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17/10/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
According to the OSCE’s preliminary assessment of the presidential election in Azerbaijan on 15 October, considerable progress was made with regard to procedures on election day itself. However, there were clear shortcomings during the period
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17/10/2008
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
“The stock situation in the Barents Sea is very encouraging, and this will benefit Norwegian and Russian fishermen and coastal communities. Cod and haddock quotas will increase, and will be higher in 2009 than for many years. We see that our
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17/10/2008
Article
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Presentation of The Coordination Reform (PDF)
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17/10/2008
Article
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The minister’s own team of experts will help him to find the economic and legal tack for meeting the challenges in the Norwegian health sector.
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Overview page
Ministry of Health and Care Services
In the course of April 2009 the Minister of Health and Social Affairs Bjarne Håkon Hanssen will present a new health reform, a coordination reform, for the health service. The minister’s own team of experts will help him to find the economic and
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17/10/2008
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen will be back as political advisor to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from 20 October, after a leave of absence since 18 February 2008. She succeeds Ms. Hadia Tajik, who from 20 October will be political advisor to Minister of
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17/10/2008
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance presents to the Storting (Parliament) a proposition on an authorization to implement a 350 billion kroner facility with banks, where Government Bonds are swapped for covered bonds.
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16/10/2008
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Today, Norway signed the contract with the EXPO 2010 organisation in Shanghai. State Secretary Øyvind Slåke, Vice Minister of Trade and Industry, attended the ceremony. The site for the pavilion has thereby been officially handed over, and the work
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16/10/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Sudan has confidence in the way we manage our petroleum resources. This is an opportunity for Norway to promote peace in Sudan, said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim when he signed the new agreement with Sudan
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16/10/2008
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
It is because of these 26 million [internally displaced] human beings that we are here today. Not to commemorate - and not to celebrate past achievements - but to make use of the Guiding Principles as a tool for protection, as a tool to take stock,
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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16/10/2008
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Early in October the content of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault grew by more than 30,000 new seed samples. The largest deposit this time was a shipment of 1.6 tons of seed samples from the gene bank of the international
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15/10/2008
Press release
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Norway’s Minister for Labour and Social Inclusions Dag Terje Andersen met in Oslo 15 October to discuss current challenges related to refugee protection, in particular challenges caused by
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15/10/2008
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dear participant, As hosts, it is our honour and pleasure to welcome you to this important conference. We sincerely thank you for accepting our invitation to participate and for your interest and dedication to this issue. We wish and expect that the
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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15/10/2008
Speech/statement
Ministry of Trade and Industry
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14/10/2008
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
State Secretary Raymond Johansen is inviting Norwegian and Israeli businesses and research institutions for a seminar on bilateral co-operation within trade and research. The seminar is being held in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and
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14/10/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Raymond Johansen is inviting Norwegian and Israeli businesses and research institutions for a seminar on bilateral co-operation within trade and research. The seminar is being held in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and
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14/10/2008
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
The Government proposes NOK 28 billion to transport and communications via the fiscal budget for 2009 for safer, more environment-friendly and efficient transport nationwide. This is an increase of NOK 3.2 billion compared with 2008.
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13/10/2008
Article
Ministry of Education and Research
Graduated from the University of Bergen 1976. Doctor Juris from the University of Bergen 1986. Now Justice at Gulating High Court, Norway. Judge at the European Court of Human Rights 1998-2004. Worked several years as Associate Professor at the
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13/10/2008
Speech/statement
Ministry of Education and Research
Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aaslands speech to The Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), 3. oktober 2008, Radisson Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis, USA.
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Former Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland
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13/10/2008
Speech/statement
Ministry of Education and Research
Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aaslands speech to Lakselaget 4. oktober 2008 i Golden Valley Country Club in Minneapolis.
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Former Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland