Wartsila to maximise availability and secure safe operations of PGSs seismic vessel fleet

WA rtsilA and PGS Geophysical AS have signed a service agreement that makes WA rtsilA the preferred service supplier for engines and other WA rtsilA equipment. According to the agreement, WA rtsilA will take care of the maintenance of engines and propulsion systems on board PGS’s fleet of 8 seismic vessels, securing maximum uptime as well as safe and economic operations.

Arctic’s indigenous Sami people to celebrate national day

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 photo, Sami children, from left, Karen Seline Eira, Inga Helene Anti Persen and Leah Christine Utsi at the reindeer kindergarten in Karasjok, Norway. The indigenous people of Europe’s Arctic region are celebrating the centenary of their national day this week with some 120 events planned in Norway.

France’s far-left Jean-Luc Melenchon, far-right Marine Le Pen launch campaigns

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Lines now clearly drawn on joint truce agreement

By Rocky Nazareno The bursts of applause in Saturday’s signing of another milestone agreement between the Philippine Government and the National Democratic Front more or less showed the sentiment of both sides regarding the forging of a joint ceasefire agreement in the third round of peace talks in Rome, Italy. a Negotiating panels from the GRP and NDF sign the supplemental agreement on Joint Monitoring Committee on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law as negotiations move towards other substantive agenda.

Proposed Norwegian office building will generate more power than it uses

If buildings that meet the rigorous qualifications of passive house construction seem impressive, or projects that attain the Living Building standard, such as the Bullitt Center , represent the cutting edge of sustainable design, a recently announced project in an Oslo suburb could be a game-changer, according to its developer. The Powerhouse Telemark, an 11-story office tower projected to open in Porsgrunn, Norway, promises to not just be sustainable, but to actually produce more power than it consumes.

Foreign Minister of Greenland Cancels Trip to Norway

Foreign Minister of Greenland Vittus Qujaukitsoq has postponed his scheduled trip to Norway to focus on the case of the two Greenlanders, suspected in the disappearance of an Icelandic girl, RUV reports. The 20-year-old Birna Brjansdottir has been missing since Saturday morning.

Hot water

The Scottish government is due to publish its climate and energy plans in the next week. Ahead of that, BBC Scotland has been looking at two radical schemes proposed by environmental groups.