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08/10/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The award of this year’s Peace
Prize
(photo: Ole Danbolt Mjøs
and Geir Lundestad) to Professor Maathai from Kenya is a very
welcome and well-deserved recognition of her many years of tireless
struggle for the environment, development,
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08/10/2003
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
In the proposed budget for 2004 the
Norwegian Government increases the grant for research and
development in the petroleum sector with 28.5 million Norwegian
kroner (NOK). (08.10.03)
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21/12/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
We have made a formal protest to
the Ambassador of Iran in Oslo. We will also align ourselves with
the demarche by the EU to the Iranian authorities in Teheran, said
the minister. (21.12)
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26/03/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway welcomes the unanimous
adoption by the UN Security Council the 26. March of a resolution
reaffirming the international community’s continued resolve to
bring fugitive indictees to justice. (29.03.04)
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04/08/2003
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and
Energy has received nominations from 14 companies regarding blocks
to be included in the 18
th> licensing round on the Norwegian Continental
Shelf (NCS). (04.08.03)
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06/03/2003
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and
Energy invites the oil companies on the Norwegian continental shelf
to nominate blocks and/or block combinations they would like to
include in the 18
th> licensing round. ( 06.03.2003 )
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02/04/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"The peace plan is a unique
opportunity that I hope the Cypriots will seize", said the Foreign
Minister. (05.04.04)
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01/12/1999
Report
Miljøverndepartementet
Download plan (pdf) The most serious threats to sustainable development at the turn of the century are the global dispersal of hazardous chemical substances, climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The insidious contamination of water, soils
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29/02/2000
Press release
Forsvarsdepartementet
Pressemelding Nr.: 11/2000 Dato: 29 February 2000 The Norwegian government orders five frigates from Empreza Nacional Bazan (Spain) The Government has selected EN Bazan as prime contractor for five new frigates for the Navy. The contract with Bazan
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04/01/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has previously aligned
itself with the EU’s list of persons, organisations and entities
set out in the Common Position on the application of specific
measures to combat terrorism. Following an overall assessment, the
government has
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06/09/2000
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
More than 20 environment ministers
from all parts of the world will meet in Bergen 15 - 17
>September to discuss environment and development issues high on
the international agenda. The event will start with the launch of
the World Resources
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24/03/2000
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Pressemelding Nr.: 41/2000 Dato: 24 March 2000 New State Secretaries In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed the following state secretaries: Mr. Norvald Mo (46), head of division, Oslo, and Ms. Hege Marie Norheim (32),
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07/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norwegian authorities received a
letter on 7 September from the Russian veterinary authorities,
which sets out requirements for seafood exports that may jeopardise
all fish exports from Norway to Russia. These requirements apply to
both fresh
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18/05/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press Release No: 81/1999 Date: 18 May 1999 Political advisors Following the appointment from 12 May of Ms. Guri Størvold (22), student, Oslo, as political advisor in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the list of political
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22/05/2000
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Press release No.: 37/2000 Date: 22.05.00 The Government opens up for a sale of the State’s stake in Christiania Bank The Government concludes that the work carried out by the Government Bank Investment Fund (GBIF) has shown that it is not yet
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11/04/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The media report heavy loss of life
in a new Claymore mine attack 11 April. This is the third such
attack in the last three days in which people have been killed or
seriously injured. (12.04.06)
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04/10/2000
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Press Release No.: 67/00 Date: 04.10.2000 Contact: Ingvild Haug, +47 22 24 61 07 Use of natural gas in Norway The Government wants to use more natural gas within the country. In the 2001 budget the Government proposes to support the building of a
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29/03/2001
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Thorbjørn Jagland Statement to the 57 th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights New York, 29 March 2001 Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to be here at the Commission on
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20/09/2002
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
The Norwegian Government today
submitted a proposal for a new Act on the Right to Environmental
Information. It provides all citizens with a legal
right to obtain environmental information, both from public
authorities and from public and
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25/06/2001
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes Statement at United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS New York, 25 June 2001 Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, AIDS is a development catastrophe. In