Desmond Tutu speaking at ISFiT 2009. Photo: ISFIT/Fotogjengen ved Studentersamfundet i Trondjem

Student festival on global health

News and events // 02/09/2010 //

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.

News and events // 02/09/2010 //

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.

Photo: The Council of the European Union

News and events // 04/08/2010 //

Norway and the EU have reached agreement on a financial contribution of 1788,5 million euro for the period 2009–2014. “We are pleased that the new agreement on EEA financial mechanisms can finally be signed. This is a substantial contribution to reducing social and economic disparities in Europe,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Yoeun Sam En of Cambodia lost both arms and his sight in 2004 as he attempted to destroy four “bombies” his children had found while playing.
Photo: werneranderson.no

News and events // 29/07/2010 //

1 August 2010 marks a triumph for international humanitarian efforts as the Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force.

Photo: Benedicte Tresselt Koren/MFA Norway

News and events // 14/07/2010 //

Many seafarers/sailors boarding a ship in Norway, or transiting through Norway, do not need a visa.

News and events // 28/06/2010 //

Norway will take over the Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States for one year from the first of July. This means that Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs will be the President of the organisation during this period, and Norway will also chair the Committee of Senior Officials. Norway assumes the Presidency in accordance with a rotation agreement between the member countries. Lithua...

Student festival on global health

The labour market and the economic crisis

New agreement on EEA financial mechanisms

A milestone for the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Visa and visa waiver for seafares

Norway takes over the Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Vilnius