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25/07/2018
News story
Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet
Amendments to the Marriage Act to prevent minors to enter marriage came into force July 1st 2018. The amendments sends a clear message, nationally as well as internationally, that Norway does not accept people under the age of 18 years getting
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21/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the countercyclical capital buffer requirement for banks unchanged, in line with the quarterly advice from Norges Bank. The buffer requirement currently stands at 2 percent, as decided by the
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18/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is awarding 12 new licenses in 47 blocks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Nine of the licenses are located in the Barents Sea, while three are located in the Norwegian Sea.
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Web TV
19/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has adopted a new regulation on requirements for new residential mortgage loans.
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13/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Defence
- The Norwegian government has decided to welcome continued USMC rotational training and exercises in Norway, with a volume of up to a total of 700 marines, initially for a period of up to five years, says Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen.
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27/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Defence
An important milestone has now been achieved, with the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) passing the last of its planned tests in the missile qualification programme. The development phase of the JSM is now in its final stage and is scheduled for
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07/06/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In response to the acute humanitarian situation, Norway is providing an additional NOK 15 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza. This funding will be used to purchase medicines and other medical supplies and to increase treatment capacity in Gaza's
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30/05/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will provide a further NOK 30 million to alleviate the situation in Somalia. The funds will be channelled through the Somalia Humanitarian Fund, which is administered by the UN, and through Save the Children Norway and Norwegian Church Aid.
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03/12/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Four new ambassadors to Norway presented their credentials to His Majesty King Harald V on 3 December 2015.
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07/12/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Temperatures in the Arctic are rising two to three times faster than the global average. This will have dramatic consequences. The rapid pace of climate change in the Arctic is a warning of what will happen in the rest of the world unless we reach
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09/11/2015
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg visited Lebanon and Jordan on 7-9 November 2015. She met Syrian refugees in settlements in Lebanon and in the Zaatari camp in northern Jordan. Ms Solberg also had a number of political talks with key leaders to
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10/10/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, 82 % of the world’s states have introduced a moratorium on the death penalty or have abolished it. ‘I’m pleased to see that the international trend is moving away from the use of the death penalty. However, there are some countries where this
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07/10/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government proposes an increase in funding for global health efforts of NOK 150 million in next year's budget. This would provide a total of more than NOK 3 billion for measures to improve maternal and child health, and to fight AIDS,
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05/10/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Oslo Conference on Safe Schools: Protecting Education from Attack, was organised in Oslo 28-29 May 2015. The main objective of the Conference was for states to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.
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08/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
“Norway has a long tradition of harvesting the sea and has developed a high level of competence in the marine sector and bioprospecting. Through this new strategy, we are facilitating an exploitation of our marine resources that can provide us with
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25/08/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 25 August 2009 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to allocate NOK 1.6 million spread over three years to a project at Bodø University College. The purpose of the project is to increase knowledge about the Northeast Arctic cod stock.
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31/08/2009
News story
Ministry of Finance
On 31 August, the Ministry of Finance submitted proposed new regulations on the management of the Government Pension Fund - Global to Norges Bank and the Office of the Auditor General for comment. The Ministry’s regulation of Norges Bank’s
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17/09/2009
News story
Ministry of the Environment
Norway has proposed a system for financing climate needs based on international auctioning of allowances within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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23/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The donor group for the Palestinian Authority (AHLC) welcomes the political program of the Palestinian government for establishing a Palestinian state within the next two years.
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28/09/2009
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Thursday 24 September 2009, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre chaired this year's Trygve Lie Symposium in New York. The aim of this year's symposium was to agree on a way forward to increase respect for international humanitarian law and its