http://www.norway-kosovo.no/cd99461d-89f0-4365-8251-bb720427f401http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Combating-hate-speech-/Norway is mobilising against hate speech in Europe. Through the EEA and Norway Grants we have entered into a strategic partnership with the Council of Europe’s youth project on combating hate speech online launched this week. During the last few years we have registered continued and renewed violations of fundamental rights, including physical and verbal attacks on minority groups, migrants, an...Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:22:59 GMTc1c3825d-099a-400e-91c3-9c4d7d4a0038http://norgesportalen/1/2/The-worlds-biggest-football-tournament/Now is your chance to mark the beginning of the Norway Cup Tournament 2013. More than 12,000 people were present at the Norway Cup Opening Show in 2012. The Show will be held on Saturday July 27th on Ekebergsletta close to the Ekeberg School. The great Norway Cup Show features popular international and local artists and is kicked off with a dashing parade. It is led by mounted police, followed ...Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:35:33 GMT3fbfda71-8ae2-42bd-a6ff-5b6fdfdd42cdhttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Astronomy-project-in-Peja1/On Friday 22th of February, Ambassador Jan Braathu visited the secondary school Bedri Pejani. Ambassador Braathu was met by a parade of students waving Norwegian and Albanian flags and welcoming him to the school. The purpose of the visit was the opening of the new astronomy cabinet at the school. The ambassador took time to greet the students and thank them for their warm welcome. MediaUnit . ...Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:04:21 GMT23b0ae44-24b0-44cf-8b5b-207071c42c09http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Launch-of-Albanian-Renewable-Energy-Association-AREA-in-Tirana-/Wednesday the 6th of February marked the official launch of the Albanian Renewable Energy Association (AREA). Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:01:06 GMT9cbc9778-3ef8-4e53-9149-c9421292960bhttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Embassy-visit-to-Albania/In the first week of February, Ambassador Jan Braathu and Deputy Head of Mission Jon Hansen visited Tirana, Albania. It was a working visit, meeting Prime Minister Berisha, and other members of the Albanian government.Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:48:50 GMT2bb412e0-8f3f-467b-abff-e9441d56aabahttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/Embassy/Public-Holidays-2010-/The Embassy will be closed on the following dates in the year 2013.Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:01:21 GMTb5fd1615-02a2-4879-9736-a7e844a051fchttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/International-Sculpture-Festival-SCULPFEST/The Norwegian Embassy in Prishtina supported the second edition of Sculp’Ice Festival which was held from 15th until 18th of February 2013 in the old town in Prizren.Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:55:54 GMTc8cec774-2c59-4e4b-a647-af637a021300http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/League-of-Writers-of-Kosovo-offer-their-condolences-to-the-Norwegian-people/Leader of the League of Writers of Kosovo, Adem Demaçi, visited the embassy on monday 28th of january on behalf of the League of Writers of Kosovo to offer condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack in Algeria. Read the letter below.Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:22:12 GMT6095ef48-ea2c-47fd-ad81-97ccb2c5b0c4http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Norwegian-Swedish-cooperation-in-school-project/For the past couple of months, the Norwegian embassy has been working with the Swedish KFOR liaison monitoring team (LMT), joining forces to provide some materiel to schools in and around Prishtina. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:30:24 GMT1007e444-b5ac-4619-8986-9699a70312afhttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/The-Nordic-Model-in-the-Balkans/On the 11th of December, Ambassador Braathu took part in a debate at Media Centre Caglavica. The debate centred on the “Nordic Model” and how this can be adapted and used in the Balkans, in particular Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. The idea will also be introduced to the Kosovo Assembly. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:01:42 GMT326621cb-ee07-484d-b615-aa8dbaa682b2http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Norwegian-/Representatives from Norwegian startup companies, MESH (a co-working space from Norway), IKT Norge (a Norwegian association of IT companies), Visma and Norsk Alpakka visited Kosovo in the first week of December The purpose of the visit was to bring together businessmen from the two countries so they could share ideas, concepts and potentially also do business together. