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De siste dagene har en rekke opposisjonspolitikere og demonstranter blitt arrestert i Iran i forbindelse med markeringen av den sjiamuslimske høytiden Ashura. Brutal behandling av demonstrantene har medført tap av flere menneskeliv. - Norge er bekymret over situasjonen i Iran, sier utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more >

Twenty years after the Samediggi (the Sámi parliament) was established, the number of individuals registered as part of the Sámi population has risen from 5 500 to almost 14 000. Read more >

On the day of the Nobel Award Ceremony Norway and Sweden call attention to the treatment of Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Read more >

Norway has reacted strongly to the news that the Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Shirin Ebadi in 2003. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday November 25. Read more >

The Norwegian director Jens Lien was awarded a special mention for his film "Every day is a fish day" ("Høydepunkter") at the Tehran International Short Film Festival. Read more >

After nearly three decades together, Norway’s most renowned pop group is splitting up. Read more >

The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists. Read more >

Norway condemns terrorist attack in Iran Norway condemns the suicide attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province, in southeastern Iran, in which 57 people lost their lives. "This is a very tragic situation," said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more >

Norway condemns the execution of 21-year-old Iranian Behnoud Shojaee, who was sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was a minor. Read more >

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Read more >

During a ceremony in Oslo on 10 December, President Barack Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Read more >

On 29 September, President of the Norwegian parliament Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Now he intends to modernise what he describes as the world’s most important human rights organisation, and make it more effective. Read more >

On 14 September, the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and Centre Party received the majority of votes in the national election, giving them a mandate to govern for another four-year period. “We will focus on securing jobs, renewing and improving the welfare society, and playing an active role in climate issues,” says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more >

The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine – known as Hywind – was officially opened on 8 September off the southwest coast of Norway. “This is an important step towards creating a new Norwegian energy industry at sea,” declared Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen. Read more >

The Norwegian-Iranian album Scent of Reunion was released by Kirkelig Kulturverksted on the 23rd of September. Read more >

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the polar ice UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Svalbard in Norway’s Arctic region to view firsthand the impacts of climate change. Some hectic weeks are in store before the climate summit convenes in Copenhagen. Read more >