Norway

Planning permission for a royal home causes a row

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16th March 2023
The future king of Norway has found himself dealing with planning permissions after deciding he wants to alter his royal home. Crown Prince Haakon’s plans for a replacement for a barn on his estate were described as ”unusual” and ”not good enough”. However, the first in line has now been given the green light to go ahead.In the past week, permission has been…
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Norway

Norwegian royals are spectators at historic five mile race

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14th March 2023
The Norwegian Royal Family participated as spectators during the ski festival in Holmenkollen, just north of the capital of Oslo.King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Princess Astrid were at the Holmenkollen ski festival that is currently taking place in Oslo.King Harald and Princess Astrid had the opportunity to witness…
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Spain

Queen Sofia’s art prize continues to honour excellence

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8th March 2023
The Queen Sofía Prize for Painting and Sculpture is one of the most prestigious awards in Spain and is endowed with 10,000 euros for a single work.Queen Sofia has presided over the 58th edition of the award, organized by the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, in collaboration with Google. This year’s award went to the artist Cesar Orrico Mendez for his work titled…
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Norway

Sami people protest at royal Council of State over rights

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5th March 2023
Norwegian Sami people have taken their protests against illegal wind turbines to the country’s Royal Family.It is rare for protests to be held at the Royal Palace in Oslo but the demonstrators took their campaign to its gates as Crown Prince Haakon a regular meeting with the country’s government there.In the past weeks, the protesters have blocked Norwegian government…
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