Photo: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign AffairsPhoto: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
News and events // 02/09/2010 //

After this summer’s display of “Constructions” in Sibiu, it will be exhibited at the Romanian Peasant’s Museum from 15 September to 17 October.

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Desmond Tutu speaking at ISFiT 2009
Photo: ISFIT/Fotogjengen ved Studentersamfundet i Trondjem
24.08.2010 //

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.

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Photo: Council of the European Union
News and events // 04/08/2010 //

On July 28, 2010, the three EEA/EFTA states - Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - and the EU signed an agreement on a new package of financial contribution of close to NOK 15 billion for the period 2009–2014. Norway will thus provide nearly NOK 3 billion (EUR 347 million) per year to reduce social and economic disparities and promote cooperation in Europe in the given period. The EEA Grants wil...

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Embassy // 30/08/2010 //

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Chisinau, accredited to the Republic of Moldova, from Bucharest, has launched a new call for proposals in the frame of the Small Project Fund for Moldova, the Autumn Round 2010.

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Close up of an exhibit in the Armenian museum
Photo: Embassy
News and events // 22/07/2010 //

The Museum of the Armenians in Transylvania – Dumbraveni (Sibiu county) was officially inaugurated on July 15th , in the presence of the Norwegian Chargé d’affaires a.i., Mrs Liv Maren Røste and the Armenian ambassador to Bucharest, H.E Mr. Hamlet Gasparian. Important representatives of the Armenian community in Romania, high officials of the central and local government, as well as many citize...

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Photo: Embassy
Embassy // 20/07/2010 //

The Business Incubator in Soroca (BIS) has already confirmed the initial prospects - that it will become a prototype for future business development initiatives, similar incubators in other parts of Moldova and even larger scale projects such as industrial parks.

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

July 1, 2010 marked the first day of the Norwegian Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States which will last for a year. Norway will continue to prioritize the fight against human trafficking, in which the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) is already heavily involved. Other priorities include environment and energy.

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Photo: Embassy
News and events // 29/06/2010 //

Between 21 – 23 June, Ambassador Øystein Hovdkinn was present in the northern eastern part of Romania in an official visit to assess the progress of several projects supported under the EEA Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants) and the Norwegian Cooperation Programme with Romania (Norway Grants), and met with the regional and local authorities in Iasi, Piatra Neamt and Suceava.

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Photo: Embassy
News and events // 05/07/2010 //

On June 30th the Norwegian Embassy’s representatives participated in the launch of the first Parenting Services Center in Bucharest and conveyed ambassador’s Hovdkinn support message for the project “Towards Positive Healthy Parenting in Romanian Families”, promoted by Save the Children Romania and funded under the EEA Financial Mechanism. Four other similar centers have been opened in Iasi, Su...

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Sturgeon
Photo: DDNI and NIVA
News and events // 16/06/2010 //

The Best Combat project combines biology, sociology and tourism with the aim of conserving the Danube beluga sturgeon by supporting and educating local communities to develop new livelihoods, focussing on community based tourism, as an alternative to the unsustainable fishing of the endangered beluga.

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