21/09/2005 :: The Holberg International Memorial Prize for 2005 is awarded to Professor Jürgen Habermas. + More

17/06/2005 :: On 11 June the public began arriving in a steady flow to view the installations, the centre shop, the cinema and the café of the newly opened Nobel Peace Center. Close to 5000 people visited the centre during its opening weekend + More

26/05/2005 :: The Abel Prize 2005 – often referred to as the 'Noble Prize' for mathematics – was presented to winner Peter D. Lax by Crown Prince Regent Haakon in Oslo on 24 May + More

19/05/2005 :: As part of the 2005 Nansen series, a day-long colloquium on the subject of ‘Promoting Peace’ will be held at the Manchester Metropolitan University + More

11/05/2005 :: On 1 June Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik will open the world’s northernmost arctic marine research station, the Arctic Marine Laboratory, in Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. + More