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Last updated: 04/02/2013 //
The Norwegian Red Cross in partnership with the Canadian and Australian Red Cross Societies successfully organised a Community Health and Psychosocial Support Module ERU (CHM-PSS) Training Programme in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe from the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November 2012. CHM-PSS Training Coordinator Ms Tonje Tingberg from Norwegian Red Cross said the training sought to strengthen existing...
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Last updated: 03/01/2013 //
Recently (Nov. 7, 8, 9, 2012) there was an important seminar in Harare dealing with copyright and remuneration to artists and publishers for the use of their protected works. It was particularly pertinent that the seminar took place at this particular time. The organisation of Zimbabwean musical authors (music and text) Zimbabwe Musical Rights Association (ZIMURA) has just won a case against...
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Last updated: 04/12/2012 //
“The global balance of power is shifting towards the south and the east. A number of countries are playing a more significant role due both to their economic strength and their international ambitions. In order to safeguard Norwegian interests effectively, it is therefore important that we continue the process of moving the Foreign Service’s resources to where they are most needed,” said Foreig...
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Last updated: 15/10/2012 //
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 goes to the European Union (EU).
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Last updated: 23/03/2012 //
The Ibsen Scholarships award innovative projects in the field of drama and performing arts and projects that act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen and his plays.
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Last updated: 03/01/2013 //
I think that the first time I got involved with Southern Africa issues was in the summer of 1964. Norway was to play a Davis Cup match against South Africa at the national tennis stadium at Madserud. There were a group of us who were anti-apartheid activists who demonstrated against the match in the stadium.
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Last updated: 12/11/2012 //
The Royal Norwegian Embassy associated with a local EU-statement regarding harassment of human rights defenders, journalists and members of civil society in Zimbabwe
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Last updated: 05/06/2012 //
The Norwegian Red Cross on Wednesday 7 March 2012 commissioned a USD217 000 warehouse for the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) in Gweru.
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Last updated: 16/12/2011 //
The exhibition "Maputo: A Tale of One City" opened at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe on the 10th of December 2011. It presents a selection of works ranging across a diversity of media such as photography, video, painting, installation and drawing.
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Last updated: 14/12/2011
Monoswezi came to Harare in November, they had a workshop and concert at the Zimbabwe College of Music, and a concert at the Mannenberg Jazzclub. Later they continued their tour to Mozambique and South Africa. The band has released the album Monoswezi; the cd has been critically acclaimed in Norway and abroad.
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Last updated: 13/12/2011
Norway Cup is the worlds largest international football tournament for youths commencing in Oslo week 31 every year.
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Last updated: 12/12/2011
From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.
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