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28/02/2010
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Stoltenberg offers his condolences to Chile's president.
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26/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister
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26/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Trade is important, but trade alone cannot solve the fundamental challenges regarding increasing world hunger, says the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk.
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26/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jan Egeland was 26 February elected to co-chair the High-level Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services, an international taskforce that is to compile and make available climate information.
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26/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Finance
In a draft legislation proposal, the Government recently presented changes to the VAT Act in order to prevent VAT fraud in connection with trading of emissions allowances.
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23/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Labour
The Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements presents the preliminary report on the basis for wage settlements in 2010.
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22/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has granted 1.8 million NOK (212.500 Euro), to the The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in support of their effort to develop a roadmap for the deployment of carbon dioxide
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19/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, and Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, reached agreement today on a set of priorities for diplomatic cooperation to fight climate
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19/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
Former cabinet minister and parlament whip of the Norwegian Christian Democratic Party, Mr Einar Steensnæs, will chair the Commission to inquire into the power relations of the Norwegian food supply chain.
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19/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Former cabinet minister and parlament whip of the Norwegian Christian Democratic Party, Mr Einar Steensnæs, will chair the Commission to inquire into the power relations of the Norwegian food supply chain.
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19/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government has decided that Norway will join the EU’s External Borders Fund. The purpose of the fund is to ensure uniform and adequate control of the external borders of the Schengen area and efficient management of migration flows.
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19/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy hereby announces Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2010. With this announcement prospective blocks for exploration activities in mature areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are being made available to
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17/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- At last it is clear that the convention banning cluster munitions will enter into force. With this convention, we have helped to make the world a safer place, strengthened humanitarian law and, not least, ensured that victims will receive
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17/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has transferred NOK 240 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA), in accordance with its pledge made at the Paris Conference in December 2007. The funds have been provided to support implementation of the Palestinian Reform and Development
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15/02/2010
News story
Ministry of the Environment
Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister of Finance, held the closing address at the sixth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity. He called for further development of economic instruments to protect nature and stated that the value of economic of biodiversity is
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15/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Yara announced today that the company has signed a cash merger agreement with the North-American fertilizercompany Terra Industries Inc. The transaction is planned to be supported by a rights issue of USD 2.0-2.5 billion. The Norwegian Government is
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12/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Finance
"I take into account that the supreme court has concluded that latent tax from the old shipping tax scheme not can be collected according to the transitional regulations from 2007", says finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen.
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05/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HRH Crown Prince Haakon officially opened the Norwegian Embassy in Astana on 5 February 2010.
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05/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norway will together with Denmark and Sweden have air services negotiations with China on 11 - 12 March 2010.
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04/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Gry Larsen commented: “I am deeply concerned about the further deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following the presidential election last year.”