Last updated: 09.12.2011 //

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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News and events // Last updated: 14/12/2011 //

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.

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Norsk // Sist oppdatert: 11/11/2011 //

Norske studenter som søker seg til ”Medical School at University of Constanta” bør være oppmerksomme på at norske og svenske studenter har blitt lurt til å betale avgifter via en falsk hjemmeside.

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News and events // Last updated: 14/10/2011 //

Romanian publishers of Norwegian books can now apply for a translation subsidy.

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Visitors inside the UTTIS Industries production halls. 
Photo: Embassy.
News and events // Last updated: 03/10/2011 //

Two production halls and two R&D centers have been put up in Vidra, a village just outside Bucharest, with support from a grant from Norway worth of 1,4 million EUR in co-financing. The initiative belongs to the Romanian and Norwegian companies UTTIS Industries and EFD Induction respectively.

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News and events // Last updated: 19/10/2011 //

The Fund for Decent Work and Tripartite Dialogue is open for individual project applications from 20 October 2011.

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News and events // Last updated: 19/10/2011 //

On October 13, Norwegian companies with operations in Romania participated in the already traditional NORTEAM Meeting organized by the Norwegian Embassy, in Bucharest. Representatives of about 20 Norwegian companies had the opportunity to exchange views and share experience by using the Norteam event as an information and interaction platform.

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Ambassador Hovdkinn looking at physics phenomena demonstrations. 
Photo: Embassy.
News and events // Last updated: 03/10/2011 //

The Romanian Atmospheric 3D Observatory, the first research observatory in Romania which studies atmospheric processes and the largest center within this field of research in Eastern Europe, was opened on September 28th in Magurele, close to Bucharest. The result of the hard work, dedication and determination of a team of researchers within the National Institute of Optoelectronics in Romania,...

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Speakers at the EEA and Norway Grants closing conference
News and events // Last updated: 14/06/2011 //

The closing conference occasioned by the completion of the EEA and Norway Grants 2007-2009 took place in Bucharest on June 7th. The event brought together over 220 participants, project promoters, media, National Focal Point and Innovation Norway staff, representatives of Norwegian companies in Romania, and the diplomatic corps.

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