News and events // 22/06/2010 //

Reggaegruppen Ras Nas spilte nylig i Kairo og Beirut under ”Spring Festival”. Festivalen ga et bredt tilbud til kulturinteressert ungdom innenfor musikk, teater, dans, lyrikk, kunst, mv. Kunstnerne var unge utøvere fra land i Sør eller innvandrere fra land i Nord.

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News and events // 01/06/2010 //

“Norway is shocked that Israeli naval forces have shot and killed civilians while boarding a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza. I condemn this use of military force against civilians,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Photo: Kimm Saatvedt
News and events // 09/05/2010 //

Norway hosts a great variety of popular festivals during the summer months, extending across the entire music spectrum, from the more classically-based Bergen International Festival to the modern Øya Festival in Oslo.

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Størst i verden
Photo: Sway
News and events // 25/03/2010 //

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient.

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A small jump for Anette Sagen, but a great leap forward for ski jumping.
Photo: Scanpix / Gorm Kallestad
News and events // 17/03/2010 //

The people of Norway chose Anette Sagen, Norway’s top woman ski jumper, to inaugurate the new Holmenkollen ski jump facility.

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Photo: Karim Kadim/AP/Scanpix
News and events // 19/05/2010 //

More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May.

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News and events // 26/04/2010 //

Although there are those who have warned that increased activity and unresolved boundaries in the Arctic would raise tensions, developments in that region are bearing witness to just the opposite.

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Photo: WWF-Canada / Frank Parhizgar
News and events // 24/03/2010 //

At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign.

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Photo: Steven Holl Architects
News and events // 17/03/2010 //

“American Steven Holl’s latest project is a breath of fresh architectural air set just above the Arctic Circle,” wrote the journal Wallpaper about the new Hamsun Centre.

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