News & Events

SOS Children's Villages Waterfalls

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:50:02 GMT

The Norwegian Embassy went on the 29th June 2010 on a field trip to SOS Children's Villages in Waterfalls in Harare. An ever-increasing number of children are orphaned or abandoned in Zimbabwe due to the HIV/AIDS crisis and the economic problems in the country.

Norway at Hifa

Mon, 03 May 2010 20:16:26 GMT

Harare International Festival of the Arts is the most anticipated event on the Zimbabwean arts calender. HIFA is a six day annual festival and workshop programme that showcases local, regional and international arts in a programme of theatre,dance, music, circus, street performance and visual art. Among many great artists, Norway this year brought three shows to the festival.

Culture: 'Ibsen comes to Zimbabwe' project

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:29:29 GMT

'IBSEN COMES TO ZIMBABWE' PROJECT. 2006 Ibsen Year The year 2006 was known as the Ibsen year in Norway . The year marked the 100 th anniversary of the death of the famous Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen. The Embassy in Harare participated in the celebrations by organising performances of Ibsen’s plays. With assistance from the Royal Norwegian Embassy CHIPAWO and Zimbabwe joined the world in ...

Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:46:04 GMT

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.

“The world’s most important human rights organisation”

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:11:03 GMT

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’s Government is re-elected

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:07 GMT

On 14 September, the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and Centre Party received the majority of votes in the national election, giving them a mandate to govern for another four-year period. “We will focus on securing jobs, renewing and improving the welfare society, and playing an active role in climate issues,” says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

World’s first floating wind turbine

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:19 GMT

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.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the polar ice

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:34 GMT

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.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published its Platform for an Integrated Africa Policy

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:20:10 GMT

The Platform for an Integrated Africa policy gives an overview of Norwegian cooperation with Africa, and provides a basis for implementing concrete measures.

Nordic ministers in joint statement: "The misrule of Robert Mugabe must come to an end and respect for human rights be reinstated in Zimbabwe"

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:20:10 GMT

The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) have a long tradition of engagement with Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa. Our strong partnership with countries in the region has historically been built on mutual trust, dialogue and the upholding of common values such as democratic principles and respect for human rights. Against this background, the For...

Chipawo on ZTV

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:20:13 GMT

Chipawo is a theatre group that has been supported by the Norgwegian Embassy for the past two years. They have been filming their recent projects which is now screened on ZTV on Sundays at 1.15 pm and repeated on Mondays at 5 pm.

Norway cup

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:20:12 GMT

On Saturday the 22nd of July a team from Bulawayo left Zimbabwe for the main destination, Norway Cup.
Before they end up at Ekebergsletta, they will meet a friendship team from Halden, and spend some time with them to get to know more about Norway and the Norwegian culture and not at least the soccer.

Private friendship between Norwegians and Zimbabweans

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:57 GMT

There are many Norwegians and Zimbabweans that have met each others on different occations. Some of them have built up close friendships. Below you can read about some of them.

The Chivi Foundation

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:57 GMT

There is a lot of private and “friendly based” projects between Norwegians and Zimbabweans.

One of them is between the Chivi Foundation in Norway and Madangombe Primary School in Chivi district in Zimbabwe. The driving forces are Tendai Chekanje, the headmaster of the school and Grete Rohde-Moe from Norway. Together they have started activities regarding orphans, widows, electricity, music, soccer, agriculture and chicken.