<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Norway - the official site in the United Arab Emirates</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/</link><description></description><item><guid>658465c2-7083-4b1a-85e5-509f0b0e09fd</guid><title>Student festival on global health </title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Studentfestival-om-global-helse/</link><description>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. </description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:19:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>1fe3d618-39a3-4679-a8ee-5035392f184d</guid><title>The labour market and the economic crisis</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/The-labour-market-and-the-economic-crisis/</link><description>Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will 13 September host a high-level conference on the international situation in the labour market, where millions of people are unemployed as a result of the global economic crisis. </description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:20:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>58ffe033-7d2d-4b74-9d4f-c1c5ab051b14</guid><title>Norway to provide NOK 100 million to flood victims in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Norway-to-provide-NOK-100-million-to-floodvictims-in-Pakistan1/</link><description>Norway is increasing its aid to the victims in Pakistan to 100 million Norwegian kroner. Minister of foreign affairs Jonas Gahr Støre expresses his concern for the victims and underlines the severity of the situation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:35:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>e5c32f07-07e5-48b6-9df2-a435529a6ada</guid><title>A milestone for the Convention on Cluster Munitions </title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Convention-on-Cluster-Munitions/</link><description>1 August 2010 marks a triumph for international humanitarian efforts as the Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force. </description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:39:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>f4c95be4-e548-433e-a693-260d0719d1ab</guid><title>Support of Oslo Commitments on Armed Violence  </title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Support-of-Oslo-Commitments-on-Armed-Violence--/</link><description>More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 07:26:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>757cc70a-0808-4847-8412-a5f51c9f228b</guid><title>United on Arctic challenges </title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/arctic_challenges/</link><description>Although there are those who have warned that increased activity and unresolved boundaries in the Arctic would raise tensions, developments in the region are bearing witness to just the opposite. </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:18:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>357cac66-14a3-4430-8f65-b5c02402f167</guid><title>Building a cutting-edge wind turbine</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Building-a-cutting-edge-wind-turbine/</link><description>The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:22:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>f9f5cf61-277c-472e-915c-8f8bb508a74a</guid><title>Earth Hour 2010</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/earth-hour-2010/</link><description>At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>14b469f8-6bfe-40c0-8d91-17455a8f9bf0</guid><title>An historic jump</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/an-historic-jump/</link><description>The people of Norway chose Anette Sagen, Norway’s top woman ski jumper, to inaugurate the new Holmenkollen ski jump facility.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>79d5bd3f-1f6a-40f1-83a4-109532fb36c3</guid><title>A perfect winter in Norway</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/perfect-winter/</link><description>Norway has much to offer tourists in the winter: snow, mountains, fjords and the unique culture of the Sámi people. We invited Audun Pettersen, one of the people most actively involved in Norway’s tourist industry, to tell us about some of the activities he would recommend.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:28:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>86be70f4-aa63-4ab0-890d-da82dd9c21f8</guid><title>More Norwegians consider themselves to be of Sámi heritage</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/A-growing-number-of-Norwegians-consider-themselves-to-be-of-Sami-heritage/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:03:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>bcbcbfa7-4118-441e-8be0-f5eca18c595a</guid><title>a-ha takes a final bow</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/a-ha-takes-a-final-bow/</link><description>After nearly three decades together, Norway’s most renowned pop group is splitting up.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:18:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>f344660e-9c45-41c7-ad6f-7167ed7274a6</guid><title>Norway’s fjords voted world’s best travel destination</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Norways-fjords-voted-worlds-best-travel-destination/</link><description>The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:59:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>8501c543-a201-4075-b0d2-ee9eca6ec173</guid><title>Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Barack-Obama-awarded-Nobel-Peace-Prize/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:45:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>06c33644-866a-4d1f-87b5-21c7f3efec26</guid><title>Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>552a2ea9-a4b7-441f-9218-be2b70e813cd</guid><title>“The world’s most important human rights organisation”</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/The-worlds-most-important-human-rights-organisation/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:50:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>c19bc730-e905-425e-b24b-19baa095aa2a</guid><title>World’s first floating wind turbine</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Worlds-first-floating-wind-turbine/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>a2f48c4e-fe3c-42a3-a0c9-a660554400d8</guid><title>Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on  the polar ice</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/News_and_events/Ban-Ki-Moon-Svalbard/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>ec0c5e73-3cd2-4dd5-adda-b678fa1ed5a3</guid><title>Business</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/studywork/business/</link><description>A number of organisations can provide useful information if you are considering exporting to the Norwegian market or establishing a business in Norway.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:49:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>cfeb1101-ea4e-477d-bb62-1959fe5b90d2</guid><title>Fjords and mountains</title><link>http://www.norway.ae/travel/Fjords-and-mountains/</link><description>Along parts of the coastline, the sea penetrates deep into the mountain wilderness and form the world-famous Norwegian fjords.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:17:52 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>