Tag: industry
Yara’s ‘founder’ fends off charges
Thorleif Enger, retired chief executive of large fertilizer firm Yara International, ranked as one of Norway's most respected businessmen. This week he had to start defending himself...
Ex-Yara executive ‘shocked’ by arrest
Former top executives of large Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara are undergoing more tough questioning as their bribery trial continues in an Oslo courtroom this week....
Yara bribery trial forced into a pause
The corruption trial of former executives of fertilizer firm Yara International was halted on Tuesday after the judge wanted to know whether one of...
Yara corruption trial turns nasty
The Oslo trial involving corruption at large fertilizer company Yara International was entering its second week on Monday with former executives pointing fingers at each other, and their...
Yara corruption trial gets underway
The largest corruption trial in Norway's history, involving charges of bribery at Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara International, got underway in an Oslo courtroom on Monday. It's not...
Mohns give a billion to researchers
Norway's most philanthropic family, led by Trond Mohn, gave researchers in Bergen a gift this week that they'll remember long after the Christmas holidays...
‘Norway’s oil age is not over,’ yet
Tord Lien, Norway's government minister for oil and energy, isn't letting himself be overly concerned by the recent, some say dramatic, fall in oil...
Finally some good news from Yara
One of Norway's largest companies, fertilizer producer Yara International, could finally report some good news on Wednesday after being caught up in a corruption scandal and,...
Aurland shoes still surviving in style
They inspired the American penny loafer and were meant to be practical, locally made shoes. Now the small Aurland Shoe Factory that's still making them in the scenic...
Yara ‘surprised’ by collapse of merger talks
The new acting chief executive of Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara International said he was "surprised" that CF Industries of the US has suddenly backed...
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