Jostedalsbreen glacier.
Photo: Anders Gjengedal/Innovation Norway

Norway

Official name of country: Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo
Official languages: Norwegian (bokmål and nynorsk) and Sami
Population: 4 812 000 (per 2009)
Size: 385 252 square kilometers
Currency: NOK (Norwegian kroner)
Form of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of government: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Head of state: His Majesty King Harald V

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NEWS


Finland increases its support to Afghanistan
Finland is increasing its support to the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Read more (1.23.2010)
New U.S. Strategy for Afghanistan
Afghanistan Welcomes the New U.S. Strategy
Barack Obama President of the United States of America announced on Tuesday evening in his speech to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., that United States of America will send a further 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, in addition to significantly increasing its civilian efforts. This announcement by President Obama was widely welcomed inside and outside the Afghanistan.  
Read more (12.03.2009)
Presidential Elections
Second Round of Presidential Elections in Afghanistan
Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan announced that the second round of Presidential elections will be held on 7 November 2009. The first round of the second Presidential election in Afghanistan was held on 20 August 2009, has faced with claims of widespread fraud.
Read more (10.29.2009)
Raise money for Afghan skate school
Since its founding in 2007, Afghanistan’s first skateboarding school, Skateistan, has played an important role in giving underprivileged kids in Kabul a place to play and get an education. Now Nordic skateboarders and other volunteers raise money to build a skate park in Kabul.

Read more (8.18.2009)
Afghan team plays Norway Cup
18 boys from Faryab Province got an experience of a lifetime when the Norwegian Defence Minister invited them to the international youth football tournament Norway Cup. Norway Cup is one of the largest football tournaments in the world, gathering over 30 000 players from 45 countries.

Read more (7.30.2009)


Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Oslo
Kronprinsensgate 17  -  0244 Oslo  -  Norway  -  Phone: + 47 23 23 92 20

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