Oslo

[oz-loh, os-, oos-loo]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.

Oslo

/ ˈɒzləʊ, ˈuslu /

noun

1. Former name: Christiania.  Kristiania. the capital and chief port of Norway, in the southeast at the head of Oslo Fjord (an inlet of the Skagerrak): founded in about 1050; university (1811); a major commercial and industrial centre, producing about a quarter of Norway's total output. Pop: 521 886 (2004 est)

Oslo

1. Capital of Norway and largest city in the country, located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast; Norway's main port and chief commercial, industrial, and transportation center.

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Area C refers to the roughly 66 percent of the West Bank placed under Israeli civil and security control under the Oslo accords agreed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the 1990s.

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Shortly before filming on that project commenced, he remembers, he had lunch with Isabelle Huppert, who had just seen Reinsve onstage in Oslo and raved about “this one young actor in the purple dress.”

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Machado, in hiding since August 2024, has said she intends to accept the prize in person in Oslo, but her presence will not be confirmed until the day of the ceremony, December 10.

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The Nobel Committee, when announcing the recipient of the prize at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, hailed Machado as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times".

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She’s just returned from a whirlwind tour — Antwerp, New York, Oslo, Madrid — with Tokyo next month.

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