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11/05/2003
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
The United Nations Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD) Friday elected Mr. Børge Brende,
Minister of the Environment of Norway, as Chairman for the
Commission. The CSD has a leading role within the United Nations in
monitoring and
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20/05/2003
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government of Norway is taking
a number of steps in support of the international efforts to reduce
the impact of SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome. This was
announced by the Norwegian Health Minister, Mr Dagfinn Høybråten,
at the 56th
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30/04/2003
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
”I take this opportunity to
congratulate you on assuming the position as Prime Minister of the
Palestinian Authority," Mr. Bondevik wrote to Mr. Mahmoud Abbas on
Wednesday afternoon 30 April, after Mr. Abbas had assumed the
position as prime
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22/07/2003
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press release No.: 139/03 Date: 22.07.2003 Appointment of Honorary Consul-General Ms Guri Mai Elmar has been appointed Honorary Consul-General for Norway in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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28/11/2003
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
- The Norwegian Government intends
to increase its share in DnB NOR ASA through acquiring stocks in
the capital markets and has decided not to utilize its placement
right. I have therefore instructed the Government Bank Investment
Fund not to
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28/11/2003
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Press release No.: 69/03 Date: 28 november 2003 Contact: Head of Information, Mr Øistein Øisjøfoss, phone: +47 22 24 01 25 The Norwegian State will remain a large shareholder in a demerged Agri from Norsk Hydro ASA In a white paper presented to the
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30/03/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 64/00 Date: 30 March 2000 BEELINE TO THE EU (Dagsavisen) The Government is already living up to its declared programme of pursuing a more active EU policy. The new ministers
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27/03/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 61/00 Date: 27 March 2000 JAGLAND SETS COURSE FOR EU (Aftenposten-Saturday) Foreign Minister Thorbjørn Jagland intends to bring Norway into the EU. He reckons that an
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29/03/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 63/00 Date: 29 March 2000 STOLTENBERG KEEPS BONDEVIK’S BUSINESS LIST (Dagsavisen) The Stoltenberg Government yesterday decided to retract only two minor items from the list
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05/04/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 68/00 Date: 5 April 2000 FIRE STARTED IN UNION LEADER’S HOME (Aftenposten) Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) president Yngve Hågensen’s house caught fire
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26/04/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 80/00 Date: 26 April 2000 HÅGENSEN’S APPEAL NOT WELL RECEIVED (Dagsavisen) This is the most pretentious nonsense I have heard in a long time, says union leader Per Østvold,
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27/04/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 81/00 Date: 27 April 2000 NORWEGIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT ZIMBABWE (Dagsavisen) A Norwegian delegation of seven or eight will leave for Zimbabwe on 1 May for a look at the
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05/05/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry o Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 86/00 Date: 5 May 2000 STRIKE TO ESCALATE ON TUESDAY (Dagsavisen) The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) moved yesterday to take an additional 10,000 workers off
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31/03/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 65/00 Date: 31 March 2000 JAGLAND’S NEW SPECIAL ADVISER ( Aftenposten) Yesterday’s appointment of Socialist Left party chairman Erik Solheim to the position of special
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10/05/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 89/00 Date: 10 May 2000 STOLTENBERG DOWNPLAYS SETTLEMENT (Dagsavisen) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is trying to play down the consequences of the labour settlement even
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15/05/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 91/00 Date: 15 May 2000 1/2 BILLION IN CUTS TO BE TAKEN ELSEWHERE (Aftenposten-Saturday) The Storting will not lengthen the employers sick pay period, as proposed by the
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31/05/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 103/00 Date: 31 May 2000 LO TO CONDUCT ITS OWN STATOIL DEBATE (Aftenposten) Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) president Yngve Hågensen announces that his own
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06/06/2000
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 105/00 Date: 6 June 2000 TAX EXEMPTION FOR WORKING CAPITAL (Aftenposten) The centrist alliance proposes to exempt working capital from net wealth taxation, which would grant
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25/06/2002
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ABCDE today 25. June 2002 OSLO – The fourth Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe opened on June 24 and continued here today. Over 300 development researchers from 44 countries, predominantly from Europe and the developing world,
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13/11/2002
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs