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13/06/2011
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
HRH Crown Prince Haakon will attend the official opening ceremony at the Forest Europe ministerial conference in Oslo on 14 June at 9 am. The ceremony will be broadcasted live on web-TV.
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10/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is now publishing the first part of the source code for the e-voting system on the internet.
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08/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Oslo, Norway: With 1.5 billion people living in areas affected by political conflict and criminal violence, citizen security, justice and jobs are the most effective measures to ensure development, says the World Bank.
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08/06/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“We will begin a seismic survey of the petroleum resources in the previously disputed area as soon as the maritime delimitation treaty between Norway and Russia enters into force. The Government hopes to open these areas for petroleum activities, if
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08/06/2011
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In 1991 we closed a parenthesis rather than opened a new chapter. Because we returned to what should be the normal state between us: that of close cooperation and friendship”, Foreign Minister Støre said in his statement.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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08/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Estonia and Norway will cooperate on green industry innovation. A separate programme for this purpose is being established through the EEA and Norway Grants, with a budget of close to NOK 50 million.
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08/06/2011
Speech/statement
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
Keynote by State Secretary Inger-Anne Ravlum at Semantic Days 2011. The conference focuses on development, use and benefits of open data and Semantic Web technologies.
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Former State Secretary Inger-Anne Ravlum
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08/06/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has for the period 14 June 2011-30 November 2011 appointed Ms. Kjersti Stenseng (36), festival director, Lillehammer, as acting political adviser to Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt.
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07/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged the instruments of ratification of the Treaty on Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
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07/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Human trafficking is a serious problem in the Baltic Sea region. “It affects all the member states of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, is often linked with international crime, and must be combated in all its forms,” said Foreign Minister Jonas
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07/06/2011
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"Trafficking is a challenge for all our members and we must work hard to eradicate this flaw from our region. The CBSS is an organisation to help us forward”, Foreign Minister Støre said in his opening statement.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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07/06/2011
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Ministry of the Environment
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07/06/2011
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Ministry of the Environment
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06/06/2011
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“I welcome Ban Ki-moon’s announcement today that he will stand for re-election as United Nations Secretary-General. Ban Ki-moon has been and continues to be a close partner in areas that are of high priority for both Norway and the UN. We look
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06/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Israel’s use of violence against protesters attempting to cross the ceasefire line between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights is intolerable. The killing of unarmed protesters cannot be justified,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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06/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes because of climate-related natural disasters. We have a collective responsibility to address this challenge,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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06/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
“To utilise the full potential of the oceans and to meet the challenges facing us, we must gain greater knowledge of the ocean,” says Norway’s Minister for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.
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06/06/2011
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The EU Commission is lending its support to the JPI Oceans marine research programme initiated by Norway. This means that the EU Commission has now joined a total of 17 countries that wish to be part of this initiative to develop a joint platform
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06/06/2011
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Ministry of the Environment
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06/06/2011
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Ministry of the Environment