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Også 2017 blir litteraturens år i Storbritannia. Det er det 200 år siden forfatteren Jane Austen døde, mens J.K.Rowlings første roman om Harry Potter – Harry Potter og de vises stein – har 20-års jubileum, skriver Se og Hør.
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Air Indias rute mellom den indiske hovedstaden New Dehli og San Francisco er verdens lengste. Ruten er 15300 kilometer lang og tar 15 timer, skriver Dagbladet.
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Dubai Corporation for Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) will open a tourism office in Romania after noticing that the Romanians’ interest in holidays in Dubai has increased, romania-insider.com reported.
Bucharest thus joins Prague and Warsaw, and becomes the third city in the region where DCTCM has an office.
46,700 Romanian nationals visited the emirate last year. The number will increase by 20% in 2017, according to estimates.
Dubai annually attracts 16 million visitors from around the world.
– Unfortunately, most Romanians believe Dubai is mainly a luxury destination, which targets people with high income. We hope to change this perception and to present Dubai as a destination for everyone, from budget to top luxury, said Dana Nabeel Abdulla Kambe, DCTCM strategic alliances manager.
News source: http://www.romania-insider.com and Wall-street.ro.
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Belarus opened an embassy in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on 20 December during the inaugural visit of Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei to Georgia, Agenda.ge reported.
The Belarusian minister was in Tbilisi for a two-day official visit. His Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze hosted him before the two officials opened the new embassy on Megrelidze Street in Tbilisi’s Saburtalo district.
While in Tbilisi Makei also visited the national memorial at Heroes Square and paid tribute to those who died for the unity of Georgia before he lay a wreath at the memorial.
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Foto: Eranga Jayawardena, AP
Et 73 meter høyt juletre ble julaften avduket i byen Colombo i Sri Lanka. Ifølge folkene bak er dette verdens høyeste juletre og hele 13 meter høyere enn den forrige rekordholderen.
Treet er dekorert med over én million kongler og 600.000 LED-lys.
Sri Lankas hovedstad, med bl.a. sete for nasjonalforsamlingen, er Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, en forstad til Colombo, som tidligere var landets hovedstad, men som ennå har flere hovedstadsfunksjoner, med bl.a. presidentens kontor og flere regjeringskontorer. Colombo er også Sri Lankas finansielle sentrum.
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Denmark is closing it’s embassy in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, in order to focus on emerging productive markets. Most diplomatic and consular matters will be handled by the Danish embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, starting 1 January 2017.
Visas to Denmark will be handled by the embassy of France in Harare.
Other western embassies, like the Norwegian, have also shut down their operations and moved to neighbouring countries,
Zimbabwe receives substansial aid from Denmark, but there are no signs that this relationship will be ending as well.
Denmark may set up a honorary consulate in Harare in the future,
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Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania i Oslo stengte dørene i dag 22. desember, for en omfattende ombygging og totalrenovering av hotellet, skriver TravelNews.
? Jeg vil benytte anledningen til å takke alle gjester og ansatte som har bodd og jobbet på hotellet. Det strider selvfølgelig i mot alle celler i kroppen min å stenge dørene på hotellet, det er jo et sted som alltid skal være åpent, men det er på tide å fornye dronninga. Etter to år vil vi kunne introdusere et nytt hotell i Oslo, sier direktør André Schreiner til nettstedet.
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Belarus has opened an embassy in the Spanish capital Madrid, the Belarus news agency BelTA reported.
The embassy will contribute to the further advancement of cooperation between Belarus and Spain. The major tasks of the embassy Spain will include the intensification of trade, economic and investment cooperation, the expansion of the intercultural dialogue and cooperation in other humanitarian areas.
A number of political, economic and cultural events marked the start of Belarus’ diplomatic mission in Spain.
On 15-16 December a Belarusian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov paid a working visit to Spain, said the embassy.
The deputy minister met with his Spanish counterpart Ignacio Ybanez to discuss a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation.
Special attention was paid to the need to intensify contacts at the level of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries, develop trade and economic cooperation, expand the legal framework, and organize joint cultural projects.
The parties agreed to sign an intergovernmental memorandum of cooperation in economy and industry. The document envisages the setting up of a joint trade and economic commission and also the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the agreement on cooperation between the Justice Ministries of Belarus and Spain.
An official reception was held on behalf of Belarus’ Ambassador to Spain Pavel Latushko to mark the opening of the embassy.
The event was attended by more than 100 representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Madrid, the political elite and the general public of Spain, businessmen and the Belarusian diaspora.
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Det legendariske britiske folkrockbandet Fairport Convention (bildet) feirer sitt 50-års jubiluem med blant annet en konsert i St.Patrick-katedralen i Dublin under Tradfest i januar. Foto: tradfest.com
Den irske hovedstaden Dublins største tradisjons- og folkemusikkfestival, Tradfest, samler musikere fra inn- og utland 25.-29.januar 2017, skriver Se og Hør.
Arrangementet, som også byr på håndverksmarked og annen underholdning, går av stabelen i det populære Temple Bar-distriktet, kjent for både fastboende og besøkende for sitt store utelivs- og underholdningstilbud.
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Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh on Friday met his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides in the Cypriot capital Nicosia and discussed bilateral ties and ways to build on them, the Jordanian news agency Petra reported,
During his visit, Mr Judeh inaugurated the Jordanian embassy in Nicosia. During the inauguration ceremony, Judeh said that this event is a milestone in the efforts to boost ties between Jordan and Cyprus.
The two foreign ministers underlined the importance of enhancing cooperation in tourism, economic and cultural domains. Further, the two ministers discussed the latest regional developments and challenges facing the region as well as means to address these challenges.
In this regard, Mr Judeh underscored the need to relaunch serious and effective peace talks. Any talks, he affirmed, must be governed by a timeframe and lead to the establishment of a viable and independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The two ministers also discussed international efforts to fight terrorism and terrorist organizations.
