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15/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
The revised version of the Norwegian national budget includes a proposal by the Government to appropriate around NOK 770 million as a consequence of last year’s 22 July attack on the government quarter. The means are among other things going to be
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15/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Norwegian Government today issued a proposition in which parliament is requested to consent to a new bilateral loan agreement between Norges Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The agreement will contribute to the IMF’s resources
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15/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- Economic activity in Norway has held up well in 2012, despite the global economic slowdown. Unemployment is expected to remain at the current low level. In the revision of the 2012 Budget, the Government emphasizes the need for fiscal constraint
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14/05/2012
News story
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norway, together with Denmark and Sweden, will hold air services negotiations with Russia on 29 – 30 May 2012. The main purpose of these negotiations is to conclude modern air services agreements for scheduled operations between Scandinavia and
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11/05/2012
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
On Monday 7 May, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opened the world’s largest and most advanced facility for testing and improving CO2 capture technologies.
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11/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The Government's proposed amendments to the Norwegian Mental Health Care Act aim to strengthen the security measures relating to a small group of particularly dangerous patients. The proposal introduces new security provisions for the Regional
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11/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- Recent turmoil in international financial markets has been a reminder that the Norwegian economy is vulnerable to developments abroad, International financial markets, and even more so, economic developments in many countries, are still affected
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11/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Today, Friday 11 May, at. 12:15, the Minister of Health and Care Services, Mrs. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, is going to inform the press about the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Mental Health Care Act. The purpose of the bill is to improve the
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10/05/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“It was with great sorrow that I received the news that one of our country’s greatest heroes, resistance fighter and officer Gunnar Sønsteby has passed away, 94 years old,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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10/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway’s Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås and Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Desalegn signed the MoU during Mr Holmås’s visit to Ethiopia this week.
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09/05/2012
News story
Ministry of the Environment
1972 saw the establishment of the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, the first of its kind in the world. We celebrate the 40th anniversary with snapshots from our history and with a look ahead - to a sustainable future.
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09/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Relations between Norway and Poland continue to grow in both breadth and depth. Our cooperation with Poland has developed more rapidly over the last few years than that with almost any other European country,” commented Norwegian Foreign Minister
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07/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe today attended the opening of the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). TCM is the largest and most flexible facility of its kind for testing carbon capture.
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway supports the African Union’s roadmap for resolving the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. It is urgent that the negotiations move forward. It is encouraging that the AU and the UN are now playing an active role in efforts to find a
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is concerned about the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the status of the rule of law in the country,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nordic cooperation is developing rapidly. The Nordic Foreign Ministers had a meeting in Stavanger on 4 May where they discussed ways of strengthening Nordic cooperation and a number of important international issues.
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
In the Council of State today deputy director general Bjørn Olav Megard was appointed as director general in the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. Megard takes over as head of the Department of Sami and Minority
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04/05/2012
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nordic cooperation is developing rapidly. When the Nordic Foreign Ministers came together in Stavanger on 4 May, they discussed ways of strengthening Nordic cooperation and a number of important international issues
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04/05/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably discharged Ms Rikke Lind from the office as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske.
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03/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Culture
The Nordic Ministers of Culture are now taking the initiative for a new Nordic Prize for children and young people. The ministers have begun a dialogue with the Nordic Council about how the prize can be realized.