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Information and updates from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Embassy in Oslo. HMA Richard Wood tweets at .
Oslogov.uk/world/norwayJoined March 2011

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Mark your calendars for Wednesday 15 March when the #FiveFilmsForFreedom, the worldโ€™s widest-reaching #LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, will be available to watch for free ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ
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.@BritishCouncil's #FiveFilmsForFreedom returns to #BFIFlare to share LGBTQIA+ stories with global audiences! Short films from Cyprus, Guyana, Nigeria, Northern Ireland and South Korea will be available for free online around the world. theb.fi/41Y3mbc
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Weโ€™re open for business! And look at our smart new door - no more near misses or unexpected ๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ loitering outside the front door! #winning
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Congratulations! @ArcticStationUK now open for the season! Wishing @Rachel_Coppock @HelSFindlay a safe & productive science visit. And some serious snow shovelling too by the looks of it! #InternationalWomenDay2023
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What do we mean by 'Equality'? Hear from British ambassadors across the world on how they define the term ๐Ÿ‘‡ #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay
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Every girl ๐Ÿ‘ง Every woman ๐Ÿ‘ฉ Everywhere ๐ŸŒŽ Deserves the right to reach their full potential. From Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ to Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ, female UK ambassadors tell us what equality means to them on #InternationalWomensDay. Tell us what equality means to you in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡ #IWD2023
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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Thank you to , and for hosting forces from . Training together with #JEF and #NATO allies increases our preparedness and our collective capabilities. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #StrongerTogether #JEFtogether #JointViking23 #JW23
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Yesterday, we visited @hms_albionย which participates in #JointViking23 as part of the @JEFnations and exercise #JointWarrior23. Thank you for combining your exercise with ours. #JointViking23! #JEFtogether #StrongerTogether
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Looking to get tickets for #Eurovision? Now's your chance! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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As well as general sale tickets, 3,000 tickets will be available from the UK Government for displaced Ukrainians living here in the UK These will be allocated by ballot and we'll share details of how to apply shortly Find out more here: gov.uk/government/new
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Conscious that winter has already come (๐Ÿฅถ), but he looks like a Jon Snow โ˜ƒ๏ธ
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Meet the newest member of the team! After a busy day of operations on #JointViking23 we found something to do with the snow weโ€™d cleared out of the way โ˜ƒ๏ธ Any name suggestions?
HMS SMITERโ€™s shipโ€™s company stand around the snowman they have built with their ship in the background.
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Our British Allies are in Norway for exercise #JointViking23, and our friends aboard are enjoying Norway's northern lights and scenery โ€“ something well worth defending. And defending Norway is exactly what we train on during JV23, starting tomorrow. #StrongerTogether
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Can anyone tell us what causes this Space Weather? @ProfBrianCox ? ALBION has been enjoying the Norwegian Territorial Waters ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด as she gets stuck in to #JointViking23 with other @JEFnations. Photo by Lieutenant Commander Rob Garner #StrongerTogether #NorthernLights
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Exercise #JointViking23 - the largest ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด exercise of the year - is now underway and British soldiers are on the ground in Norway to train with Norwegian and allied forces. #WeAreNATO #JEFTogether #StrongerTogether
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From now and until 16 March 20.000 allied and Norwegian soldiers exercise together in #Troms, #Norway. They participate in the exercises #JointViking23 and #JointWarrior23 #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether
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Today unveiled our new Science and Technology Framework - a 10-point roadmap to becoming a #ScienceSuperpower by 2030 ๐Ÿ‘‡
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The new Science and Technology Framework will bring together every part of government and our private sector partners to transform the economy and people's lives through ๐Ÿ”Ÿ key actions. Read the full Framework: gov.uk/government/pub
Turquoise graphic with AI generate image and dark blue text which says:

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK

1. Boost funding for 5 critical technologies
2. Use our strengths to attract investment & talent
3. Invest in R&D to grow our economy & create jobs
4. Develop British skills & attract globalย talent
5. Back businesses to take innovations from labs into our lives
6. Use government's buying power to boost business confidence
7. Take international opportunitiesย to shape the global landscape
8. Give researchers the best physical and digital environments
9. Regulate new tech to keeps us safe
10. Innovate the public sector to improve services
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Here's a #RandomActsofWelshness for you ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ While tidying up, we stumbled across this Welsh love spoon! They are gifts of affection given to the person you love and the carved symbols have special meaning. E.g. the horse shoe is luck and x2 hearts a wish for love to be returned.
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It's been a year since Putin's invasion of Ukraine and every single day brave Ukrainians and Norwegian friends have protested outside the Russian Embassy in Oslo. They have our unwavering support, and the UK continues to put pressure on Russia to end the war #StandWithUkraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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Global challenges? Leadership? Future of work? Gender equality? The is calling #UK Uni Alumni, incl those in #Sweden #Norway #Denmark #Finland to join their Alumni UK Live festival โ€ฆ..
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We're hosting the first edition of Alumni UK Live - our free online festival for international UK graduates. Find out more here: britishcouncil.org/alumni-live #AlumniUK
Graphic says Alumni UK Live. Register for free professional development festival 27-31 March.
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Fantastic news that Prof Dame Angela McLean has been appointed the UK Government's new Chief Scientific Adviser - the first woman to hold the role! ๐Ÿ‘ #UKInnovation
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Huge congratulations to Dame Angela on her appointment as the new Government Chief Scientific Adviser I look forward to working closely with her to ensure that the UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง remains at the forefront of the science and technology revolution. gov.uk/government/new
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