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08/10/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Two new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to the Crown Prince Regent on 8. October 2020.
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30/03/2020
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy proposes to include 36 new blocks in this year's licensing round in the well-known parts of the Norwegian Continental Shelf - Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020. The proposal is now sent on a public
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21/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has signed new MoUs on the EEA and Norway Grants, in which EUR 214.6 million in funding has been allocated to Hungary. The MoUs ensure that independent funding is made available to civil society organisations, and that support for climate
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18/02/2021
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The military coup on 1 February has changed the conditions for Norway’s development assistance in Myanmar. For this reason, Norway is now freezing the state-to-state knowledge-development programmes between public institutions in Norway and Myanmar.
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11/03/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to make Norwegian citizens aware of the fact that certain countries are introducing measures and/or restrictions for people entering their countries. This will affect Norwegian citizens or others travelling to
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23/03/2020
News story
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is working on an amendment to the Immigration Regulations.
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26/03/2020
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Norwegian government has accepted an invitation from the European Commission to join the International Platform on Sustainable Finance.
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19/03/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Many children have questions about the Coronavirus. To provide answers, the Norwegian government, is holding a press conference for them.
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17/12/2012
News story
Ministry of Defence
Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen leaves Kabul with fresh impressions from her 11th visit to Afghanistan. She has been very much looking forward to seeing the development since her last visit three years ago.
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30/11/2012
News story
Ministry of Defence
- This is truly a milestone event, and it marks an important step forward in ensuring both our future military capability and industrial opportunities for the Norwegian defence industry, said State Secretary of Defence Eirik Øwre Thorshaug after he
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01/08/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway’s new Honorary Consulate General in Minneapolis is operative from 1 August 2008. The consulate is a new type of mission for the Norwegian foreign service, and is the result of innovative cooperation across ministries and other agencies.
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30/06/2008
News story
Ministry of the Environment
More than 170 Romanian and Norwegian participants from non-governmental organisations and social partners have taken part today in the launching seminar of the new EEA NGO Fund for Romania.
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16/11/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (38), first embassy secretary, Pretoria, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. He will succeed Ms. Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer, who has
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18/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy have received nominations from 46 companies for blocks for the 20th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. In the 19th licensing round, 19 companies participated in the nomination process. 301 blocks
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26/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
From 2009 Norway is going to give an annual contribution to the International Treaty’s benefit-sharing fund for financing plant breeding in developing countries and challenge other OECD-members to contribute likewise. If all the challenged countries
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23/06/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mediators from conflicts all over the world will meet to exchange experience at Losby Manor outside Oslo from 24 to 26 June.
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12/10/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“It’s wonderful that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice President Al Gore. This was truly well deserved,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, congratulating
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19/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Education and Research
Norway and India signed this week a Letter of Intent, a so called Memorandum of Understanding, on cooperation in the field of higher education.
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19/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In a national final ten Chinese students were selected for a study tour to Svalbard as part of a joint Sino-Norwegian Project on climate change and environmental research in the Arctic region. The project is jointly organised by the Polar Research
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14/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the Norwegian journalist Carsten Thomassen was killed in a terrorist attack today. Mr Thomassen was one of a number of journalists who were accompanying the Foreign Minister on his visit to