Latvia's Ambassador to Norway, Maris Klisans, visits the Norwegian city of Stavanger [01 Nov 2004]

On 1 November 2004, Latvia's Ambassador to Norway, Maris Klisans, is on a visit to the Norwegian city of Stavanger. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate new contacts and cooperation in business, culture and education. During the visit, Mr Klisans plans to meet the Mayor of Stavanger, Leif Johan Sevland; the management of Rosenberg Verft AS, a shipyard and metal processing company; a candidate for Latvia's Honorary Consul in Stavanger, Håkon Tranberg; and others.

Stavanger is the fourth largest Norwegian city with a population of 110 thousand.  It is often called the "oil capital" of Norway because representative offices of the leading Norwegian and international oil companies coordinating oil extraction works in the North Sea are located in the city. The city has highly developed shipbuilding, metal processing and fish processing industries. The European Council has approved Stavanger as one of the European culture capitals for 2008.

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