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28/01/2021
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
Cooperation in the UN Security Council, green growth and restructuring, and the COVID-19 pandemic were the main topics of discussion when Prime Minister Erna Solberg today met the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin. The
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03/01/2021
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'We are grateful to the many countries that have expressed their support and words of comfort during these challenging times after the massive landslide at Gjerdrum in Norway', said Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide.
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05/07/2021
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Government has revised its long-term strategy and emergency preparedness plan for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has called the phase after Step 4 ‘Normal everyday life, with increased preparedness’.
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03/06/2021
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Ministry of Agriculture and Food
This week, more than 30,000 additional seed bags from five continents were deposited for safe storage in the seed vault on Svalbard. It is the largest seed deposit since the pandemic was confirmed.
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06/02/2014
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Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Norway is paying close to NOK 700,000 to the International Plant Treaty's Benefit-Sharing Fund. This corresponds to 0.1 per cent of the value of the trade in seed products in agriculture in Norway in 2013, and is an annual contribution from
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03/03/2016
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norwegian employee and employer organisations have played an important part in the results achieved in 13 countries in Central and Southern Europe. The projects have increased understanding of tripartite dialogue and the principles of decent work in
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05/11/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Norway stands at the beginning of the second wave of infection. The virus is spreading rapidly and all counties now have outbreaks of infection. The Government is therefore introducing new national infection control measures.
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11/07/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Family planning is about the right of girls and women to control their own bodies,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås. “Women in the poorest countries should be able to plan how many children they want to have. Norway
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21/10/2020
Press release
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Norway and the UK have agreed to enter into a temporary agreement on trade in goods that will come into effect on 1 January. The agreement will remain in place until a free trade agreement enters into force a few months later.
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16/10/2020
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Ministry of Finance
Today, Minister of Finance Jan Tore Sanner attended a high-level event co-hosted by the IMF and the European Commission to mark the 1-year anniversary of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF).
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23/10/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to the region of Kalmar in Sweden.
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05/11/2020
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Ministry of Finance
Today, the Ministry of Finance has notified relevant EU/EEA authorities of changes in the systemic risk buffer requirement, temporary risk weight floors for real estate exposures, and the identification of domestic systemically important banks. The
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is concerned about the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the status of the rule of law in the country,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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20/11/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government has decided to introduce restrictive measures against the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
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06/06/2012
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
For the third consecutive year, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock in the Barents Sea has been detected.
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04/06/2021
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Norwegian Government has established a very narrow application scheme for exemption from the duty to stay at a quarantine hotel for people with particularly strong reasons.
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05/07/2021
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Many people living in Norway are planning to travel abroad this summer, but there are still many restrictions and rules in place, and the situation for travellers can be unpredictable. Here you will find the answers to some of the questions you
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11/06/2021
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Ministry of Health and Care Services
The amendments to the Norwegian Control of Communicable Diseases Act that allow use of the COVID-19 certificate in Norway have been passed, and will enter into effect today.
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10/06/2021
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Ministry of Health and Care Services
The Norwegian Government has decided that the Janssen vaccine will be offered outside the COVID-19 vaccination programme. From 15 June, people will be able to book an appointment for an assessment by a doctor in private practice, a vaccination
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28/06/2021
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Norwegian minister for oil and energy, Tina Bru and the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, met in Oslo on Monday for talks on energy issues.