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11/05/2012
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
It is a shortcoming of most economies that they do not take sufficient account of the value of natural capital in decision-making processes, national accounting and economic transactions.
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11/05/2012
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
One person in five on the planet still lacks access to modern electricity. Twice that number - three billion people - rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating. In a global economy, this is inequitable and unsustainable.
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11/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Today, Friday 11 May, at. 12:15, the Minister of Health and Care Services, Mrs. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, is going to inform the press about the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Mental Health Care Act. The purpose of the bill is to improve the
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10/05/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“It was with great sorrow that I received the news that one of our country’s greatest heroes, resistance fighter and officer Gunnar Sønsteby has passed away, 94 years old,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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10/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Out of a total of EUR 1.79 billion, close to EUR 190 million has been set aside for programmes in the cultural sector: cultural exchange programmes and cultural heritage programmes. The amount clearly reflects the importance Norway and Poland
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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10/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway’s Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås and Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Desalegn signed the MoU during Mr Holmås’s visit to Ethiopia this week.
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10/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- I would say that Poland is probably the country in Europe that has become closest to Norway and Norwegians since the changes that took place in the early 1990s, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at a conference during the state visit to
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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10/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The High North can play a role in enhancing energy security in Europe as well as provide knowledge about global climate change, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in his address at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM).
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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10/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"Ethiopia is an old nation - but as I can see here today - also a young nation. You are the future, and your aspirations are important. Only you can build Ethiopia’s future, but Norway stands with you - as friends and as partners", Minister of
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Former Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås
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09/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås' speech at the launch of an IPCC Special Report on Climate Extremes in Addis Abeba on 9 May 2012.
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Former Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås
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09/05/2012
News story
Ministry of the Environment
1972 saw the establishment of the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, the first of its kind in the world. We celebrate the 40th anniversary with snapshots from our history and with a look ahead - to a sustainable future.
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09/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Relations between Norway and Poland continue to grow in both breadth and depth. Our cooperation with Poland has developed more rapidly over the last few years than that with almost any other European country,” commented Norwegian Foreign Minister
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08/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway has been sheltered from the worst storms in Europe. Nevertheless, it is vital that we help to alleviate the crisis, both as an act of solidarity and because it is in Norway’s interests to secure economic and financial stability in our
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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07/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe today attended the opening of the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). TCM is the largest and most flexible facility of its kind for testing carbon capture.
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07/05/2012
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Capital flows other than aid, licit or illicit, are important elements of Norwegian development policy, indeed of our foreign policy. Foreign investment, remittances, trade, tax and illicit flows are much larger than aid. In order for these flows
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Former Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås
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07/05/2012
Speech/statement
Office of the Prime Minister
Mongstad, May 7 2012.
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Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway supports the African Union’s roadmap for resolving the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. It is urgent that the negotiations move forward. It is encouraging that the AU and the UN are now playing an active role in efforts to find a
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is concerned about the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the status of the rule of law in the country,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nordic cooperation is developing rapidly. The Nordic Foreign Ministers had a meeting in Stavanger on 4 May where they discussed ways of strengthening Nordic cooperation and a number of important international issues.
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04/05/2012
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
In the Council of State today deputy director general Bjørn Olav Megard was appointed as director general in the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. Megard takes over as head of the Department of Sami and Minority