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10/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
- The response is overwhelming. This shows that the Norwegian web community is characterized by innovative power and will, creativity and knowledge, minister Rigmor Aasrud says.
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06/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Norway is getting a pioneering system for quality assurance of hotels. - The best news regarding the Norwegian system is that customers themselves measure the level of service and that hotels must be environmentally friendly to get the most stars,
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06/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Innovation Norway has decided to spend 4 million Norwegian kroner extra on marketing campaigns in Norway, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. - I am happy to hear that Innovation Norway takes this initiative when we are facing an important summer
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04/05/2010
News story
Ministry of Labour
A High Level Policy Forum on Jobs for Youth: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD countries will be held in Oslo 20-21 September. The forum is jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and the OECD.
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04/05/2010
News story
Ministry of Labour
A High Level Policy Forum on Jobs for Youth: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD countries will be held in Oslo 20-21 September. The forum is jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and the OECD.
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04/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
As of today, the South African company Sasol joined as partner in CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). According to the agreement between The Norwegian State, represented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Sasol, the Norwegian State has
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02/05/2010
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
CCS forms a central part of the Norwegian government’s policy on energy and the environment. A cornerstone of this target area is the construction of a full scale CCS plant at the Mongstad refinery on the western coast of Norway.
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02/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Today, Norsk Hydro ASA announced that it has signed an agreement with Vale S.A. to acquire Vale’s aluminium assets. The transaction is planned to be supported by a rights issue of about NOK 10 billion. The Norwegian Government is, under certain
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30/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Health and Care Services
- State secretary Roger Ingebrigtsen in the Ministry of Health and Care Services today announced a commitment to a comprehensive strategy and plan to reduce tobacco use in Norway and to regain the leadership role it once had in fighting Norway’s
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30/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
With 160 floors and 828 meters above the ground, Burj Khalifa is a well-known landmark in Dubai. Right before its sopening in January 2010, the spire was painted with paint supplied by Jotun.
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29/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
“A concerted effort by the Norwegian and Russian authorities has halted illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) catches of cod in the Barents Sea, which were estimated at more than 100 000 tonnes a year. Last year, no IUU fishing of cod was
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27/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Støre and his Russian colleague, Foreign Minister Lavrov, signed a joint statement today announcing that agreement has been reached on the delimitation line in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
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27/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Education and Research
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and representatives of the Russian Federation has signed agreements on cooperation in higher education and meteorology.
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27/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
When Russia's first deputy prime minister Viktor Zubkov met Norway’s minister of trade and industry Trond Giske this morning, he was greeted by the news that Norway is ready to start negotiations on a trade agreement with Russia.
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27/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Agreement has now been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean, said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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27/04/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“Agreement has now been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean," said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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26/04/2010
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Bilateral trade relations are central when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Norway. On 26 April the President participates with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at a major Norwegian-Russian trade and industry conference in Oslo.
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23/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre received Josef Begun at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 April. Mr Begun spent most of the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union in a labour camp in Siberia for promoting Jewish culture and the Hebrew
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23/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today the Government will present a white paper on nuclear safety cooperation with Russia in the High North. “Our efforts to ensure that Russian nuclear waste does not harm the environment or fall into the hands of terrorists have made Norway safer.
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23/04/2010
News story
Ministry of the Environment
Minister Erik Solheim congratulates President Jagdeo of Guyana as The 2010 Champion of the Earth. This is the United Nations’ highest awards for environmental leadership.