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12/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A Norwegian national who had been kidnapped and held captive together with his Afghan interpreter since Thursday 5 November has now been released.
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11/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Foreign Minister’s duty press officer will have a new telephone number as from 12 November 2009. The new number is (+47) 23 95 00 02.
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11/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, has arrived in Kabul for political talks following the Afghan presidential election and before the inauguration of a new government.
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11/11/2009
News story
Ministry of Education and Research
- A cultural or academic boycott of Israeli or other educational establishments is not part of Norwegian policy, said Minister of Research and Higher Education, Mrs. Tora Aasland, in her answer to the Parliament today.
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11/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will be held in Oslo City Hall on Thursday 10 December at 13:00. A press centre will be set up in SAS Scandinavia Hotel, Holbergs plass. The press centre will open on Wednesday 9 December at 12:00 for the
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11/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- For me, women, peace and security is not a gender issue. It is a cross-gender issue. It is a security issue. It is an issue for women and men alike - and an issue of our common interest and future, State Secretary Gry Larsen said in her opening
By
Former State Secretary Gry Larsen (on leave)
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10/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and Finland have signed an agreement on cooperation with Russia on removing radioactive batteries from lighthouse lanterns in the Baltic Sea and replacing them with environmentally friendly solar power units.
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10/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
The fiscal budget proposed for 2010 brings a new substantial boost in spending on transport and communications. The total budget for this sector for 2010 comes to NOK 27 billion - up 21 per cent compared with the adopted budget for 2009. Spending on
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09/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana and Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim today signed a Memorandum of Understanding declaring the two countries’ determination to work together to provide the world with a
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09/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Defence
Nuclear Capabilities in a Changing Security Environment - a Norwegian Perspective, by State Secretary of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence, Espen Barth Eide.
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Former State Secretary Espen Barth Eide
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Political staff
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
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Political staff
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
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Political staff
Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
Political Adviser Roger Solheim is acting State Secretary from 7th of March 2011 while Lotte Grepp Knutsen is on leave. Roger Solheim was appointed Political Adviser for Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt on 28 October 2009. Solheim’s previous
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09/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Opening speech at Lockheed Martin Business Opportunity Days
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Political staff
Ministry of Defence
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06/11/2009
Speech/statement
Ministry of Defence
Address by Minister of Defence Grete Faremo at the 2009 Army Summit, 6 November 2009.
By
Former Minister of Defence Grete Faremo
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06/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance today presents a proposition to the Storting (Parliament) concerning authorisation for central government borrowing in 2010.
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06/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norway has today formally requested WTO dispute settlement consultations, because the Government views the EU ban on trade in seal products as being in contravention of WTO rules. “In our view, the EU decision is contrary to WTO rules on a number of
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05/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has today formally requested WTO dispute settlement consultations, because the Government views the EU ban on trade in seal products as being in contravention of WTO rules. “In our view, the EU decision is contrary to WTO rules on a number of
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05/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has invited oil companies to nominate blocks that ought to be included in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The invitations have been sent to all