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05/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, will give introductory addresses at this year’s Conference on Europe.
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13/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Helga Pedersen today met with the Scottish minister Michael Russell. They have discussed possibilities for closer cooperation between Scotland and Norway on aquaculture and challenges related to climate change.
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11/02/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- It is important that Norway continues to support negotiations on a solution to the political crisis in Kenya, says State Secretary Raymond Johansen. We will therefore provide up to USD 1 million for the process being led by Kofi Annan.
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17/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London today launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. The two Prime Ministers each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund. The
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20/02/2008
News story
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
A press release from the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements (TBU) reveals that the average annual pay growth from 2006 to 2007 for all groups is estimated at 5.4 per cent.
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29/11/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Norway invites the Contracting Parties to the 1973 Polar Bear Agreement, Denmark/Greenland, Russia, USA and Canada, to a meeting of the parties in Tromsø spring 2009. The purpose of the meeting will be to enhance circumpolar cooperation on
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18/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Climate change is one of the world's major political challenges. Norway, a country that has grown rich from oil and gas production, has a special responsibility to contribute to emission reductions for limiting climate change. The Norwegian
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11/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri will join Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to the Norwegian Antarctic research station Troll, in mid January 2008.
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The fight against climate change is a top priority in the white paper on Norway’s policy for preventing humanitarian crises that was presented today.
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13/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has condemned the bomb attacks on a UN office and a public building in Algeria in the strongest possible terms.
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08/04/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
‘By working together, we have got the virus under control, and can start to lift restrictions little by little. We will do this together, cautiously, and taking our time,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
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21/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Today the Norwegian Government approved an amendment to the COVID-19 regulations that requires all people entering into Norway to register themselves as a step in improving infection control. The amendment enters into force at 12 noon today, Monday
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21/05/2021
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed constituted State Secretary Reid Ivar Bjorland Dahl as political adviser to Minister of Children and Family Kjell Ingolf Ropstad from 2 August to 14 September 2021.
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17/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement of 1 percent for banks.
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24/04/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The European Commission, under its President, Ursula von der Leyen, is to hold a virtual donor conference to mobilise political and financial support for efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus Global Response Summit will be held
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26/05/2021
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, who were arrested on Sunday after the passenger flight they were on was diverted and forced to land in Belarus, must be released immediately. The same applies to more than 400 other political dissidents who are
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13/12/2020
News story
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The government is today presenting a legislative proposal that will provide a clear temporary statutory authority to allow the continuation of the requirement for persons who are unable to document access to another suitable location to undergo
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11/05/2021
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I am deeply concerned by the dramatic escalation of the conflict in and around Gaza and the high number of rockets fired towards Tel Aviv tonight.
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23/01/2021
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The requirement to present a negative SARS-CoV-2 test prior to arrival when travelling to Norway is being amended to require a test taken 24 hours prior to departure instead of 72 hours. Furthermore, all persons who have been to the UK, South Africa
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09/02/2021
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The global travel advice will be extended to apply until 15 April 2021.