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11/12/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Results-Based Financing can get 20 percent more health care with same funds. Countries and major donors including Norway are changing the way they finance maternal and child, malaria, tuberculosis and hiv/Aids health programs in low-income countries
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07/03/2017
Press release
Ministry of Defence
Norway is currently providing approximately 60 military personnel to the Counter ISIL (C-ISIL) Coalition Training Centre in Erbil in North Iraq. The Norwegian government decided 6 March 2017, based on the C-ISIL Coalition´s needs, to move the
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30/03/2017
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Four new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 30 March 2017.
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25/11/2013
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Leaders from health and environment in Europe meets to discuss water and health safety challenges in the region from November 25th to 27th.
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Image archive
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Photo: Torbjørn Tandberg.
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21/03/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The terror attack against the gas production facility at In Amenas in January shocked us all. Five Norwegian citizens lost their lives. The assault was the largest ever mounted against Norwegian interests in peacetime. We have therefore conducted a
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08/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The Norwegian Government is making a historical commitment to promote better working conditions for people in developing countries through the ILO,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås.
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23/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The seventh meeting of the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) took place in Oslo on 15 and 16 April 2013.
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11/10/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
On Monday 14 October at approximately 10.40, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will ask for the floor in the Storting after the presentation of the budget proposal, to inform the Storting that his government will tender its resignation. This will take
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14/10/2013
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry announced, in Report No. 10 (2009-2010) to the Storting on the Management of the Government Pension Fund in 2009, its intention to conduct broad and regular reviews of active management of the GPFG at the beginning of each term of the
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04/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold its 9th European Regional Meeting focused on “Jobs, growth and social justice” in Oslo on 8-11 April.
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19/02/2021
Press release
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
A new scheme for businesses is to enable them to bring essential personnel to Norway from abroad. The scheme will have strict requirements and limits in place.
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24/11/2008
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The tragic accident at Fjelltun in Ålesund which cost the lives of five people, and endangered the lives of many more, came as a great shock to us all. It was inconceivable that anything like this could happen in the middle of a town and in a new
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06/03/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Ms. Åsa Elvik (39), Member of Storting, Bø in Vesterålen, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland from 13 March. Elvik will succeed Mr. Jens Revold, who from the same date has been
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11/11/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Due to today’s changes in the Government, state secretaries Terje Moland Pedersen, Astri Aas-Hansen and Pål Lønseth in the Ministry of Justice and Roger Ingebrigtsen in the Ministry of Defence, have been reappointed as of today at 2.30 pm.
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05/03/2009
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: - As years go by farmers everywhere will bless the visionaries of Svalbard for their invaluable contributions to food for all and for ever, says Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, named as one of the 20 Most Influential Asians of the
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06/10/2011
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
"The Government wishes to help improve the environment and local factors in residential areas of Bergen and Trondheim that face special challenges. The Government proposes that the two cities receive a total of NOK 7.5 million for area initiatives
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11/02/2009
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received today StatoilHydro’s Master Plan for full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Mongstad. The emission permit for the combined heat and power plant (CHP) at
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29/04/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented, “The Norwegian Government has taken a particular responsibility, both politically and financially, in the efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on reducing child and
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22/07/2014
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'Since our last meeting, the developments in the Middle East give cause for deep concern. For the fourth time in the seven years since Hamas took control over the Gaza Strip, violence has flared up and inflicted an intolerable toll on civilians',
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Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith