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14/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Political advisor Annelene Svingen in the Ministry of Trade and Industry will be acting state secretary in the same ministry from a date to be decided by the Office of the Prime Minister, in State Secretary Rikke Lind’s leave of absence and for a
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14/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Øyvind Slåke (42), special advisor, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen as of today. He succeeds Mr. Frode Berge, who from today has been
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13/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has condemned the bomb attacks on a UN office and a public building in Algeria in the strongest possible terms.
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13/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
The Royal Ministry of Transport and Communications has received one bid in the auction over the vacant fourth licence to build and operate a third generation public mobile communication systems (3G) in Norway. The bid of 47 mill. NOK was made by
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13/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
The Nobel Prize awarded jointly to the IPCC and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. is a testimony to the global priority placed on tackling climate change, and the highest level of endorsement for the unparalleled work of the IPCC.
By
Former Minister of the Environment and International Development
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13/12/2007
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
"The response from Bali must be: We have the will; we have the means; and we have the determination to act", Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali today.
By
Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
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12/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Finance
Speech by Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen at a OECD Side Event during the Bali climate conference.
By
Former Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen
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11/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri will join Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to the Norwegian Antarctic research station Troll, in mid January 2008.
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11/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Translated from the Norwegian The award of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is recognition of an inconvenient truth: climate change is causing more, and increasingly more serious, natural
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Former Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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11/12/2007
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
Nobel Laureate Dr. Pachauri, ladies and gentlemen, school children.
I am delighted to be here today to open this spectacular exhibition about climate change.
By
Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
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11/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Attending the High Level Event on Clima Change for finance ministes on Bali, the Norwegian finance minister, Kristin Halvorsen, stressed the need for a global contract.
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11/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Finance
The Ministers of Finance High Level Event on Climate Change, December 11, 2007.
By
Former Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen
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10/12/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
-Norway is prepared to increase its support for efforts to prevent deforestation in developing countries to about three billion kroner a year. This is a way of achieving large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions quickly and at low cost, said Prime
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09/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Whenever a new peace initiative is launched in the Middle East, the pessimists usually turn out to be right. Will history repeat itself following the Annapolis Conference? Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre asks.
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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08/12/2007
Speech/statement
Ministry of Finance
The differences between China and Norway are obvious. Norway is a small country with a rather homogeneous population. China is big, with a variety of cultures. Therefore, some parts of our experience may not be relevant for China. Other parts,
By
Former State Secretary Roger Schjerva
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim are to meet Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Sunday 9 December.
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The fight against climate change is a top priority in the white paper on Norway’s policy for preventing humanitarian crises that was presented today.
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian funds are to support the ongoing efforts to stabilise the central African country following many years of civil war.
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06/12/2007
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
"The Norwegian Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square is a token of everlasting gratitude", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in London today.
By
Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
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06/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is implementing a number of measures to strengthen the administration of Norwegian development funds, including better systems for dealing with suspected misuse of funds.