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02/02/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I would like to express my deepest condolences to the Egyptian authorities and the people of Egypt for the tragic incident at the football stadium in Port Said yesterday evening,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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02/02/2012
News story
Ministry of Defence
The declassified summary of the latest evaluation of Norway shows that our restructuring is going in the right direction and that we offer valuable contributions to the Alliance.
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31/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented, “Norway strongly condemns the increasing use of violence in Syria, where thousands have been killed. We deeply deplore the Syrian authorities’ gross human rights violations against the country’
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31/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
- This is primarily an important issue of principle for Norwegian export interests in a long-term perspective, states the Norwegian minister for fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.
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30/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Metier AS and Møreforsking Molde AS have on assignment from the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance carried out an external quality assurance (KS1) of the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s study of the different
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27/01/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today held the main speech at the International Holocaust Rememberance Day in Oslo.
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27/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government decided Friday that Myanmar should no longer be excluded from the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). “This is a signal that Norway recognises the political reforms in Myanmar and hopes to see further democratic developments,”
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27/01/2012
News story
Ministry of Labour
The Norwegian Government has proposed a bill to repeal restrictions for workers from Bulgaria and Romania. Workers from the two countries will have the same access to the Norwegian labour market as workers from other EEA countries already have.
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27/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Norwegian minister for fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, is meeting her Danish colleague, the Danish minister for food, Mette Gjerskov, in Copenhagen on January 26. Issues to be discussed at the meeting include the work on
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27/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I condemn the killing of the Secretary-General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Dr Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro, in the strongest possible terms. Volunteers from the Syrian Red Crescent give life-saving first aid to the wounded and injured in an impartial
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27/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I am very pleased and relieved that the Norwegian who was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and that he is unharmed,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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26/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
The Government has decided that the Norwegian ministries are to be situated together in and around the present government quarter. The further process will be decided after the government has carried out a broad, open process in which different
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26/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“If we are to be able to develop the Barents Sea as a new energy province, we must have the necessary technology to operate in vulnerable Arctic areas. Cooperation between public and private actors from Norway and Russia is essential if we are to
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25/01/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Kjersti Stenseng and Ms. Katrine Gramnæs as politcial advisers in the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education.
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25/01/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Kristin Bergersen and Mr. Steinulf Tungesvik as acting state secretaries in the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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24/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
The Minister of government administration, reform and church affairs, Ms Rigmor Aasrud, will be visiting India and Singapore from Sunday 5 February till Saturday, 11 February 2012. The purpose of the journey is to establish closer ties between
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24/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Culture
- I congratulate Hallvar Witzøe, Gudrun Austli and the rest of the team with the nomination. Reaching this far with his examination film is simply an outstanding achievement. This also confirms that the Film School at Lillehammer is very good at
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23/01/2012
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke earlier today with India’s Minister for External Affairs, S.M. Krishna. They discussed the issue of two Indian children who are in the custody of the Child Welfare Services in the Norwegian town of Stavanger.
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23/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received proposals from 37 companies regarding blocks which the companies wish to see included in the 22nd licensing round. A total of 228 blocks and partial blocks have been nominated in the 22nd licensing
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23/01/2012
Press release
Ministry of Culture
- I congratulate the entire Norwegian team with fantastic effort in the history's first Winter Youth Olympic Games which has just been ended in Innsbruck. This shows that it grows well in Norwegian sport, and that our proud tradition in winter