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25/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Hilde F. Johnson is on 25th August attending a meeting
of the Nordic development ministers in Copenhagen. One of the key
issues will be debt forgiveness for poor countries. (25.08)
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25/08/2005
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 153/2005 Date: 25 August 2005 Acting political advisor in Ministry of Education and Research The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Marianne Groth (24), political advisor, Oslo, as acting political advisor to Ms.
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25/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Supreme Court Judge Ole Bjørn Støle
was elected 25. August by the UN General Assembly as an
ad litem judge to the UN International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia. (26.08)
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23/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This gives hope that the next
phases of the withdrawal will proceed peacefully, said Foreign
Minister Jan Petersen. (24.08)
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23/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and
Energy is proposing new measures concerning the use of facilities
by others, and changes in the Petroleum Regulations concerning the
area fee to promote an efficient exploitation of the petroleum
resources on the
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21/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
By the end of the next
parliamentary period, 65 per cent of Norwegian development
assistance will go to Africa, and a total of 70 per cent to
low-income countries in general, the Government announced Sunday.
(23.08)
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21/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Special agreement for Africa.
(23.08).
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19/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Engberg-Pedersen (52) has a PhD in
Economic Planning and Political Science from the University of
Roskilde, and has nearly 30 years’ international development
experience from around 25 developing countries. (19.08)
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19/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will immediately begin
practical preparations for a meeting to be held shortly between the
parties on the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement.
(19.08)
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17/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
We take human rights seriously, and
this means that a dynamic cultural sector is an aim in itself, said
Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson when she
together with Minister of Culture Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
launched the very
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17/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Director General Olav
Myklebust of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been elected
President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority.
(18.08)
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16/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- It is extremely important that
the international community now supports the parties in their
determination to achieve lasting peace in Aceh, said Minister of
Foreign Affairs Jan Petersen in a comment on the signing of the
peace. (17.08)
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16/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
According to the new protocol, the
ban on the death penalty is absolute. (18.08)
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13/08/2005
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 147/2005 Date: 13.08.2005 Norwegian Prime Minister offers condolences to Sri Lanka Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway today sent the following letter of condolences to president Kumaratunga: "Dear President Kumaratunga,
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12/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
It is now vital that both parties
to the conflict do their utmost to comply with the cease-fire
agreement, says Minister Jan Petersen after the assassination of
Lakshman Kadirgamar last Friday. (13.08)
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09/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and
Industry supports Young Enterprise Norway with an additional
funding of 2 million NOK. The grant was announced at the official
opening of the 16
th> European Company of the Year Competition in Oslo.
(9 August
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08/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented its economic survey
of Norway today. The survey gives a comprehensive analysis of the
Norwegian economy. (08.08.05)
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05/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson is
to attend the funeral of Dr John Garang de Mabior, First Vice
President of Sudan. The funeral will be held on 6 August in Juba,
Southern Sudan. (05.08)
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02/08/2005
News story
Ministry of Defence
(19 July 2005) In Afghanistan,
Norway will take over the role of lead nation for ISAF’s provincial
reconstruction Team (PRT) in Meymaneh in September 2005. See also
The Balkans, Iraq, Sudan, Etiopia/Eritrea, Middle East,
Mediterranean and NATO
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01/08/2005
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 142/2005 Date: 1 August 2005 Norwegian Prime Minister offers condolences on Garang In a letter to President Omar al-Bashier of Sudan, the Norwegian Prime Minister today offered his condolences on the death of First Vice President