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Press Release 05.09.2008:   Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim signed an agreement today with ILO Director General Juan Somavia pledging NOK 100 million to the International Labour Organisation’s campaign to promote decent work.

Light is a scarce resource during the Norwegian winter. Perhaps this is what has triggered Norwegian designers’ interest in lamp design?

Sigrid Ekran of Norway is one of only a few women who have embarked on  the world’s longest and most difficult sled dog race, Alaska’s Iditarod. She finished 24th in  this year’s race.

The Abel Prize 2008 is shared between the American professor in mathematics, John Griggs Thompson at the University of Florida in Gainsville, and the French mathematician, Jacques Tits with the Collége de France in Paris.