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Last updated: 21/03/2013 //
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...
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Last updated: 08/03/2013 //
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 . ...
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Last updated: 22/02/2013 //
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.
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Last updated: 28/01/2013 //
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.
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Last updated: 20/12/2012 //
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.
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Last updated: 22/02/2013 //
Wednesday the 6th of February marked the official launch of the Albanian Renewable Energy Association (AREA).
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Last updated: 20/02/2013 //
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.
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Last updated: 18/01/2013 //
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.
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Last updated: 20/12/2012 //
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.
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