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News and events // Last updated: 29/12/2011 //

Give your children a Norwegian summer of fun and learning

Mr. Jens Stoltenberg
Prime Minister of Norway.
Photo: Petter Foss/ MFA Norway.

News and events // Last updated: 22/12/2011 //

“Norway has today offered up to 6 billion SDR (equivalent to 7 billion euros) to the International Monetary Fund, as a bilateral loan to contribute to stabilising the European and international economy, and thus also to safeguard the Norwegian economy and Norwegian jobs”, says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Recognition of women’s efforts to promote peace and democracy.

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

“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.

News and events // Last updated: 30/09/2011 //

Wednesday 28th September, Aslan went on stage in the Grand Social for a very special event.

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Norwegian theatre at its best in Cork

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

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.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided equally between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman.
Photo: Scanpix/ photomontage MFA Norway.

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

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented, “This is an important recognition of the role they have played in ensuring women’s safety and right to participate in peace-building work. Women’s participation is crucial in promoting peace and preventing conflict.”

Large crowds in Oslo and around Norway expressed their feelings by holding roses.
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Christian Hansson.

News and events // Last updated: 11/11/2011 //

“If one man can show so much hatred, imagine how much love we can show together.” So said a young woman who lost friends on the island of Utøya during the attacks of Friday 22 July. The quote has been widely embraced by survivors, families and political leaders in Norway.

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The Norwegian band Majorstuen visits Ireland this weekend for a series of concerts around the country.

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Norway contributes to safeguarding European economy

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Recognition of women’s efforts to promote peace and democracy.

Aslan tribute concert

Shadows (Skuggar)

Norway’s Prime Minister in Antarctica

Nobel Peace Prize for 2011

An Attack on Norway’s Democracy

Majorstuen

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dublin