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08/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has announced that the Government intends to increase Norwegian assistance to Afghanistan to nearly NOK 750 million in 2008. This is an increase of 50% on 2007 (ca 140 mill USD).
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08/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I am pleased to note that to all intents and purposes the presidential elections in Georgia were conducted in accordance with democratic standards,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
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10/02/2010
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Back to main page Conference on Development, Diplomacy and Integrated Planning, Oslo, Norway 11 -12 February 2008 Concept Note Agenda Invitation Independent paper on "Recent Experiences in linking Diplomatic Peacemaking with Development Efforts"
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21/12/2007
News story
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
BTV is a Regional Cooperation between the County Municipalities of Buskerud, Telemark and Vestfold Counties.
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Political staff
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
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Political staff
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
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30/05/2006
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
The Norwegian Government is going to build a global vault for seeds on Svalbard. Seeds from the entire world will be put into frozen storage in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future.
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10/02/2010
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The strategic aims of peace operations have changed fundamentally in recent years, and UN Security Council mandates are increasingly multi-dimensional in purpose.
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07/03/2008
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has as of 10 March appointed Ms. Lubna Jaffery Fjell (27), Fjell in Hordaland, as acting political advisor to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. She succeeds Ms Hadia Tajik, who since 22
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14/03/2008
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today, The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy presented the green paper on law amendments, to ensure that Norway’s hydropower will remain in public possession.
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08/05/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Today’s restoration of devolution in Northern Ireland is a historic development and an important step towards peace in Northern Ireland, says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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30/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Climate change is a pressing global security issue, and should be handled as such, Norway’s minister for the Environment, Helen Bjørnøy, stated summing up the NY-Aalesund Symposium ”Climate change - A need for Action”.
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10/03/2008
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has congratulated Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on his party's victory in Spain's national elections.
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30/03/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has presented a proposition to the Storting (parliament) which assesses the effects of the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s petroleum business on the oil and gas activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS
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02/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
100 climate experts and - negotiators are meeting in Oslo 4 and 5 October for an international workshop on greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. The Norwegian Ministry of the Environment invites journalists to
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11/04/2007
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has excluded the South-African company DRD Gold Limited (DRD Gold) from the investment universe of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global, based on a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Fund. According
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30/03/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian government has today presented a proposition to the Storting (parliament) regarding the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s petroleum business. The proposition outlines key issues related to ownership and the impact of the merger on the
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01/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy and Environment Ministers of Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Latvia and Luxembourg met in Vienna today to warn against the promotion of nuclear power as a solution to the climate crisis.
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29/03/2007
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a defence alliance of 26 European and North American countries. Norway has been a member of the Alliance since it was established in 1949.
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24/02/2022
Event
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Minister of Climate and the Environment Espen Barth Eide is travelling to Nairobi where Norway will hold the presidency of the fifth session of United Nations’ Environment Assembly.
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