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The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has recently shared Norwegian views on the Commission's consultations on the renewable directive and the energy efficiency directives:

Why demolish the Y-Block?

When the government decided on the main concept for the new Government Building Complex in 2014, they also decided that the High-Rise Block would be preserved, but that the Y-Block would be demolished. The decision that the Y-Block must be

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The rules-based international order is crucial to seek solutions to common challenges.  Multilateral institutions like the UN have played a key role in developing the rules-based international system of cooperation between states. A key goal for

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The Ministry of Energy administers the state's ownership of the companies Gassco, Statnett and Gassnova.

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The Ministry of Energy has the overall responsibility for managing the power supply in Norway.

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Meld. St. 23 (2015–2016) - The Management of the Government Pension Fund in 2015

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Increased labour immigration has led to problems with social dumping in some industries. Social dumping is deemed to be present both if foreign employees are subject to breaches of health, safety and working environment regulations and if they are

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The Prime Minister's political staff

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NAWSARH

The Norwegian All Weather Search And Rescue Helicopter Project.

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Regulation No 139 of 18 February 2015 on voluntary labelling of foods with the Keyhole

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The Arctic Council

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The National Budget 2021

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Advisory Commission on International Law

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