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Photo: Wang Lei / Zuma Press / NTB scanpix.Photo: Wang Lei / Zuma Press / NTB scanpix
Last updated: 09.05.2012 //

The iconic art work The Scream by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch was sold in New York for USD 120m, becoming the most expensive artwork sold at an auction.

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News and events // Last updated: 01/03/2012 //

Norway transferred NOK 240 million in budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Norway is one of the first donor countries to transfer its contribution for 2012. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who met the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Ramallah.

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News and events // Last updated: 25/03/2012 //

The Ad Hoc Liason Committee (AHLC) for assistance to the Palestinians met today in Brussels, and confirmed the international community’s continued support for economic development and reforms in the Palestinian Territory

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News and events // Last updated: 29/02/2012 //

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is deeply concerned about the news that the death sentence imposed on Canadian-Iranian web designer Saeed Malekpour may be carried out in the near future. If this is the case, we urge the Iranian authorities to stop the execution,” said State Secretary Gry Larsen.

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News and events // Last updated: 24/01/2012 //

Skal du reise i Iran eller flytte til Iran? Utenriksdepartementet anbefaler at alle som skal til land utenfor Europa og Nord-Amerika registrerer seg direkte på  www.reiseregistrering.no  Dette anbefales også for alle som skal være i utlandet over lengre tid (studenter og andre fastboende). Reiseregistreringen erstatter tidligere registrering av norske borgere ved ambassade eller generalk

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Photographer: Reza Tabasi Nezhad

Khatam-al-Anbia School in Ardakan . 
Photo: UNHCR file photo .
News and events // Last updated: 13/12/2011 //

Norway has decided to dispense with an additional grant of NOK 70 million at the end of the year. This contribution comes in addition to the NOK 290 million dispensed to the UN refugee agency earlier in February this year. UNHCR Iran office received NOK 10 million of this figure since Iran continues to host the largest refugee population in the world of 840,000 Afghans and 43,000 Iraqis. Due to...

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News and events // Last updated: 02/11/2011 //

As part of the 25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults to be held in Hamedan the Norwegian theatre group “Teatre Joker” is slated to take part in the festival with 3 shows which will be staged on Monday 07 November 2011 at the venue Mahdieh Hall. The show times are 10 am, 15:30 pm and 17:30 pm. Teater Joker is a Norwegian theatre company that has been making theatre for...

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