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08/11/2018
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway supports the establishment of a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea, as well as the establishment of MPAs in other parts of Antarctica. It is not correct that Norway voted against a proposal on protection of the Weddell Sea, as some
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Web TV
05/04/2019
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- 2018 was a challenging year with weak performance for both funds. Such periods clearly illustrate how important it is to have broad endorsement, a long-term perspective and a thorough understanding of the risk assumed in the management of our
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01/04/2019
News story
Ministry of Defence
Norway will extend its contribution to the UN peacekeeping operation MINUSMA in Mali for two new years, until 2022.
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21/04/2017
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Sunniva Ihle Steinstad, head of communication, as state secretary to Prime Minister Erna Solberg. At the same time, State Secretary Julie Margrethe Brodtkorb has been honourably
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05/04/2019
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Emerging market government bonds and emerging market corporate bonds are to be omitted from the fixed-income benchmark for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The Fund may still be invested in such bonds as part of Norges Bank’s active
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05/04/2019
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- The Government introduces absolute thresholds for the product-based coal criterion and presents assessments in relation to the conduct-based climate criterion, thus enabling this criterion to be practised. Today we have also appointed a Committee
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23/11/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
According to new figures, ODA-approved refugee expenses in Norway have dropped by NOK 200 million this year. This will make it possible to increase allocations to various priority areas in the 2018 aid budget.
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10/06/2006
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
The fjord country of
western Norway is one of the world's most beautiful landscapes. Its
inclusion on the Unesco World Heritage List, while most certainly
warranted, carries with it obligations affecting all who are
responsible for managing the
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06/10/2006
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
This is good news, and the
authorities and industry must jointly seize the opportunities that
arise from high oil prices, through an offensive focus on the
Norwegian shelf, says the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Odd
Roger Enoksen.
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12/06/2006
Press release
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
The Norwgian government acts in accordance with the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the governments of Norway and Afghanistan and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regarding the practicalities, for both
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27/04/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The meeting will bring together
representatives from the EU, Japan, the USA and Norway for talks on
the peace process in Sri Lanka - in Oslo 28 April. (27.04.06)
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20/08/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
No: 114/1999 Date: 20 August 1999 State secretaries Following the honourable resignation today of Mr. Odd Anders With, state secretary in the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, the King has in today’s session of the Council of State appointed
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09/12/1999
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Pressemelding Nr.: 97/1999 Dato: 9. December 1999 Potential structural solutions for DnB and Christiania Bank: Mandate given to the Government Bank Investment Fund The Ministry of Finance has today issued a mandatefor an assessment on DnB and
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26/03/1999
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Press Release No.: 21/99 Date: 26.3.1999 Government proposal to remove the emission tax on air fuel in international air traffic The Norwegian Government has to day passed a formal proposal on air traffic taxes to the Storting (National Assembly).
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26/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I am pleased that Iraq’s national
assembly has approved a new government of national unity. The Iraqi
people deserve a broad and inclusive government that can tackle all
of the difficult challenges the country currently faces, said
Minister of
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02/08/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Six countries will be sending their
fisheries ministers to the international roundtable conference on
illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Trondheim on 7
August. The conference host is Helga Pedersen, the Minister of
Fisheries
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08/02/2002
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo Press Division Norway Daily No. 28/02 Date: 8 February 2002 To Norway without ID papers (Aftenposten) Almost 15,000 people sought asylum in Norway last year. 84 per cent of them, or around 12,000 people,
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12/12/2001
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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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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05/10/2005
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I am very pleased that the EU and
Turkey have opened negotiations on Turkish membership,” said
Foreign Minister Jan Petersen. “This will help to ensure stability
and democratic development in the region.” (05.10)