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11/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The developments we are seeing in terms of human rights and democracy in several countries in Eurasia are worrying. The funding we are now providing to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is an important contribution to
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11/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The oil and gas discovery Draupne, located centrally in the North Sea, has today been renamed Ivar Aasen. The name was chosen following proposals from the operator and feedback from the advisory committee on names.
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11/09/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Internasjonal seminar International Cooperative Agricultural Organization (ICAO), Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo, Norway
By
Minister of Agriculture and Food Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
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11/09/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Convention is working. The market for cluster munitions has practically disappeared. Use has virtually stopped. These weapons are universally considered to be unacceptable. The Convention has also strengthened the international normative
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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11/09/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Government will establish a CO2-compensation scheme for the manufacturing industry. The purpose is to prevent Norwegian manufacturing industry from moving their enterprises to countries with less strict climate regulations. - We want
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11/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Somalia has taken an important step towards political stability and peace with the election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s new president,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås.
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10/09/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- It will not be possible to fully legitimise mining activities in this region, without taking into account the priorities of the peoples who traditionally live here - the Sami, the Nenets and the Vepsian, said State Secretary Torgeir Larsen when he
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Former State Secretary Torgeir Larsen
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10/09/2012
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
More countries must prohibit the use of cluster munitions. This is the clear message from foreign ministers Jonas Gahr Støre and Adnan Mansour as Norway now takes over from Lebanon as President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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10/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, Norway and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed a four-year agreement on Norwegian funding of NOK 245 million a year, amounting to a total of nearly NOK 1 billion.
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10/09/2012
Parliament answers
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Minister of Foreign Affairs’ reply to written question on social welfare payments for Palestinians held in Palestinian and Israeli prisons.
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10/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The human rights situation in Belarus is unacceptable,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre. “Our support to the exiled university in Vilnius is a long-term investment in Belarus’s democratic future.”
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Political staff
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
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07/09/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“We have to be continuously on search for a meaningful engagement and dialogue with Belarus. For that purpose we need a vibrant and strong university. We will further increase Norway’s financial support to the European Humanities University in
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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07/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 47 companies in connection with the application deadline for the 2012 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2012) on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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07/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 47 companies in connection with the application deadline for the 2012 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2012) on the Norwegian continental shelf. The Ministry plans to award
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07/09/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has honourably discharged Mr. Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (JD) and Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (HOD) from their post as state secretaries. At the same time Ms. Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad (46), deputy director
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06/09/2012
Article
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
EEA citizens may live and work in Norway under the EEA rules governing the free movement of persons and services.
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05/09/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I have followed with increasing concern the growing tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the past few days,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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05/09/2012
Plans/strategy
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
This is a presentation of the Government’s main policy elements for the digitization program for the public sector.
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05/09/2012
News story
Ministry of the Environment
A new synthesis report, co-financed by Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative, investigates activities (drivers) that lead to deforestation and forest degradation.