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05/09/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
- A new offensive to meet the health millennium goals, is how Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg describes the International Health Partnership launched today in London together with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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04/09/2007
News story
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
- Family loyalty can make it harder to say "No, I do not want to marry this person", or make it harder to stick to a "no" when your parents don't listen, says the political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Hadia Tajik.
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04/09/2007
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The Seed Vault’s website is now available in six languages in addition to Norwegian: Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
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30/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Climate change is a pressing global security issue, and should be handled as such, Norway’s minister for the Environment, Helen Bjørnøy, stated summing up the NY-Aalesund Symposium ”Climate change - A need for Action”.
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30/08/2007
News story
Ministry of Defence
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin have signed an offset agreement relating to the procurement of C-130 transport aircraft. The agreement covers offset purchases equivalent to the purchase price of four transport aircraft,
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27/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is making preparations to reduce its diplomatic presence in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The reason for this is that the Ethiopian authorities have expressed dissatisfaction with Norway's conduct in relation to Ethiopian interests in
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27/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is to take the lead in efforts to harmonise health, safety and environment standards for industrial activities in the Barents Sea.
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21/08/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 12 September appointed Ketil Lindseth (30), communication advisor, as political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. He succeeds Ms. Arnhild Holstad who will leave the
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21/08/2007
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Long-term storage of GMO seeds in the SGSV will not be approved. Import and storage of GMO seeds according to Norwegian legislation will require advance approval.
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21/08/2007
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
30 journalists from all over the world to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Wednesday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGS) is taking shape. Construction work started in April 2007 and the first blastings were performed in May. The facility
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21/08/2007
News story
Ministry of Defence
Around 100 delegates from about 50 countries are expected in Oslo in mid-September when Norway is to host a major Partnership for Peace conference on the theme of defence policy and strategy. This is the first time such a conference has been held in
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17/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and Sweden will contribute a joint engineer force to the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Sudan.
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15/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Education and Research
The Centre for the Biology of Memory at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim was proclaimed one of the world’s 15 Kavli Institutes. The Kavli Foundation, founded by Norwegian-American Fred Kavli, has previously established
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15/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
During the launch of the Government’s new China strategy on Tuesday 14 August, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that Norway will open a new consulate general in Guangzhou in southern China.
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14/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 14 August, the Government held the first meeting of its newly established China forum. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented the Government’s China strategy, and International Development Minister Erik Solheim gave a briefing on Norway’s
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10/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
- Today, a provisional decree has been passed in the King’s Council with instant effect which is considered to bring the right of reversion in accordance with the ruling of the EFTA Court and the EEA agreement.
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08/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
International Development Minister Erik Solheim announced 8 August that Norway will contribute NOK 20 million (appr. USD 3,5 million) to a fund to protect girls against genital mutilation in 16 countries. The fund has recently been established by
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03/08/2007
Press release
Ministry of Defence
- We are very pleased that the Security Council unanimously has agreed on a peace operation in Darfur, says Norwegian Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. - Norway and Sweden have been planning a joint contribution of military engineers to a
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03/08/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Ms. Kari-Anne Opsal, political advisor in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, has been honourably discharged from her post from 3 August. Her successor, Mr. John Erik Pedersen, was appointed on 18 June.
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03/08/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård, political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, has been appointed acting state secretary in the Ministry of Finance for the period 6 August-3 September 2007.