The 8th Baltic Sea States Summit in Vilnius
Photo: www.cbss.orgThe 8th Baltic Sea States Summit in Vilnius. Photo: www.cbss.org
News and events // 25/06/2010 //

From July 1, Norway will under its Presidency promote the long-term priorities laid down by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) itself, in its Declaration on the reform of the CBSS. In addition, the Presidency will have three specific priorities.

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Photo: Karim Kadim/AP/Scanpix
News and events // 20/05/2010 //

More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May.

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News and events // 03/05/2010 //

8-12 June Oslo is hosting the largest polar science meeting ever – to celebrate and publish early results from the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY). This conference is the first opportunity after completion of the IPY field activities for direct interaction among all the 160 IPY science cluster projects.

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Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
News and events // 28/04/2010 //

On April 27, an agreement has been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced.

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Størst i verden
Photo: Sway
News and events // 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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Photo: WWF-Canada / Frank Parhizgar
News and events // 26/03/2010 //

At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign.

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