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11/05/2015
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
“The role of the railways in the transport system is to be strengthened. An increase in grants and improvements in organisation will transform the railways into a key transport sector in the future. The railway reform will better distribute the
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14/10/2019
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
“The Government plans to continue its efforts to develop our nation and build a sustainable welfare society. This requires modern infrastructure, with efficient and safe transport options. We continue our efforts to improve the transport sector,
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19/04/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is hosting a global summit on education for development on 6-7 July. The aim of the summit is to boost global efforts in the field of education, with a view to reaching the UN’s new set of development goals. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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04/06/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, the Barents Summit in Kirkenes has adopted a new declaration, 20 years after the start of the Barents cooperation. People-to-people cooperation remains at the core of the Barents cooperation,
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18/09/2013
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
“Communication between the mainland and the island by air is important for the community of Værøy. We will therefore continue the current transport standard and maintain a good helicopter service to the island,” says Minister of Transport and
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23/10/2019
Press release
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Norway allocates 1.5 million USD to the fight against illegal fishing, through the initiative «Blue Justice».
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25/06/2013
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on the morning of 25 June that the State of Norway intended to acquire up to 5 million shares in Cermaq ASA on the same day on the stock exchange at the same share price as cleared in the reverse Dutch
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20/04/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway strongly condemns the mass murder of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The killings are claimed by groups affiliated with Isil. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go to their families and to the people of Ethiopia’, Foreign Minister Børge
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07/06/2018
News story
Ministry of Education and Research
On June 6th 2018 the 6th Japan-Norway Joint Committee Meeting on cooperation in science and technology was held in Tokyo. The Joint Committee Meeting brought together representatives from several ministries, government agencies and research
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12/10/2006
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian government and
Statoil have undertaken an agreement to establish the world's
largest full-scale CO2 capture and storage (CCS) project in
conjunction with the projected combined heat and power plant at
Mongstad. The CCS project is
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29/11/2019
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The King in Council has today appointed members to the Executive Board of Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway). Deputy Governor Jon Nicolaisen and Deputy Governor Egil Matsen have been appointed First Deputy Chair and Second Deputy Chair,
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11/11/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government is hosting the 4th Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. The conference takes place in Oslo 25-29 November
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08/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Two Norwegian citizens were condemned to death at the end of a trial in Kisangi, DR Congo, today. The Minister of Foreign Affairs commented as follows on the verdict: “The sentencing of the two Norwegian citizens to death is completely unacceptable.
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04/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
The Ministry of Labor and Social Inclusion changes the practice for return of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers. The changes makes it possible to return unaccompanied minors to relatives or other care measures in the home country.
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02/12/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press release No.: 158/04 Date: 02.12.2004 State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen is at the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World and confirms Norwegian support for a new mine clearance project in Sudan “The Anti-personnel Mine Ban
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24/11/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jan Petersen is
attending the Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Iceland
on 24 November. The most important item on the agenda is a
discussion of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. (25.11)
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20/08/2003
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
of Norway has sent letter of condolences to the UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, following the terrorist attack on the
United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad.
(20.08.03)
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27/09/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Hilde F. Johnson has decided to contribute NOK 9
million to the establishment of a field hospital in Gonaives,
Haiti. Norwegian assistance to Haiti now totals NOK 10.1 million.
(27.09)
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07/12/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"The global fight against
trafficking in human beings requires our urgent attention,” said
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in his statement at the OSCE
Ministerial Council in Ljubljana on 6 December. He underscored that
this is one of the most
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16/07/2003
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will contribute with NOK
500 000 to the efforts that's being made by the organisation
during the current year to protect cultural sites in Iraq.
(17.07.03)