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Trond Giske host of this year’s Ny-Ålesund Symposium

Minister of Trade and Industry, Trond Giske, is hosting the Ny-Ålesund symposium from 26 – 28 May 2011. This year’s symposium has the theme “Towards a green economy: the role of technology” and will be dedicated to innovation and technological development. -The global climate and environmental challenges are not only a threat [...]

May 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Business, News | 35 comments - (Comments are closed)

Slight fall in Svalbard population

Svalbard has a high level of in- and out-migration, markedly influencing the size of the population. On Jan. 1 2010, 2,481 were registered at Svalbard, 84 fewer than one year earlier. A total of 2,052 of these lived in the Norwegian settlements Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund. During 2009, the number of inhabitants in the Norwegian settlements [...]

April 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Culture, Svalbard | 79 comments - (Comments are closed)

Video from Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Svalbard

UN chief sees climate change first-hand UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the Arctic on Sept. 1 to witness the effects of global warming ahead of key international climate talks in Copenhagen in December. At Svalbard, Ban visited Ny-Ålesund, the quickly developing research village at the archipelago. He met with director of the Norwegian [...]

September 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: News, Svalbard | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)