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04/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will be the largest contributor to the World Bank’s new trust fund to help developing countries build up expertise on carbon capture and storage (CCS).
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04/12/2009
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske recently brought the American ambassador, Barry B. White, 70 degrees north in Norway. They experienced a wintery Melkøya shining in the twilight.
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04/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
ErgoGroup was nominated today as the supplier and developer of a central election administration computer system with a solution for electronic voting. The contract will be signed on 15 December.
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03/12/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Gry Larsen gave the Norwegian statement at the meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, where the first ten years with the Mine Ban Convention was discussed.
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Former State Secretary Gry Larsen (on leave)
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03/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre said the following: “The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs share the view that Norway’s support for religious schools in Pakistan needs to be reviewed before any
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03/12/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Opening speech by Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen at the Second Norwegian Cancer Symposium 2009.
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Former Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
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02/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Demanding, stimulating and challenging” were Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s description of the three-day review of the human rights situation in Norway, after the review was completed in Geneva.
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02/12/2009
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
People in more and more countries are celebrating Christmas with Norwegian trees. Norway is in the process of becoming Europe’s leading producer of Christmas trees.
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02/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“A stronger and broader US involvement in order to ensure development and stability in Afghanistan is important, and this gives direction to the international efforts that Norway is supporting, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented, following
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01/12/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Concluding the Doha Round must be given top priority,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre in Norway’s main statement at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva.
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01/12/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Our first priority remains to conclude the Doha Development Agenda. We are on overtime. We have to succeed in 2010, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his statement at the conference.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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01/12/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
WTO activities are far reaching and comprehensive and the system has served us well for more than 60 years. But the job is not finished. The WTO has to develop constantly in order to ensure that it continues to be an important pillar of the global
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Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent)
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01/12/2009
News story
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Building for the future, the Governments new environmental action plan for the housing and building sector was launched in September. The plan is now available in English.
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30/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) submitted its report Friday on its observation of the Norwegian parliamentary elections on 14 September. “Input from foreign election observers is important. We need ongoing debate
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30/11/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 30 November appointed Ms. Anja Kristin Salte Hjelseth (25), student and county politician, Ulefoss, as political adviser to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete.
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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29/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ein Weihnachtsbaum - nach Deutschland - Norwegens wichtigstem Handelspartner, unserem Alliierten und Freund in der Außenpolitik, der Triebkraft für Forschung und Mentor für norwegische Künstler, sagte Støre.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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27/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government has agreed to cancel USD 9,4 million of Cote d’Ivoire’s debt to Norway.
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26/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has reacted strongly to the news that the Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Shirin Ebadi in 2003. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday afternoon.
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26/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Over the past years a set of CSR standards and universal values have been codified and articulated. There is no longer an excuse for companies not to pay attention to human rights, there is no excuse for not safeguarding the natural environment -
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre