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CETU held its 14 ordinary Congress 9th March in Addis Ababa in the presence of guests from other trade unions in the region, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hassan Abdalla and the Ethiopian Employers Federation. CETU president Kassahun Follo acknowledged support from the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Union – LO-Norway. Read more >

Bishop of Møre Diocese visited Ethiopia in February, making this her fourth visit to Ethiopia. During her stay, she met with His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Read more >

The Embassy will be closed on Tuesday 2 March due to the Ethiopian holiday Adwa Day. We can be reached for emergencies only on +251-91-1206417. On the 3 March, the Embassy will be back on its regular schedule, opening at 8:30. Read more >

State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaas visit to two schools outside of Addis Abeba was covered by Ethiopian Television yesterday.The related story on the ETV website says: "Norwegian State Secretary for International Development Affairs Ingrid Fiskaa said her Country’s support to Ethiopia’s education sector through UNICEF is bearing fruit. " Read more >

The Embassy is looking to fill the following three vacant positions: Ambassadors'secretary,receptionist/switchboard-operator and driver. Read the vacancy-add here: Read more >

The Tigryian People’s Liberation Front was founded on February 18th in 1975. 35 years later, the founding will be marked by a ceremony where 250 000 people are anticipated to take part. The Ambassador of Norway, H.E Jens Petter Kjemprud will be representing the Norwegian Government. Read more >

Ethiopian skier Robel Teklemariam clocked in 11 minutes and 42 seconds after Italian Dario Cologna who finished 1st in yesterdays cross country for men in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Read more >

Results from a sosio-economic survey in Ethiopia financed by Norway and SIDA indicate that 60% have seen improved economic conditions and 50% expect their lives to get better in the coming years. Read more >

Ethiopia will be represented for the second time in any Winter Olympics by Robel Teklemariam, cross-country skier and founder of the Ethiopian Ski Association. Read more >

The road signs indicating the way to the Norwegian Embassy and to the Norwegian residence in Addis Abeba are exemplifying how to blend in with the neighborhood and context. Read more >

Since 2006, the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Bergen has been co-operating with the Addis Ababa University in educating Ethiopian Neurosurgeons. The Norwegian part of the programme takes place at the Myungsung Medical Centre in Addis, also called “Korean Hospital”, and has so far involved 12 Ethiopian medical doctors. Read more >

The Embassy of Norway in Addis Abeba would like to express its sorrow for the tragic accident of ET409 outside Beirut in the early morning hours of January 25th 2010. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims, and we would like to convey our condolences to Ethiopia and Ethiopian Airlines for the tragic loss of lives. Read more >

A team consisting of three from the Office of the Auditor General of Norway has spent two weeks in Addis Abeba, and conducted two field visits to programmes supported financially by the embassy. Read more >

I would like to thank all readers who is following our webpage, having made it the most read Embassy homepage of any Norwegian Embassy anywhere in the world. Read more >

The embassy will be closed on the 19th of February due to Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, “Timkat”. We can be reached for emergencies only on +251-91-1206417. On the 20th of Jan, the Embassy will be back on its regular schedule, opening at 8:30. Read more about Timkat in this article. Read more >

Since 2003, the Church of Norway diocese of Nidaros and the Western Synod of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) have maintained a friendship. Nidaros bishop Tor Singsaas visited Ethiopia in early January 2010. Read more >

Between 1961 and 1964, Magnus B. Småvik acted as an instructor in the Imperial Ethiopian Navy and sailed the HMS Ethiopia from San Francisco to the coast of Ethiopia. Read more >

The new legislation bans use of mobile phones while driving, and is applying also for diplomats, as experienced by H.E Ambassador Jens Petter Kjemprud. Read more >

Bishop in Nidaros Tor Singsaas visited Ethiopia last week accompanied by a group of other clerics and church people from Trondheim. The Group met with the leadership in the Ethiopian Mekane Yesus church and visited Western Ethiopia. Read more >

We wish our readers a blessed Ethiopian Christmas, and would like to remind you that we will be closed on January 7th. Outside of working hours, the Embassy can be reached for emergencies only via: +251-91-1206417. On Friday the 8th of January, we will observe normal working hours. Read more >