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17/02/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"I am deeply concerned about the increasing tensions and escalation in Idlib, Syria. Civilians are suffering severely, humanitarian access is limited. I urge the parties to cease the hostilities and to give immediate humanitarian access", says
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24/06/2019
Speech/statement
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Excellences, Chairperson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Let me start by congratulating the Director General elect, Dr. Qu Dongyu. We look forward to cooperating with you. To outgoing Director General, Dr. José Graziano da Silva, we thank you for
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Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Vervik Bollestad
FAO- Generalkonferans, Roma 2019
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22/11/2019
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Inger Klippen as temporarily state secretary to Minister of Health, Mr. Bent Høie, from 1 January to 4 October 2020.
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25/06/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is maintaining a high level of support for humanitarian mine clearance in 2019, with an allocation of NOK 345 million. ‘It is difficult to say how many lives the Mine Ban Treaty has saved, but we know that each of the nearly 52 million
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25/07/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mona Juul, Norway’s Ambassador to the UN, was today elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) for a one-year period.
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06/08/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway congratulates the parties on having reached a peace agreement for Sudan, and thanks the AU and Ethiopia for their important contributions to the negotiations. This is a good start to an important process and a historic opportunity for Sudan
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18/07/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is increasing its support to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to NOK 360 million. A new three-year agreement will be signed when Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein meets with the head of UNEP, Inger Andersen
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19/11/2019
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'I am deeply concerned about the situation in Hong Kong and urge the parties to work together to reduce tensions. It is essential that fundamental freedoms are respected and exercised peacefully. Dialogue is the only way forward', says the minister.
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13/08/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The World Bank has made it clear that we will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 without the use of new technologies in development cooperation. This is the starting point for the digital strategy for development policy that has
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31/08/2018
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
After the changes in the Government today, Ms. Karine Skaret resigns as political adviser to Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mr. Jon Georg Dale, and has been appointed as political adviser to Minister of Transport and Communication, Mr. Jon Georg
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16/08/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, Minister of International Development Nikolai Astrup opened FK Norway’s new head office in Førde and presented the agency’s new name and instructions.
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28/12/2018
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is providing NOK 75 million to the UN Peacebuilding Fund. A good deal of this funding will be channelled to the vulnerable Sahel region.
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Web TV
13/08/2018
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In an extraordinary session of the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government.
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20/12/2018
News story
Ministry of Finance
In a press release 16th November 2018, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance stated that if the EU takes measures in the Financial Markets area to address Brexit without a transition period, the Norwegian authorities will ensure corresponding and
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20/09/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
eGovernment is about user friendly solutions, inclusion and democratization, said minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys at the 4th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon.
By
Former minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys
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18/09/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Minister Raymond Johansen's Opening Address and Closing Remarks at the 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Convention in Oslo 18 September 2007.
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State Secretary Raymond Johansen
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09/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Whenever a new peace initiative is launched in the Middle East, the pessimists usually turn out to be right. Will history repeat itself following the Annapolis Conference? Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre asks.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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26/03/2007
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
"Norway and China face the same fundamental global challenges: The world needs economic development to lift millions out of poverty. And we must address the threat of climate change. Energy is essential to economic development. But not at expense
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12/11/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Health and Care Services
By
State Secretary Wegard Harsvik
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02/10/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreword In the course of the past couple of years a number of small but noteworthy architectural projects along Norwegian roads have received national and international attention. These enhancement sites – observation platforms, rest areas, service
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre