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05/10/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government will allocate NOK 27.1 billion (USD 4.6 billion) to the fight against poverty in 2011. Increased efforts to promote clean energy and support adaptation to climate change will put a stronger focus on climate change.
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05/10/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The Government is giving priority to important projects in the High North. And we are providing the funding to deliver on our promises,” commented Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
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05/10/2010
Article
Ministry of Finance
Elroy Dimson is Emeritus Professor of Finance at London Business School. His area of expertise is long run stock market performance, asset allocation and investment strategy. Professor Dimson has taught Endowment Asset Management at London Business
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04/10/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"After more than a decade of stalemate in the field of disarmament, recent developments give a glimmer of hope for the decade that we have just entered", State Secretary Espen Barth Eide said in his speech in New York on 4 October 2010.
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Former State Secretary Espen Barth Eide
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01/10/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and Greece have agreed on the allocation of the EEA and Norway Grants for the period 2009-2014. The asylum area is a priority sector, and will receive NOK 152 million over the five-year period.
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01/10/2010
News story
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is responsible for areas of expertise that include local government administration and the implementation of elections, regional and district policy and housing and building policy
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01/10/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Defence
- The financial crisis [...] will affect the assumptions on which NATO’s new Strategic Concept is being based, says Minister of Defence Grete Faremo.
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Former Minister of Defence Grete Faremo
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01/10/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today the Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen opened the Administration Complex of Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). TCM is the the world’s largest facility for testing and improving CO2 capture technologies.
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30/09/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Professor Hans Petter Graver has been appointed head of the new Norwegian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented, “I am delighted that four such competent people have
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30/09/2010
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The third annual Trygve Lie Symposium on Fundamental Freedoms will be chaired by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre at the International Peace Institute in New York on 24 September 2010. This year’s symposium will focus on the UN
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30/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Smith expressed Norway's support for the efforts of UN Special Representative. She called for more robust leadership in Afghanistan, the importance of an inclusive political process including women's participation in the peace process and
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Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith
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Administrative staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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30/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
An important shift has taken place in the debate on nuclear disarmament in recent years, writes Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in an article in Disarmament Times.
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
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30/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"The relationship between poverty and war has three main dimensions. They have to do with legitimacy, with recruitment and with the weakness of the state. Today there are no longer any wars between developed states", Minister of the Environment and
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Former Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
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29/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway's statement in the General Debate was presented by Norway's Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith. Among the issues raised in the statement were Norway's commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, in
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Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith
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29/09/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The peace talks between Israel and the PLO have entered a critical phase now that Israel has decided not to extend its partial moratorium on the construction of settlements in the West Bank. “I urge Israel and the Palestinians to do their utmost to
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29/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Defence
Speech by defence minister Grete Faremo at the Heads of Station meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 24 August 2010.
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Former Minister of Defence Grete Faremo
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28/09/2010
News story
Ministry of Justice and the Police
The NAWSARH project has the pleasure to invite the potential helicopter market, including the potential equipment manufacturers, integrators and support organizations, to the third Industry Day at the project office in Stavanger the 19th - 20th (
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27/09/2010
Press release
Ministry of Justice and the Police
”The government is committed to putting in place a faster and more effective rescue helicopter service that is capable of assisting as many people in a difficult situation as possible.” says Terje Moland Pedersen, State Secretary. Today, a decision
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27/09/2010
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In his opening address State Secretary Espen Barth Eide said: ”As the TFGs present transitional period has entered its final year, the situation in Mogadishu and large parts of the country is alarming. We are deeply concerned with both the security
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Former State Secretary Espen Barth Eide