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29/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Due to the shift of minister today,
State Secretaries Frode Berge and Karin Yrvin have been honourably
discharged from their offices as of today at 2 pm. From the same
time Mr. Berge has been appointed as state secretary to the new
Minister of
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29/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today's session of the Council
of State the King has appointed Mr. Dag Terje Andersen, Member of
Storting, as Minister of Trade and Industry.
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29/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
29 September 2006, Beijing, China -
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Government of
Norway announced a new partnership today in Beijing to support
China in its objectives to promote environmental protection,
awareness and
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27/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Education and Research
Ministry of education and research
is this week hosting an international seminar on higher education
together with the Nordic countries and Nordic Council of Ministers.
(27.09.06)
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26/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Lebanese authorities have
requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to survey
the environmental damage caused by the hostilities in Lebanon. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allocated NOK 5 million (about USD
760 000) for
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21/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This prestigious prize has
previously been awarded to active human rights campaigners such as
Rebiya Kadeer, Aung San Suu Kui and Shirin Ebadi. - I am delighted
at the committee’s decision to award this year’s prize to Thic
Quang Do, Foreign
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20/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The armed forces must step down
to allow the return of the democratically elected government. I
hope the situation will be resolved peacefully, and that the
country returns to democratic order as soon as possible, said Mr
Støre. (20.09.06)
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20/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Denmark, Iceland, Faroe Islands and
Norway signed an Agreement in New York 20 September on the
delimitation of the continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea.
(21.09.06)
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18/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Political leaders and health
experts gather in New York today to discuss how to prevent the
deaths of millions of children before their fifth birthday. The
Government of Norway, the Lancet and UNICEF are jointly hosting a
Symposium on Child
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18/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Government allocates
NOK 300 million to help achieving the UN's Millennium Development
Goal 4, increasing the Government's total contribution to fight
child mortality to a total of NOK 800 million a year.
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15/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
During their meeting in Brussels
today, the EU Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Andris Piebalgs, and the
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Odd Roger Enoksen,
reaffirmed their mutual interest in close and comprehensive
consultations on
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15/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Anne Stenhammer is
travelling to Singapore from 15 to 19 September to participate in
the annual meeting of the World Bank and the meeting of the
Development Committee. Many NGO representatives have been denied
permission to enter
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15/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Anne Stenhammer is
travelling to Singapore from 15 to 19 September to participate in
the annual meeting of the World Bank and the meeting of the
Development Committee. Norway have submitted a protest against the
ban of many
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13/09/2006
News story
Ministry of Defence
The Defence
Minister visited the U.S. 5 - 9 Sept., including Norfolk,
Washington DC and New York.
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12/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Government gives priority to
peace and to children. This is an unprecedented global effort to
help children affected by war, and it has our full backing, said
Minister of International Development Erik Solheim. (13.09.06)
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12/09/2006
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Co-Chairs welcome the expression of willingness of the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to come to talks unconditionally, and ask the Parties to show maximum flexibility regarding proposals from the Facilitator.
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08/09/2006
News story
Ministry of the Environment
The Ministry of the Environment
proposes in a consultation document the introduction by regulation
of an environment fee for journeys to Svalbard’s land areas.
According to the proposal, all visitors will pay the fee with the
exception of
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07/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norwegian authorities received a
letter on 7 September from the Russian veterinary authorities,
which sets out requirements for seafood exports that may jeopardise
all fish exports from Norway to Russia. These requirements apply to
both fresh
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06/09/2006
News story
Ministry of Defence
Under the AMEC programme one of the
oldest nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy will be transported
from its storage location at the Gremikha Naval Base on the Kola
Peninsula in north-west Russia to the dismantlement yard at
Murmansk.
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01/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today's session of the Council
of State the King has appointed Mr. Per Botolf Maurseth (37),
senior research officer, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of
Education and Research Øystein Djupedal.