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Norway makes its move in the international chess world

News and events // 05/09/2010 //

A 19-year-old chess Grandmaster from Norway competes against the whole world, and the northern city of Tromsø makes a bid to host the World Chess Olympiad in 2014. Can Norway become a key player in international chess?

News and events // 25/08/2010 //

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.

News and events // 09/10/2009 //

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.

News and events //

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.

Photo: Alban Bodineau / Council of Europe

News and events // 04/10/2009 //

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.

Norway makes its move in the international chess world

The labour market and the economic crisis

Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize

“The world’s most important human rights organisation”

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka