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25/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government have agreed to
cancel NOK 69 million of the debt owed to Norway by the Republic of
Ghana. The remaining debt, NOK 8 million, will be cancelled when
the country has met its HIPC requirements. (25.06)
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25/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
The labour conflict on the
Norwegian continental shelf is brought to an end. The Government
has decided to make use of compulsory arbitration to end the
ongoing labour conflict between The Norwegian Oil Industry
Association (OLF) and the
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25/06/2004
Press release
Fiskeridepartementet
The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries
Svein Ludvigsen invited salmon producing nations to a round table
conference in Stavanger on 23 June in connection with the
aquaculture business conference, AquaVision. - Governmental
representatives discussed
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23/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Ms. Erna Solberg, Norway’s Minister of Local Government and
Regional Development, hosted on 23 June 2004 a meeting in Bergen
for Ministers and government officials responsible for asylum and
migration matters in the five Nordic countries and
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22/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Press release No.: 73e/04 Date: 22.06.04 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 22 24 61 09 Norm prices for Norwegian crude oil 1st quarter 2004 The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set norm prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 1st quarter of 2004.
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22/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Together with the Netherlands, the
UK, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland, Norway has drawn up a
proposal for strengthening the UN’s work for development and human
rights and making it more effective (23.06)
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18/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Thorhild Widvey has a degree from
the College of Physical Education in Århus, Denmark. She has former
work experience as marketing manager of the Rica hotels in
Haugesund, project leader in Karmøy county administration and
sports leader for
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18/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Oluf Ulseth has a Bachelor degree
in Commerce from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration. Mr. Ulseth was state secretary of the Ministry of
Trade and Industry from October 2001 until today.
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18/06/2004
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 100/2004 Date: 18 June 2004 Changes in the Norwegian Government At a meeting of the Council of State at the Royal Palace today, the following changes were made in the Government: Mr Dagfinn Høybråten will step down as Minister of
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18/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Knut Arild Hareide has today been
appointed Minister of Environment in Norway. He follows Børge
Brende, who has become Minister of Trade and Industry. Hareide has
been deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party since May
2003. (18.06.04)
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14/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Minister will be delivering
Norway’s main statement and will also chair a high-level round
table on trade and poverty. (15.06)
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11/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is opening an embassy in
Madagascar the 11. June with Hans Fredrik Lehne as ambassador.
(11.06)
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09/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- The Government wants to make it
easier to comply with tax, customs and excise regulations. At the
same time it will be harder to circumvent the rules and evade taxes
and customs and excise duties, says Minister of Finance
Per-Kristian Foss. (
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09/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Foreign Minister will attend former American
President Ronald Reagan’s funeral. The funeral will take place in
Washington, D.C., Friday, June 11. (11.06)
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08/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
In connection with the 18
th> licensing round on the Norwegian Continental
Shelf, 16 companies will receive offers to participate in 16 new
production licenses. The companies will be offered participation in
a total of 46 blocks or parts of
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07/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
At a ceremony on Saturday 5 June in
Nairobi, the two chief negotiators signed a declaration covering
all the negotiated protocols relating to the peace process in
Sudan, and committing the parties to ending the negotiations in the
near future. (
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04/06/2004
Press release
Fiskeridepartementet
”It is important that the
seafood-producing nations work together counteract misleading and
inaccurate information about foreign substances in seafood,” said
Minister of Fisheries, Svein Ludvigsen in his speech to the North
Atlantic Fisheries
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04/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
We note with great concern that
civilian aid workers are increasingly being targeted by elements
seeking to destabilise the country, both from criminal groups and
from groups with links to terrorist movements, says Foreign
Minister Jan Petersen.
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04/06/2004
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 93/2004 Date: 4. juni 2004 Change of state secretary in Ministry of Justice In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Trond Prytz (58), chief constable, Steinkjer, as state secretary for the Minister of
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04/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stine Lundin Andresen (45) was last
week appointed director of the newly established joint secretariat
in Brussels, which is to administer the mechanisms to reduse the
economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area.
(08.06)