Statement on Journalist Idrak Abbasov

News and events // Last updated: 23/04/2012 //

The European Union Delegation issued a statement in agreement with the EU's and Norway's Heads of Mission in Azerbaijan today condemning the beating of the journalist Idrak Abbasov.

Photo: Wang Lei / Zuma Press / NTB scanpix.

News and events // Last updated: 10/05/2012 //

The iconic art work The Scream by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch was sold in New York for USD 120m, becoming the most expensive artwork sold at an auction.

Statement by the EU and Norway Heads of Mission in Azerbaijan

News and events // Last updated: 19/03/2012 //

The European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan issues the following statement in agreement with the EU and Norway Heads of Mission in Azerbaijan Intimidation Campaign against Azerbaijani Journalist Khadija Ismayilova

Thor Heyerdahl jr. and Ambassador Erling Skjønsberg.
Photo: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Baku.

News and events // Last updated: 05/03/2012 //

The exhibition “The Kon-Tiki Man” opened on Thursday March 1st at the National Museum of History in Baku, where it will stay through May. The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of History of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo with assistance from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Baku and sponsored by Statoil. Thor Heyerdahl jr. was the guest of honor.

News and events // Last updated: 28/02/2012 //

Tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku are available for purchase on Wednesday, February 29, at 12:00 CET.

News and events // Last updated: 16/02/2012 //

The Thor Heyerdahl exhibition entitled “The Kon-Tiki Man” will be in Baku this spring.

News and events // Last updated: 17/02/2012 //

The fourth annual Winter Leadership School arranged by the Azerbaijan Student Youth Organizations’ Union (ASYOU) in cooperation with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Youth and Sports was held at Khizi “Altiagac” Relaxation center northwest of Baku.

News and events // Last updated: 15/12/2011 //

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.

Statement on Journalist Idrak Abbasov

Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” sold at Sotheby´s auction house in New York on the 2nd of May

Statement by the EU and Norway Heads of Mission in Azerbaijan

Opening of Thor Heyerdahl exhibition "The Kon-Tiki Man"

Eurovision Song Contest ticket information

Thor Heyerdahl exhibition "The Kon-Tiki Man" opening on the 1st of March

Meeting with Azerbaijan Student Youth Organizations' Union

Norway’s Prime Minister in Antarctica

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Baku