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:51:18 GMT7750756b-d4ec-4e70-8597-d68ab86170b0http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Norsk-Alpakka-signs-business-contract-in-Kosovo/The Norwegian company Norsk Alpakka has signed its first commercial contract with the company Pegas Tex from Prizren, Kosovo to produce hand tubes and tubes for socks from alpaca wool, dedicated for the Norwegian market.Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:08:20 GMT40f1c301-02c7-412b-811d-5117f5f2d075http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Norway-continues-to-support-the-business-sector-in-Kosovo/On Tuesday 04.12.2012,  Innovation Centre Kosovo held its fourth “Business Tuesday”, a monthly event on business development in Kosovo.  The purpose of the event is to promote “matchmaking” between Kosovar and international businesses.  Representatives from both Norway and Kosovo attended the event.   The speakers were: Valon Canhasi - STIKK Bent-Håkon Lauritzen - Athene Prosjektledelse Anne Li...Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:23:11 GMT60f7a6dc-e2a9-4a40-ba04-2b9600e36920http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Startup-Weekend-Prishtina-2012/Startup Weekend Prishtina is an innovative event that advances the promotion of entrepreneurship through start-ups in the ICT-sector. It is part of a global network of Startup Weekends that take place in 362 cities and 90 countries around the world. The Norwegian embassy is one of the local sponsors of Startup Weekend Prishtina. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:44:05 GMTace0989c-1563-46e8-9a07-8421d89f21cdhttp://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Norwegian-funded-project-has-created-1879-new-jobs-in-Kosovo-in-four-years/Crimson Finance Fund Kosovo (CFF), an SME-fund (small and medium enterprises) partly financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign has created growth and jobs in the private sector in KosovoMon, 12 Nov 2012 14:56:20 GMT9b5d496d-5aa6-48da-966d-817730c328e5http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Ambassador-Braathus-speech---Energy-Conference-in-Tirana/EU’s third energy package becomes effective in January 2015, also for the Western Balkans. In order to highlight the necessity of establishing a roadmap for liberalisation of the energy sector in Albania and European integration, the Norwegian embassy organised an energy seminar in Tirana on the 29th of October.Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:27:50 GMT8209ad8e-08a2-40de-aebb-b2e72c6a02f1http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/5th-grade-class-from-Ismail-Qemali-Primary-School-visits-The-Norwegian-Embassy/Friday 2 November 2012 the Norwegian Embassy received a visit from a fifth grade class from Ismail Qemali Primary School. The children wanted to learn more about what the Norwegian Embassy does in Kosovo, its mission and objective, and more about Norway as a country.Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:58:26 GMT026bbe33-6d58-45cf-ae55-1e480e6feca1http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/ICTHERD---Gjovik-University-College/In the second week of October students and other representatives from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia (FYROM) travelled to Gjøvik in order to further plans for the project Academic Exchange for Progress (AEP). AEP is an exciting cooperative project involving Gjøvik University College (GUC), four universities from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia (FYROM), and three organisations from the ICT industry in these countries. The project’s central aim is to develop the curricula at these Western Balkan universities in order to better meet the needs of the industry, as there is currently a gap between what the universities offer their students, and what the industry actually requires. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:28:22 GMTaca97690-2246-477e-9b89-cd57eb30ddd4http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Policy/Trip-to-the-Forest/The Norwegian Embassy in Prishtina is the proud sponsor of many diverse projects. One of these is “Support to Forest Management Planning with Geographic Information System” , a joint project between the Norwegian Forestry Group and Kosovo Forest Agency , funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main objective of the project is to develop a method for forest management planning...Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:46:24 GMTbbeea331-4386-44c8-a98f-b4a3fa465104http://www.norway-kosovo.no/News_and_events/Events-in-Norway/Norways-new-Minister-of-Foreign-Affairs-Espen-Barth-Eide/Espen Barth Eide is Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 2012. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:38:10 GMT