Don Quixote battled windmills in a 1605 novel by Cervantes. The confused Spanish knight would likely think twice before attacking the Norwegian behemoth soon to be built. 
Photo: Sway.Don Quixote battled windmills in a 1605 novel by Cervantes. The confused Spanish knight would likely think twice before attacking the Norwegian behemoth soon to be built. Photo: Sway
Last updated: 30/03/2010 //

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient.

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Last updated: 08/03/2010 //

Norwegian Foreign Minister Støre visited Afghanistan 4 -5 March. “The visit was part of my ongoing contact with the Afghan authorities and Norwegian civilian and military personnel in Afghanistan,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Last updated: 01/03/2010 //

Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal, Kitzbühel, January 2010. 
Photo: Franck Fife/Scanpix.
Last updated: 11/02/2010 //

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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Last updated: 29/12/2009 //

The next seminar in the process towards a new Strategic Concept for NATO will take place in Oslo 14 January 2010. The Oslo-seminar is organised jointly by Germany, Romania, Spain and Norway and will be devoted to NATO’s partnerships.

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Last updated: 08/03/2010 //

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has become member of the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. The group was recently appointed by the UN Secretary-General, to mobilise the financing promised for efforts against climate change during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December.

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Last updated: 19/02/2010 //

The Government has today decided that Norway will join the EU’s External Borders Fund. The purpose of the fund is to ensure uniform and adequate control of the external borders of the Schengen area and efficient management of migration flows.

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Last updated: 18/01/2010 //

Norwegian aid to the earthquake victims in Haiti is to be increased to NOK 100 million (USD 17.5 millon).

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Photo: Arild Lyssand/MFA Norway.
Last updated: 11/12/2009 //

In April this year, at a conference on melting ice in Tromsø, Norway, former US Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre requested an international panel of internationally renowned scientists to produce a report on the status of the ice and snow covered regions of the world.

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