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Embassy // 11/03/2010 //

“Norway deeply deplores Israel’s expansion of its settlement in East Jerusalem. The peace process is in a critical phase, and Israel’s decision is jeopardising the process.”

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News and events // 05/03/2010 //

As a continuation of Norway’s long-term support to humanitarian mine action in South of Lebanon, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs has granted over one million USD to Mines Advisory Group (MAG).

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Photo: Maria Christophersen
News and events // 19/02/2010 //

“At last it is clear that the convention banning cluster munitions will enter into force. With this convention, we have helped to make the world a safer place, strengthened humanitarian law and, not least, ensured that victims will receive assistance,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Photo: Eivind Thomassen
News and events // 18/02/2010 //

Refugees of the Nahr Al Bared camp can finally see with their own eyes their houses being rebuilt. After more than two years of planning, clearing and backfilling the area, reconstruction is now underway.

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Photo: Eivind Thomassen
News and events // 15/02/2010 //

February 8 and 11, Norwegian poet Knut Ødegård read his poems in Beirut.

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Photo: Energy for the Future
News and events // 03/02/2010 //

What will happen if Lebanon discovers exploitable oil and gas fields off its coast? Norwegian experiences might prove to be useful in shaping Lebanon’s future as an oil nation.

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Photo: The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
News and events // 19/01/2010 //

Scholarship funds amounting to NOK 1.000.000 (approx. 150.000 USD) will be awarded to Ibsen-related projects world wide.

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News and events // 19/01/2010 //

The ambassador visits important women-help-women project in the Nahr Al-Bared camp.

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The Beirut Marathon 2009
Photo: Ida Ween
News and events // 07/12/2009 //

More than 200 participants in the 2009 Beirut Marathon donned Team Norway t-shirts with the Norwegian flag on the back and the logos of NPA, NRC, NORWAC and Right to Play proudly on the front.

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Embassy // 14/10/2009 //

The Norwegian Government proposes that NOK 27.4 billion should be allocated to development assistance in 2010. This is an increase of NOK 1.2 billion from 2009.

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