Young people relatively well represented in the Nordic countries
The International Day of Parliamentarism, which is celebrated every year on 30 June, provides a good opportunity to review the progress parliaments have made...
Norway provides $45 million to finance education programmes worldwide.
Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, and Halvor Hvideberg, Ambassador of Norway to UNESCO, have signed the first three-year cooperation agreement between UNESCO and...
Annika Sandlund new UNHCR representative in the Nordic and Baltic countries
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced that Ms. Annika Sandlund has assumed the function of Representative to the Nordic and Baltic countries, covering...
Denmark renews support for UNRWA for the next five years
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Denmark have signed a new Multi-Year Agreement (MYA)...
The only Norwegian officer at the UNTSO headquarters
UN Peacekeeping 75. The UN Secretary-General has stated that "UN peacekeepers are the beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world." This...
Swedish short film wins award at Health For All Film Festival
Mental health issues depicted on the big screen can resonate deeply with audiences, fostering dialogue and understanding. Paul Jerndal, an award-winning Swedish filmmaker, creator...
Russian language: many shades of blue
Russian is one of four living East Slavic languages and has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. It is the most spoken Slavic language,...
Norway increases support for UNRWA
The Norwegian government has increased its contribution to UNRWA, the UN Palestine refugee agency, and called on other countries to follow its example.
'Norway has...
The UN Child Right’s Committee gives recommendations to Finland
The results include the UN Child Right’s Committee's main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
3 Nordics among Global Leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition...
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, initiated in 2010 by the former Secretary-General, continues its drive to improve nutrition for all people, everywhere, with...
Burkina Faso: the world’s most neglected crisis
For the first time, Burkina Faso tops the list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises, according to a new report from the Norwegian...
No Tobacco Day: Low smoking rates in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic countries are low both in terms of smoking habits and tobacco-related mortality - Sweden is the lowest. Today is No Tobacco Day....
Swedish freedom of press ordinance among new inscriptions on UNESCO’s Memory...
The Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance of 1766 is among 64 documentary collections that have been added to UNESCO´s Memory of the World...
The much beloved Atlantic puffin in graver danger than estimated
The Atlantic Puffin, one of the world´s most photographed birds, may be in more danger of extinction than scientists had estimated. It has already...
From Greenland to the Golan heights
UN Peacekeeping 75. Commander Janne Kristina Larsen has served in the Danish military and in peacekeeping from the glaciers of Greenland to the Golan...