Cuba in Norway

Cuban sociologists join the Norwegian University of Stavanger for Master´s and Doctoral studies.

Oslo, September 2, 2023. A new group of Cuban professors and researchers recently joined the University of Stavanger (UiS) as part of the cooperation project “Wellbeing in Cuba and Norway. Strengthening professional training on social policies and welfare from an intercultural perspective”, in force between the Department of Social Studies of that Norwegian center of higher studies and the Department of Sociology of the University of Havana (UH).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSULAR SECTION OF THE EMBASSY

The Consular Section of the Embassy of Cuba in Norway is temporarily closed, due to vacations of its personnel.

The Embassy of Cuba in Sweden, located in  Sturevägen 9, 182 73, Stockholm, is exceptionally responding to the requests for consular services considered as being urgent. A message should be addressed to the e-mail consulado@se.embacuba.se.

Please, contact us at the beginning of September to know when our Consular Section will reopen.

Message from the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association (Cubaforeningen i Norge) on the occasion of the the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks, National Rebellion Day

On this day 70 years ago, July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro led his followers in his first organized attack against dictator Fulgencio Batista and the Moncada military camp in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

The 26th of July Movement – a struggle against the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista began. The attack failed and both Fidel and Raul Castro were captured by Batista's forces. During a court appearance in the aftermath of the incident, Fidel Castro defended himself with his historic plea of History Will Absolve Me.

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