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19/03/2014
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces an opportunity to apply for grants for peace- and state building projects in the Western Balkans.
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28/04/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore, ministers from Europe, the Americas and Asia, and some of the world’s leading experts on snow and ice melting met in Tromsø, Norway, today. Mr Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who co-chaired
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09/03/2012
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Almost half the first-time voters voted in the local elections this autumn. This is a major increase from 33 per cent in 2007. «This gives me confidence in the future,» says Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Liv Signe Navarsete.
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24/04/2009
Press release
Ministry of Children and Equality
Minister of Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt proposes changes to the Child Welfare Act that include a strengthening of follow-up care and clarifications designed to make sure children's interests come first in all evaluations that are
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26/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“If we are to be able to develop the Barents Sea as a new energy province, we must have the necessary technology to operate in vulnerable Arctic areas. Cooperation between public and private actors from Norway and Russia is essential if we are to
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17/02/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government has decided to cancel around NOK 20 million of Côte d’Ivoire’s debt to Norway. This debt cancellation is in line with an agreement reached in the Paris Club - an informal group of creditor countries - on 15 November last year.
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10/01/2012
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
At a seafood event in Istanbul, Turkey, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg prepared and served samples of Norwegian salmon and herring to a large Turkish press corps, along with the captain of Norway’s national culinary team, Jostein Medhus.
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08/07/2013
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The funds provided through official development assistance is not sufficient to secure universal energy access. Climate finance instruments represent an untapped potential for investments in energy in developing countries. Private sector enterprises
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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30/04/2014
News story
Ministry of Defence
The close bilateral relations between Norway and the United Kingdom and the tense security situation in Europe topped the agenda as Norwegian Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide met her British colleague, Philip Hammond, in London on Tuesday 29
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07/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
The Government has decided that Norway will participate in the EU programme CEF Digital. This programme will develop a single Digital Service Infrastructure in Europe within working life, health, justice, education and commerce.
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31/03/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Friday 28 March, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a draft resolution introduced by Norway, and extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a period of three years.
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07/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I would like to congratulate Grete Faremo on her appointment as Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). I am pleased that Norway will now hold the top position in a UN organisation that is so important for the
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03/12/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
An expert group appointed by the Ministry of Finance today presents its report on the Government Pension Fund Global. The expert group has evaluated whether the exclusion of coal and petroleum companies is a more effective strategy for addressing
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13/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Boko Haram’s kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls is an unacceptable attack on girls’ right to education. The Government has therefore decided to allocate NOK 10 million to efforts to promote safe schooling for girls in northern Nigeria and help
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25/03/2014
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
At a meeting with Ukraine’s Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, Prime Minister Erna Solberg was able to offer Ukraine a long-term programme of safety cooperation with Sweden and Norway at the
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21/03/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Political Director Wegger Chr. Strømmen was today appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He will take up his new post this summer.
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18/03/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I condemn the terrorist attack in Tunis today in the strongest possible terms. The attack claimed the lives of many innocent people, and our thoughts and sympathy go to all those who have lost their loved ones, and to the Tunisian people,’ said
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14/11/2013
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Section for Russia, Eurasia and Regional Cooperation hereby announces funds for project cooperation in ODA-approved OSCE countries in Eurasia (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
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16/02/2017
Article
Ministry of Climate and Environment
In September 2014, Liberia and Norway entered into a partnership to conserve Liberia's unique and biodiversity-rich forest and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.