A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905.
1Last year, Telenor won a similar case in its home country, Norway.
2Ireland and Norway are two small countries on the periphery of Europe.
3Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez on Twitter posted the statement by Norway's government.
4President Mary McAleese travels to Norway today for a three-day state visit.
5But Larque said the lure of carbon-free power from Norway is great.
6Denmark is the third-biggest producer in western Europe after Norway and Britain.
7In contrast, Norway and Russia have a long history of successful cooperation.
8Elsewhere in Europe, Norway's important metals exporters got less comfort than May.
9For example, Norway, Denmark and Finland are also known as high-trust societies.
10Norway has set up the world's first all-female special forces training programme.
11The other partner countries are Britain, Australia, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark.
12When hydro capacity is low, Norway imports power from those same countries.
13Statfjord is one of Norway's oldest producing fields in the North Sea.
14Norway has been among the leaders in helping refugees worldwide with aid.
15But universities in Sweden, Denmark and Norway improved their positions this year.
16Norway's government is due to decide on Lofoten drilling in late 2010.