Oslo - Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit on Monday began studies in leadership and management at the Norwegian School of Management.
"I am really looking forward to these studies," the 35-year-old princess told local media.
The six-month course includes studies of leadership drawn from classic works penned by the likes of Norwegian Henrik Ibsen as well as Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen.
"We focus on both modern theories and classics. We will study (Friedrich) Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Machiavelli and Joseph Conrad," said lecturer Kjetil Eikeset, an economist and philosopher.
Oslo - Norwegian salvage teams and representatives of a shipping company were Wednesday assessing how to prevent fuel leaking from a freighter that ran aground in the Oslo fjord, reports said.
Oslo (Norway), Nov 18 : Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, who is on official visit to Norway met the Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg at Oslo today and discussed issues pertaining to health sector cooperation between the two countries.
During this meeting, Dr. Ramadoss highlighted implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Imunisation Programme, maternal and child health programme, tobacco control measures, HIV/AIDS in India.
Stoltenberg appreciated Dr Ramadoss on the NRHM and the reduction in Maternal mortality ratio in India.
Oslo - Norway was set to introduce a European Union directive aimed at liberalising services despite a split in the red-green coalition, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
"The service directive is good and important for Norway and will contribute to equal, secure and predictable rules for Norwegian companies," Stoltenberg told reporters.
Although Norway is not a member of the EU, it cooperates closely with the 27-nation bloc as member of the European Economic Area (EEA).
Geneva - Norway is the country closest to closing the gaps between men and women, a new report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum said.
Finland, Sweden and Iceland were the next ranking countries, according to the Gender Gap Index, with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Chad and Yemen listing at the bottom of the 130 countries surveyed.
New Zealand was the top ranking non-European country, making it to fifth place, followed by the Philippines.
Oslo - Norwegian state-controlled energy group Statoil Hydro said Tuesday it has signed a 1.25-billion-dollar deal with US natural gas group Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
The deal gives Statoil Hydro a 32.5-per-cent stake in Chesapeake's Marcellus shale gas acreage in the Appalachia region, north-eastern US.
In addition to the 1.25-billion-dollar cash payment, Statoil was to pay 2.1 billion dollars for a 75-per-cent future stake for the drilling and completion of wells during the period
2009-12.
Oslo (Norway), Nov 18 : Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, who is on official visit to Norway met the Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg at Oslo today and discussed issues pertaining to health sector cooperation between the two countries.
Oslo - Norway was set to introduce a European Union directive aimed at liberalising services despite a split in the red-green coalition, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
Geneva - Norway is the country closest to closing the gaps between men and women, a new report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum said.
Oslo - Norwegian state-controlled energy group Statoil Hydro said Tuesday it has signed a 1.25-billion-dollar deal with US natural gas group Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
