Desmond Tutu speaking at ISFiT 2009. Photo: ISFIT/Fotogjengen ved Studentersamfundet i Trondjem
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02/09/2010 //
ISFiT -The International Student Festival in Trondheim, one of the world’s largest student festivals, is being held in Norway in February 2011. The theme for this year’s festival is global health. The application deadline is 30 September.
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UK Secretary of State for Labour Iain Duncan Smith will attend a high-level conference, which is hosted by Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, on the international situation in the labour market where millions of people are unemployed as a result of the global economic crisis.
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First Minister Alex Salmond was in Norway last week to help strengthen Scotland’s economic and energy links with its North Sea neighbour.
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That is the question asked at the Festival of Politics in Edinburgh during a lecture featuring a pioneer of the Norwegian outdoor kindergarten system and a successful Swedish campaigner for women’s quotas in parliament.
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Visit Norway is looking for four people to be the stars of its postcard photo-shoot in Northern Norway – no modelling experience required!
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19/08/2010 //
Norwegian-born beavers have given birth to two beaver babies - the first ones to be born in the wild in Scotland for over 400 years.
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11/08/2010 //
1 August marked a triumph for international humanitarian efforts as the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which has been signed by Norway and 107 other countries, entered into force.
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In response to global demand, the Montrose Heritage Trust has commissioned a new miniature statue of the famous Norwegian sea dog Bamse.
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Norway has voted in favour for the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent fact-finding mission to investigate the Israeli boarding of an aid convoy to Gaza.
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