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THE SINGING NEIGHBORHOOD Interview with ?ystein Fevang, musician, singer, conductor and man of culture

Lately, the Norwegian TV audience has been thrilled by a new documentary series: “The Singing Neighbourhood”. The plot is simple: turn a group of amateurs into a high-level choir in less than ten weeks, and make them capable of singing Carmina Burana alongside the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in the Oslo Concert Hall. The area of Stovner in the eastern suburbs of Oslo was where it took place. Although the physical distance between this area of Oslo and the Oslo…

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In memory of Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, Special Envoy of the United Nations, Secretary-General for CIS and former First-Deputy Foreign-Minister of the USSR

On 12 December 2007, Russia lost one of its corner stone career diplomats – Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, aged 78, whose unique international experience made him a highly regarded figure in international diplomacy. Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) in 1952, and rose quickly through the diplomatic ranks to the post of First Deputy Foreign Minister. He played important roles in some of the watershed events of the Cold War, from arm talks…

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