1 August 2010 marks a triumph for international humanitarian efforts as the Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force. Read more

The Nordic Liaison Officer, Mr. Rune L. Fossedal had the great honour of receiving the first honorary medal ever given to a police liaison officer by the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior. Read more

On the 17th of May the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sofia hosted a reception celebrating the Norwegian National Day. Read more

More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May. Read more

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. Read more

Директорът на норвежкия Нобелов институт Гейр Люндеста ще посети София в периода 3 – 4 май 2010 год. и ще изнесе лекции на тема Нобеловата награда за мир и съвременната американска политика. Read more

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient. Read more

At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign. Read more

The Pro Center is a Norwegian national resource center on prostitution that also acts as a health and social service centre for sex workers. The 2009 Pro Center report on tendencies observed in the Norwegian prostitution market focuses on the resent Norwegian law prohibiting the purchase of sex that came into force the first of January 2009. Read more

The people of Norway chose Anette Sagen, Norway’s top woman ski jumper, to inaugurate the new Holmenkollen ski jump facility. Read more

Международният ден на жената 8-ми март бе отбелязан с конференция на тема ”Жените в предприемачеството”, последвана от двустранни бизнес срещи между фирми от България и Норвегия, с цел дългосрочно сътрудничество. Read more

The International Women`s day was celebrated in Sofia with a conference on female entrepreneurship, where speakers from both Norway and Bulgaria attended to shed light on the challenges and opportunities connected to this topic. The focus of the day was the importance of supporting female entrepreneurs. Read more

По инициатива на посолството на Кралство Норвегия и Иновация Норвегия, в сътрудничество с Българската търговско–промишлена палата (БТПП), ще бъде проведена конференция на тема ” Womenomics ” , по случай Международния ден на жената.     Дата : 8 -ми март 2010 г. (понеделник) от 10.00 – 15.45 часа Място : Радисън Блу Гранд Хотел, пл. “Народно събрание” 4, гр. София   По традиция на... Read more

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. Read more

Norwegians like to think they are born with skis on their feet. But will their country’s illustrious history of polar expeditions and skiing innovations actually help Norwegian skiers to compete against the crème-de-la-crème at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? And will Norway be rewarded once again for fair play? Read more

Norway will be the largest contributor to the World Bank’s new trust fund to help developing countries build up expertise on carbon capture and storage (CCS). Read more

The next seminar in the process towards a new Strategic Concept for NATO will take place in Oslo 14 January 2010. The Oslo-seminar is organised jointly by Germany, Romania, Spain and Norway and will be devoted to NATO’s partnerships. Read more

Abassaden hadde besøk fra Rotary Drammen 10. oktober. Organisasjonen er engasjert i flere veldedige prosjekter i Bulgaria, spesielt relatert til barn og unge. Dagen i forveien hadde de brukt til å besøke flere av de institusjoner de er engasjert i. Den 10. hadde de et møte med abassadør Tove Skarstein hvor de fortalte kort om disse og andre prosjekter. Besøket var vellykket og svært hyggelig. Read more

A Norwegian national who had been kidnapped and held captive together with his Afghan interpreter since Thursday 5 November has now been released. Read more

Norway has today formally requested WTO dispute settlement consultations, because the Government views the EU ban on trade in seal products as being in contravention of WTO rules. “In our view, the EU decision is contrary to WTO rules on a number of key points. We will not let this go uncontested. We have therefore requested formal WTO dispute settlement consultations today,” said Foreign Minis... Read more