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26/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Defence
The Norwegian government today submitted a formal request to the Norwegian parliament for authorization to procure six F-35 Lightning II aircraft for delivery in 2017. In doing so, the Norwegian government follows up on its renewed plans from 2012
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26/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on 25 April reaffirming its commitment to working towards the achievement of a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of the
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26/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Transport and Communications
On 22 May 2013, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications will arrange an information meeting in Leipzig, Germany, on business opportunities in Norway as a result of the National Transport Plan 2014-23 and Upcoming Projects.
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26/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
After four months’ of discussions on energy and development around the world and in cyberspace, the Governments of Norway, Tanzania and Mexico convened the High Level Meeting on Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Oslo on 9 April 2013.
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26/04/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, Mr. Pål Martin Sand (36), deputy judge, Hamar, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of Justice and Public Security Grete Faremo as of 2 May 2013. At the same time Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen has been
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26/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is to provide NOK 30 million in support for the Inter-American Development Bank’s efforts to promote transparency and combat corruption.
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25/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The judgment against the NGO Golos and its leader, Lilia Shibanova, in Moscow today gives cause for concern. This is the first judgment to be passed since the recent amendments to Russian legislation on NGOs were introduced, and could make it more
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25/04/2013
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
- Polio can be eradicated within the space of five to six years. Norway is to increase its level of support for efforts to eradicate polio to NOK 240 million (USD 40 million), Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.
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25/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The World Bank’s new tools for eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 go hand in glove with Norwegian development policy priorities. This creates an opportunity for closer cooperation,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås
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25/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Polio can be eradicated within the space of five to six years. Norway is to increase its level of support for efforts to eradicate polio by NOK 190 million, to NOK 240 million (USD 40 million).
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25/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I am concerned about reports that the two top church leaders in Aleppo, Bishops Ibrahim and Yazaji, have been kidnapped. We have contacted the leader of the Free Syrian Army, and asked them to do all they can to find those responsible and ensure
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24/04/2013
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Norway is committed to a democratic and unified post-Assad Syria. Military means alone will not lead to a lasting solution in Syria. Therefore the Security Council must find a way to promote a political transition towards a pluralistic, fully
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Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen
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Report from the Nordic research workshop on Green Care in Trondheim, June 2012
24/04/2013
Report
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Read the report (PDF-format)
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24/04/2013
Speech/statement
Ministry of Health and Care Services
High-level Technical meeting on the implications of the financial crisis on health systems in the WHO Euro Region, Oslo, 17 April
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Former Minister of Health and Care Services Jonas Gahr Støre
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24/04/2013
Plans/strategy
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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24/04/2013
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Businesses, to a far greater extent than before, are engaged in supply chain operations where there are human rights challenges, write Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, and Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Trond Giske, in
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Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske
, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide
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24/04/2013
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- I am very pleased to be back in Harstad - and to be able to celebrate 20 years of successful cooperation in the Barents region with you, said State Secretary Torgeir Larsen in his speech at the 6th Barents parlamentary conference in Harstad.
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Former State Secretary Torgeir Larsen
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23/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Given the grim situation in Syria today, it is important to support efforts to build up local civil leadership. Norway will provide funding to strengthen civil society capacity in Syria with a view to a political process and stabilisation in the
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23/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The seventh meeting of the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) took place in Oslo on 15 and 16 April 2013.
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23/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
- I appreciate the commitment by the Ministers of Transport regarding enhanced cooperation between the six States on this subject matter, says Chair of the NEFAB Council, Mr. Ottar Ostnes, Director General in the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and