration, Ambassador Nicoletti visited some of the university's leading research centers in the fields of aquaculture and marine biology and met with a group of Italian professors and researchers residing in Bergen. During the meeting, the Ambassador pointed out that "the more than 80 Italian scholars working in Bergen today represent one of the largest communities of researchers from our country in Norway, which now numbers almost 680 people. The social events we organize every year, such as Italian Research Day in the World or the Scienza Senza Confini (Science Without Borders) project by Comites in Oslo, are important opportunities for dialogue that aim to raise the level of interaction within the community of Italian researchers in Norway, who in turn represent an invaluable resource for promoting bilateral scientific and technological relations." Read article...

Epstein Ties Emerge in Oslo Accords Legacy
WorldAl Jazeera11d ago

Epstein Ties Emerge in Oslo Accords Legacy

New US court documents reveal connections between a key figure involved in the Oslo Accords and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These revelations are casting a shadow over the historical peace efforts between Palestine and Israel.

Polish Escapes from Communist Regime
Politicsrzeczpospolita6h ago

Polish Escapes from Communist Regime

Poles escaping the communist regime often chose routes through the Czechoslovak-Austrian and Czechoslovak-German borders, believing it would be an easier path to Western Europe compared to the heavily guarded border between East and West Germany.

Armed Man Arrested Outside Oslo Nightclub
Worldruv12h ago

Armed Man Arrested Outside Oslo Nightclub

An armed man was arrested outside a nightclub in Tøyen, Oslo, after police responded to reports of a disturbance and potential threat, leading to multiple arrests and the discovery of a weapon.

30th International GAST Fair Opens in Zagreb
Businessjutarnji-list1d ago

30th International GAST Fair Opens in Zagreb

The 30th International GAST Fair has opened at Arena Zagreb, attracting over a thousand exhibitors from Croatia and abroad, with the exhibition space bustling with visitors from the hospitality and hotel industries.

Oslo Crowned World's Greenest City
Environmentnewsbeast3d ago

Oslo Crowned World's Greenest City

Oslo, the Scandinavian capital known for redefining sustainable urban living, has officially been named the world's greenest city in a new ranking presented by Time Out.