<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>News &amp; Events</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/</link><description></description><item><guid>8c1fec8d-8357-486c-91e1-580413736bc0</guid><title>Business Anti-Corruption Portal </title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/Business/Business-Anti-Corruption-Portal-/</link><description>The Business Anti-Corruption Portal is a comprehensive and practical tool tailored to meet the corruption risk management needs of small and medium sized companies operating in or considering doing business in emerging markets and developing countries.
</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>b42ba4b1-f7c4-4f3a-970e-c7efb5f22281</guid><title>Support of Oslo Commitments on Armed Violence  </title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/Support-of-Oslo-Commitments-on-Armed-Violence--/</link><description>More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:10:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>f56d95a2-2590-4b28-a30b-8ca1b6e0c840</guid><title>Festivals to suit all tastes</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/festivals-to-suit-all-tastes/</link><description>Norway hosts a great variety of popular festivals during the summer months, extending across the entire music spectrum, from the more classically-based Bergen International Festival to the modern Øya Festival in Oslo.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:09:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>bfe0b9b0-103b-4ee7-9fc8-8f6a999772b2</guid><title>United on Arctic challenges </title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/arctic_challenges/</link><description>Although there are those who have warned that increased activity and unresolved boundaries in the Arctic would raise tensions, developments in the region are bearing witness to just the opposite. </description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:06:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>4c66ca25-3d15-445b-bde3-f2d9310d058b</guid><title>Nordic Film Festival 4-7 May 2010</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/events/Nordic-Film-Festival-4-7-May-2010/</link><description>The Nordic embassies have joined forces and will be hosting a Nordic Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur 4-7 May 2010. </description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:44:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>116efa4f-bbdb-4b85-8273-8d7f3d87dcb0</guid><title>17. mai-feiring  i Malaysia</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/events/17-mai-feiring--i-Malaysia/</link><description>Det blir tradisjonell norsk 17. mai-feiring med barnetog, leker, is og brus. Feiringen finner sted lørdag 15. mai, kl 12-16, i ambassaderesidensen i Kuala Lumpur. Pris: RM 50 per person. Påmelding til nmerete@yahoo.com . Se også vedlagte invitasjon fra 17.mai-komiteen (lenke i sidemenyen til høyre).     Ambassadør Arild Braastad og Nina Braastad inviterer også til en offisiell mottake...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:46:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>a419c60d-af8e-4823-b138-64353255180e</guid><title>Building a cutting-edge wind turbine</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/Building-a-cutting-edge-wind-turbine/</link><description>The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>276b3a35-c01d-4f64-923c-09bf3069ba09</guid><title>Earth Hour 2010</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/earth-hour-2010/</link><description>At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:16:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>843dd2dc-b842-4ec4-87f6-6112725a8f79</guid><title>An historic jump</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/an-historic-jump/</link><description>The people of Norway chose Anette Sagen, Norway’s top woman ski jumper, to inaugurate the new Holmenkollen ski jump facility.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:16:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>408ce888-cff4-4a01-a0dd-e0f95d12f54e</guid><title>“The hairy guy”</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/hamsun-centre/</link><description>“American Steven Holl’s latest project is a breath of fresh architectural air set just above the Arctic Circle,” wrote the journal Wallpaper about the new Hamsun Centre.
</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:17:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>51ec163d-2ba1-4a6d-91e3-ebb1ffbd57e8</guid><title>Not just clowning around</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/not-just-clowning-around/</link><description>Have you seen them madly sweeping the ice dressed in their clown pants? The Norwegian men’s curling team has attracted widespread attention at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver thanks to its conspicuous attire.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:19:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>577b907b-7929-49de-89c2-479789dc2424</guid><title>Ice transformed into music</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/ice-music-festival/</link><description>At the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, the timing of the concerts is set by the moon and the music takes its resonance from the weather. Innovative use of nature’s own materials is front and centre at this one-of-a-kind music festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:21:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>8e8b1fcb-b9b5-40b1-a4e3-6253ac092aea</guid><title>A perfect winter in Norway</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/perfect-winter/</link><description>Norway has much to offer tourists in the winter: snow, mountains, fjords and the unique culture of the Sámi people. We invited Audun Pettersen, one of the people most actively involved in Norway’s tourist industry, to tell us about some of the activities he would recommend.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:21:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>28a4a32b-45ff-4246-b0c5-addde8f0e20d</guid><title>From the South Pole to Vancouver </title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/From-the-South-Pole-to-Vancouver-/</link><description>Norwegians like to think they are born with skis on their feet. But will their country’s illustrious history of polar expeditions and skiing innovations actually help Norwegian skiers to compete against the crème-de-la-crème at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? And will Norway be rewarded once again for fair play? </description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:22:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>7612f8bf-f777-4f1d-830e-ec9c3bc1f0cb</guid><title>Summer programmes</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/Summer-programmes/</link><description>Are you interested in spending the summer in Norway while earning study credits? Here is an overview of summer programmes at Norwegian universities and university colleges.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:23:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>3effd1a5-4102-48e3-8845-e298ee9d8e6e</guid><title>More Norwegians consider themselves to be of Sámi heritage</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/A-growing-number-of-Norwegians-consider-themselves-to-be-of-Sami-heritage/</link><description>Twenty years after the Samediggi (the Sámi parliament) was established, the number of individuals registered as part of the Sámi population has risen from 5 500 to almost 14 000.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:23:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>93a490b9-cd31-4364-ac94-6aebfd5383c2</guid><title>Corporate Social Responsibility in Malaysia</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/Business/Bedriftenes-Samfunnsansvar/</link><description>In October 2009 a report was written on different aspects associated with corporate social responsibility in Malaysia:


(See the side menu for the Norwegian translation.)</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>55a529c1-b5cd-4cf2-befd-fd0c905cd8f6</guid><title>a-ha takes a final bow</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/a-ha-takes-a-final-bow/</link><description>After nearly three decades together, Norway’s most renowned pop group is splitting up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:24:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>33107a5c-ac9e-4c56-bb12-5342801480d6</guid><title>Norway’s fjords voted world’s best travel destination</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/Norways-fjords-voted-worlds-best-travel-destination1/</link><description>The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:33:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><guid>9af692bb-26ca-4ec3-86aa-af1c783a6716</guid><title>Norway’s fjords voted world’s best travel destination</title><link>http://www.norway.org.my/News_and_events/News/Norways-fjords-voted-worlds-best-travel-destination/</link><description>The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:24:36 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>