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11/10/2012
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
«Everyone in Norway should live safely and well. The Government will therefore set aside about NOK 24 billion to loans and subsidies for various housing measures and housing support in 2013,» says the Minister of Local Government and Regional
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11/10/2012
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
«The Government will facilitate a simpler and more efficient building application process. We must ensure that the quality of new buildings improves and that we raise the expertise in the construction industry,» says Minister of Local Government and
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27/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sudan and South Sudan have signed agreements on important issues relating to oil, nationality, security and borders.
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08/10/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ budget, the Government has proposed an increase in funding for Norwegian research on European issues from NOK 4.5 to 5.7 million. This represents an increase of 20 percent.
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01/03/2011
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The purpose of the grant funds is to encourage activities designed to promote discussion, knowledge and a common understanding of capital flows into and out of developing countries, and of the impact of such flows on development and the fight
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13/05/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 18 May 2011 appointed Mr. Martin Henriksen (32), student and adviser, Oslo, as political adviser to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.
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01/03/2011
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The planning of a full scale CO2-capture and storage (CCS) plant at Mongstad is in progress. There is, however, a need for further knowledge concerning the use of amine technology and possible effects on health and the environment. Assessment of
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19/03/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“Norway is prepared to provide up to six F-16 fighter aircraft to participate in the enforcement of Security Council resolution 1973,” Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.
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18/01/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“It has been a pleasure to witness the peaceful conduct of the referendum on the future status of Southern Sudan. This was a complicated process, which has been prepared and carried out in a very short space of time,” said Foreign Minister Jonas
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29/03/2011
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to visit the Sellafield complex in England on Thursday 7 April.
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21/03/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Thursday 23 March, Minister of
International Development Erik Solheim and UN-HABITAT Executive
Director Anna K. Tibaijuka, will open a workshop on the new High
Level Commission for strengthening the poor’s rights of use and
property rights. (
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02/03/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The UN General Assembly has suspended Libya from the UN Human Rights Council in response to the Libyan authorities’ gross and systematic human rights violations against the country’s own population.
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12/06/2006
Press release
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
Compulsory Arbitration in the dispute between the Finance Sector Union of Norway and the
Norwegian Employers' Association for the Financial Sector.
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14/01/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. HansKristian Amundsen (51), editor-in-chief and managing director, Tromsø, as state secretary to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen. Amundsen succeeds
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13/05/2011
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
In the Revised National Budget, the net cash flow from the petroleum sector in 2011 is estimated to NOK 311 billion. This is an increase of NOK 23 billion from the National Budget 2011.
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11/03/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa launched the new Taxation for Development programme, which is aimed at helping poor countries to increase their own tax revenues.
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23/02/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“I look forward to the Nordic World Ski Championships and the atmosphere in the Holmenkollen arenas here in Oslo, and to sharing the events with my colleagues from Finland, Poland and Sweden", says Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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11/11/2011
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Under Norwegian chairmanship CCAMLR has agreed upon a framework for the establishment of marine protected areas in the Antarctic. The agreement also secures the interests of fisheries. Norway is a leading fisheries nation in the Antarctic.
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13/05/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has decided to align itself with the EU’s sanctions against Syria. “Norway supports international efforts to bring an end to the unacceptable use of violence against the Syrian people,” commented Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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05/04/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Minister will have talks with
President Rajapakse, and they are going to discuss the assurances
given in Geneva by the parties, the Government of Sri Lanka and the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, on the implementation of the
Ceasefire