News & Events

Norway makes its move in the international chess world

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:06:46 GMT

A 19-year-old chess Grandmaster from Norway competes against the whole world, and the northern city of Tromsø makes a bid to host the World Chess Olympiad in 2014. Can Norway become a key player in international chess?

Student festival on global health

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:22:44 GMT

ISFiT -The International Student Festival in Trondheim, one of the world’s largest student festivals, is being held in Norway in February 2011. The theme for this year’s festival is global health. The application deadline is 30 September.

The labour market and the economic crisis

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:33:38 GMT

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will 13 September host a high-level conference on the international situation in the labour market, where millions of people are unemployed as a result of the global economic crisis.

Support of Oslo Commitments on Armed Violence

Wed, 19 May 2010 11:23:22 GMT

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

Festivals to suit all tastes

Thu, 13 May 2010 12:16:22 GMT

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.

United on Arctic challenges

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:35:28 GMT

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

Building a cutting-edge wind turbine

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:32:25 GMT

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

Earth Hour 2010

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:33:49 GMT

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

An historic jump

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:20 GMT

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

“The hairy guy”

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:41 GMT

“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.

Not just clowning around

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:39:26 GMT

Have you seen them madly sweeping the ice dressed in their clown pants? The Norwegian men’s curling team has attracted widespread attention at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver thanks to its conspicuous attire.

Ice transformed into music

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:42:07 GMT

At the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, the timing of the concerts is set by the moon and the music takes its resonance from the weather. Innovative use of nature’s own materials is front and centre at this one-of-a-kind music festival.

From the South Pole to Vancouver

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:41:49 GMT

Norwegians like to think they are born with skis on their feet. But will their country’s illustrious history of polar expeditions and skiing innovations actually help Norwegian skiers to compete against the crème-de-la-crème at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? And will Norway be rewarded once again for fair play?

Thank you Norway - Takk Norge

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:40:42 GMT

Sincere and very originally expressed appreciation - from the Macedonian textile workers to Norway, for improving their work conditions.

Globalskolen

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:26:07 GMT

Globalskolen tilbyr kompletterende grunnskoleundervisning til norske barn og unge som bor i utlandet.

a-ha takes a final bow

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:14:29 GMT

After nearly three decades together, Norway’s most renowned pop group is splitting up.

“The world’s most important human rights organisation”

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:58:51 GMT

On 29 September, President of the Norwegian parliament Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Now he intends to modernise what he describes as the world’s most important human rights organisation, and make it more effective.

World’s first floating wind turbine

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:36 GMT

The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine – known as Hywind – was officially opened on 8 September off the southwest coast of Norway. “This is an important step towards creating a new Norwegian energy industry at sea,” declared Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the polar ice

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:43 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the polar ice UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Svalbard in Norway’s Arctic region to view firsthand the impacts of climate change. Some hectic weeks are in store before the climate summit convenes in Copenhagen.

Piano Success on Top of the World!

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:47:51 GMT

The very first ”Top of the World International Piano Competition” takes place in Tromsø between the 14th and 19^th of June 2009. But the competition is already a success even before it starts due to the sensational and ”all time high” interest from all over the world: A total of 361 applicants from 56 different countries is by far a world record for any new piano competition. The contestants are between 17 and 35 years of age and they are all outstanding and marvelous pianists.