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::2007-09-11
Breakfast meeting with Erik Solheim
NB: New date!
Place:
NIPS
Time:
09.00
::2007-06-20
Summer Party at Solsiden!
We
meet at 20.00
::2007-06-05
Breakfast meeting with Marit Hoel
Marit
Hoel from the Centre of Corporate
Diversity will give us
the
latest statistics on women on company
boards
::2007-04-18
Yearly Meeting FPA
During
which a new board will be elected.
At
NIPS, Haakon VIIs gate 10, at 18.00
::2007-04-17
Breakfast Meeting with Fredric Hauge.
At
NIPS 09.15
Fredric
Hauge is the leader of the Environmental
Foundation Bellona. He has recently been
elected as a representative on the
European Technology Pembertform
on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power
Plants (ZEP)
::2007-02-27
Breakfast Meeting with Jan Borgen
At
NIPS 09.15
Jan
Borgen is the leader of the Norwegian
part of Transparency International.
::2007-01-24
Farewell Party for Thomas Hug
At
NIPS at 18.00
Thomas
Hug has been the chairman of FPA and a
boardmember several times during the 16
years he has worked for Swiss Media in
Norway. Now he will join the Swiss UN
Forces. All members and representatives
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are
invited. Wine, Swiss bread and Spanish
Tapas will be served.
::2006-12-14
FPA Julebord!
At
Restaurant Zaika at 19.00
True
to tradition the FPA Christmas party
will have ethnic food on the menu,
inspired by this years peace prize
winner Muhammed Yunus. Indina food is
the closest we got to Bangladesh! All
members and partners welcome!
::2006-11-08
Breakfast Meeting Knut Kjær
At
the Norges Bank, Bankplassen 2 at 09.00
Knut
Kjær is the head of the Norwegian
Petroleum Fund, also called Statens
Pensjonsfond - Utland. It is one of the
largest penison funds in the world.
::2006-10-10
Breakfast Meeting Sverre Lodgaard
At
NUPI, CJ Hambros plass 2 D at 09.00
Sverre
Lodgaard is the director of the
Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs, NUPI. He is also an alternative
boardmember of the Norwegian Nobel Peace
Prize comittee.
::2006-06-01
Open Press Day Opera Software
All members of FPA have been invited to attend an Open Press Day at Opera Software, a leading Norwegian IT firm, on June 1st. To sign up, go here:
http://www.opera.com/press/openday06/
:: 2006-22-02 Meeting with
Siv Jensen
Friday April 28 at 12.00, FPA
will have a presslunch with the coming
party leader of the Progress Party, Siv
Jensen. Please contact fpanorge@online.no if you want to join
:: 2006-22-02 Meeting with Erik Solheim
Thursday March 16, at 08.30 AM FPA will meet the Minister of development Erik Solheim at NIPS
Solheim is also a mediator in the conflict on Sri Lanka
Coffee/tea and sandwiches will be served as usual
Please contact fpanorge@online.no if you want to join and have questions about specific countries.
::
2006-01-20 Meeting
with Helge Lund
Friday January 20, at 08.00 AM we
meet Statoil CEO Helge Lund at NIPS.Coffee/tea and sandwiches will be served as usual
:: 2005-11-23 Visit to Burmese Radio and TV-channel in Oslo.
We leave NIPS 10.00 AM on November 28 to visit the exile Burmese TV-station that send news from Oslo to Burma. Please contact fpanorge@online.no if you want to join.
:: 2005-10-04 Nobel Prize Announcement and Beer
The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 will be on Friday, October 7 at 11:00 as usually at the Nobel Peace Prize Institute in Oslo.
The same day FPA will take the traditional monthly beer. Meeting point is at 18:00 at the "Barolo" near the International Press Center
:: 2005-09-12 Election night
Political scientist Jo Sagli will be at the NIPS on the election night at 20.00. He will translate the TV broadcast and answer to questions.
Some parties on the election night (“valgvake”):
Labour party: Youngstorget, tel. 24 14 40 00, dna@dna.no
Conservativ Party: At 18.00 at ”Høyres Hus”, Stortingsgaten 20. Accredition required 22 82 90 00/22 82 91 57.
Progress Party: Wallmans salonger. Accredition required: farida.amin@frp.no
Center Party: At kl 19:00 i at Festsalen, Ingeniørenes Hus, Kronprinsensgata 17.
Coastal Party: At 19:30 at restaurant “Agnetes mat- og vinhus”, Fridtjof Nansens place nr. 7 behind city hall.
Venstre: At 19:00 at Stratos, Youngstorget 2B, 11th floor ”folketeaterbyggningen”. Accredition: venstre@venstre.no, 22 40 43 50
:: 2005-09-07
It will be Trine Skrei Grande who will represent Venstre tomorrow. She is the leader of Venstres parliamentary group (which only counts two representatives).
Much of the focus in the election results will be if venstre gets more than 4% of the votes. In that case they will be entitled to up to 5 extra representatives, which could swing the whole election.
:: 2005-09-06 Stoltenberg and Hagen at the NIPS! Foss is coming too!
Norways International Press Center and FPA will arrange meetings with representative from the main Norwegian parties in the election (September 12th). The meetings will be held in English and will take place at NIPSHaakon VII gate 10. Below the reviesed program.
For practical reasons it would be fine if you could mail back to fpanorge@online.no and tell us if you are coming. We will order sandwiches + there will be coffee and tea. Please do that before 11.00 AM Wednesday.
Practical information about the election:
It is possible to vote until 20.00 PM on Monday 12th of September.
Immediately after that there will be exit polls in NRK and TV2.
If you want to cover the election by visiting some of the parties, it is enough with a press card.
Shortly after midnight the party leaders will gather in the Parliament (Stortinget). There will be a session where they are interviewed by both TV-channels.
Those who want to be present in the Storting should contact the head of security Greiner Olsen tel +47 - 23 31 32 98
NIPS will also be open on election night.
Thursday September 8
09.15 - 10.00 Trine Skrei Grande, Venstre
10.15 - 11.00 Per-Kristian Foss, Conservative party, finance minister
11.15 - 12.00 Åslaug Haga, party ledare Center Party
12.00 - 13.00 Professor Frank Aarebrot, expert on Norwegian elections
Friday September 9
09.15 - 10.00 Jens Stoltenberg, party leader Labour party
10.15 - 11.00 Einar Stensnæs, Christian Democrats (former oil minister)
12.15 - 13.00 Carl I Hagen, party leader, Progress Party
13.15 - 14.00 Bård Vegar Solhjell, party secretary, Socialist Left. |