Alpinisten Aksel Lund Svindal, Kitzbühel januar 2010.
Photo: Franck Fife/ScanpixAlpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal, Kitzbühel, January 2010. Photo: Franck Fife/Scanpix
News and events // 29/01/2010 //

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?

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The Holocaust Centre in Oslo
Photo: Sean Hayford O'Leary
News and events // 29/01/2010 //

Each year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the horrors that confronted the world when the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz was liberated 65 years ago. “This day is important. It reminds us of the atrocities of the past, and of the responsibility we have today to fight genocide, oppression, racism, discrimination and anti-Semitism,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre c...

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News and events // 27/01/2010 //

Are you interested in spending the summer in Norway while earning study credits? Here is an overview of summer programmes at Norwegian universities and university colleges.

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UN headquarters in Haiti
Photo: UN Photo/Logan Abass
News and events // 26/01/2010 //

“I am deeply saddened by the extremely difficult situation in Haiti. Although aid is flowing into the country, the needs will continue to be great in the weeks and months ahead,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. The Norwegian aid will now reach NOK 200 million (USD 34 million).

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ENDRINGER TRER I KRAFT FRA 1. MARS 2010

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Autumn in Aurland
Photo: Fritjof Fure / Innovation Norway
News and events // 29/10/2009 //

The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists.

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