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30/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has
allocated approximately NOK 3.5 million (half a million USD) in
assistance for Niger in response to an appeal by UNICEF.
(01.07)
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28/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In September she will begin in a
new position in Norad, where she will be focusing on efforts to
combat international corruption within the framework of development
co-operation. She goes to her new assignment from the Ministry of
Justice. (
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27/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
There is an increasing recognition
of the potential of the arctic areas as a petroleum province and
the importance of sustainable petroleum activity. The Norwegian
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Thorhild Widvey, has taken the
initiative to
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27/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Minister appealed to the UN
General Assembly to intensify efforts to combat world poverty so
that the Millennium Development Goals can be reached by 2015. She
urged the G-8 countries to agree on increasing their aid at their
meeting in
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24/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
NSG plenary meeting Oslo, Norway, 23-24 June, 2005 The NSG – Strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime NSG_OSL/press/final The fifteenth Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) took place in Oslo, Norway on the 23-24 th> of
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24/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
It is of major political
significance that the parties after nearly a half-year of efforts
have signed the agreement on the joint management structure. I
congratulate the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam with
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24/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
The Norwegian state receives over
NOK 18 billion in dividends from its direct ownership in 47
companies - almost 50 per cent more than the year before. (24 June
2005)
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24/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government decided 23
June to start plans to establish a global safety depository in
Svalbard. The seed depository will be the only one of its kind in
the world. (24.06)
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23/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The value of the State's Direct
Financial Interest in the petroleum activities (SDFI) is estimated
to NOK 625.7 billion as of 1 January 2005. This is according to a
value estimation carried out by Wood Mackenzie for the Ministry of
Petroleum and
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23/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
There has been appointed a honorary
consul in Le Havre, France and in Rhodes, Greece. (23.06)
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21/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Foreign Ministry’s web portal,
Norway- the official site, won the World Summit Award Norge
Tuesday 21 June for the best government web portal. “It is very
gratifying that the Ministry’s communication with the public
through the Internet has
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21/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is allocating NOK 13 million
(approximately USD 2 million) in emergency relief to Malawi. The
support is being given in the form of food aid channelled through
the World Food Programme (WFP). (22.06)
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20/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Norwegian Prime Minister Bondevik
and Russian Prime Minister Fradkov have today signed a Joint
Declaration on Energy Cooperation in Moscow. (20.06.05)
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20/06/2005
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Use and risk reduction related to
Plant Protection Products is, and has been, a priority area for the
Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. (20.06.2005)
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17/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has
set norm prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 1st quarter
of 2005. The norm prices are used as tax reference prices in the
taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental
shelf and are
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17/06/2005
News story
Ministry of Defence
(17 June 2005) This strategic
concept states, in the field of security and defence policies the
political basis for the operational activities of the Norwegian
Armed Forces. In doing so, it serves the role as strategic level
political guidance.
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17/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The
first meeting of the Joint Commission of Co-operation between
Norway and India will among other things be held during this visit
which will take place on 16-17 June. (17.06)
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17/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press release No.: 87/05 Date: 17.06.2005 Press release from Foreign Minister Petersen and Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Ludvigsen We have noted that the European Commission and the Norwegian salmon industry have reached an amicable
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16/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Former American Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright and Professor Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian
economist, will chair the new High-level Commission on the Legal
Empowerment of the Poor which will be launched on the 13 September
(16.06)
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16/06/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
By
awarding new production licenses in these ocean areas, the oil
companies gain the possibility to develop areas with large resource
potential, says Thorhild Widvey, Minister of Petroleum and Energy.
(16.06.05)