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06/01/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Job opportunities and a good framework for the private sector are vital for sustainable development. Norway is now providing NOK 70 million to a new trust fund under the World Bank to promote job creation in developing countries,’ said Minister of
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20/12/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I am concerned by the unacceptable cyberattack on Sony Pictures’, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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10/02/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The human rights situation in Bahrain has deteriorated steadily since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011. The Norwegian authorities call for the release of the Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab,’ said State Secretary at the Ministry of
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23/01/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The members of the Troika (the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway) are gravely concerned with the continued lack of progress in the South Sudan peace negotiations.
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24/03/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The members of the Troika (the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway) have issued a joint statement where they continue to support a process of National Dialogue in Sudan.
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04/04/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
"The Government is today presenting a report to Parliament (Storting) on the management of the Government Pension Fund in 2013. - The Fund has served us well and it gives important contributions to the financing of our welfare state", says Minister
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12/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has today adopted a regulation on the identification of systemically important financial institutions in Norway. This is a follow-up of the capital requirements legislation adopted by the Storting (the Norwegian
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04/04/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has appointed an expert group to assess the Government Pension Fund Global's (GPFG) appropriate use of policy instruments and investments in coal and petroleum companies.
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29/04/2009
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has been informed today that the participants in the Skanled pipeline project will suspend the project.
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09/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has decided to suspend further disbursements of funds to Hungary under the EEA and Norway Grants scheme. The reason for this is that the Hungarian Government has moved the implementation and monitoring of the Grants scheme out of the central
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24/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende condemns the attack on the Federal Parliament in Mogadishu on 24 May in the strongest terms.
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22/05/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The International Criminal Court should investigate the atrocities in Syria. Norway supports the resolution submitted to the UN Security Council today, which calls on the ICC to look into the situation in Syria,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs
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30/11/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I am glad that all five Colombians who were recently captured by the Farc-EP have now been released. This shows that the parties to the conflict are willing to cooperate to find solutions,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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27/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Mexico´s Minister of the Environment, Mr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, and Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the margins of the Oslo Climate and Forest
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27/05/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Today heads of state and government, ministers and other representatives of some 50 countries concluded an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. Around NOK 25 billion has been pledged for the period 2010-2012 for
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31/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is shocked that Israeli naval forces have shot and killed civilians while boarding a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza. I condemn this use of military force against civilians,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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10/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
- The response is overwhelming. This shows that the Norwegian web community is characterized by innovative power and will, creativity and knowledge, minister Rigmor Aasrud says.
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13/05/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway condemns the hostilities in Sri Lanka and believes the UN should be more actively engaged.
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13/05/2009
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
www.nordicenergysolutions.org is the web page which envisages the Nordic Region becoming a leading exporter of sustainable energy solutions. The site i a showcase for Nordic sustainable energy solutions and includes research and development and
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04/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
As of today, the South African company Sasol joined as partner in CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). According to the agreement between The Norwegian State, represented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Sasol, the Norwegian State has