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Foreign Minister Petersen deeply shocked at new suicide bombing in Israel

. "Acts like this must not go unpunished. Everyone must do their best to see that the perpetrators are brought to justice for their crimes ..." (18.06.02)

Norway will not extend the restriction on oil production

Press release No.: 66/02 Date: 20.06.2002 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 22 24 61 09 Norway will not extend the restriction on oil production The Norwegian government has decided not to extend the restriction on oil production into the second half

New name for department at Prime Minister's Office

Press release No.: 117/2002 Date: 5 July 2002 New name for department at Prime Minister’s Office As of 5 July 2002 the Department for Economic Affairs at the Office of the Prime Minister will be named the Department for Domestic Affairs. The reason

Efficiency in Exploration and Licensing Policy

Press release No.: 79E/02 Date: 28.06.2002 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 22 24 61 09 Efficiency in Exploration and Licensing Policy - Norway has a potential for maintaining its oil production for another 50 years and its gas production for another

Workshop on Financing Sustainable Forest Management

Minister of International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes Workshop on Financing Sustainable Forest Management Oslo, 24 January 2001 Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues and friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this

Key Note Speach at the Norwegian Seminar on Energy and Information Technology

Dinner speech during visit to London

Minister of Cultural Affairs Dinner speech during visit to London London, 15 January 2001 Mr Ambassador. Mrs Ambassador. Dear friends. To visit London is always exiting, whatever background you may have. Particularly appealing, however, is it if you

Norway is fully behind the NATO decision, says Foreign Minister Jagland

Press release No.: 150/01 Date: 13 September 2001 Norway is fully behind the NATO decision, says Foreign Minister Jagland The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Thorbjørn Jagland, underlined in the Norwegian Parliament Thursday his government’s full and

IMF warns against excessive use of petroleum revenues

Press release No.: 116/2001 Date: 06.12.01 Contact: Anne-Sissel Skånvik, telephone +47 22 24 41 09 IMF warns against excessive use of petroleum revenues The mission team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today presents a preliminary

Norway`s waste policy

The possibilities and limitations of external bilateral assistance to conflict prevention and management

Making new technologies work for human development

Minister of International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes Making new technologies work for human development Official launching of UNDP’s Human Development Report 2001, Oslo, 10 July 2001 Ladies and gentlemen, Technology spurs development. The craft

Reduction of the oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf from 1 of may 1998

Press Release Date: 5 May 1998 Reduction of the oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf from 1 of may 1998 The Government decided by Royal Decree 3 April 1998 to reduce the oil production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by 3 per cent or

Statoil valuation

Press Release Date: 15. 07. 1998 Statoil valuation The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received the two annual valuations of Statoil. The valuations show an increase over last year. SBC (Swiss Bank Corporation) Warburg Dillon Read has estimated

The 1999 budget will be tight

Press Release No. 47/98 Date: 21 August 1998 The 1999 budget will be tight Norges Bank has today decided to increase its interest rates by 1.5 per cent. The monetary policy to be conducted by Norges Bank is aimed at maintaining a stable krone

North Sea Awards 1999

Press Release 12 November 1998 North Sea Awards 1999 Invitation to apply for petroleum production licences - Good resource management in the North Sea is one of the main reasons the Government today announces the invitation to apply for blocks in

16th Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Press Release 3 December 1998 16th Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf The Government has decided that production licenses will be awarded in a 16th Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the year 2000. There will be

Norwegian oil production regulations to continue

Press Release 4 December 1998 Norwegian oil production regulations to continue The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy aims at continuing the oil production regulation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The oil production has been reduced by

Authorisations to borrow in 1999

Pressemelding Nr.81/98 Dato20.11.1998 Authorisations to borrow in 1999 Today, the Ministry of Finance presents a proposition to the Storting (the parliament) concerning authorisations for domestic and international borrowing in 1999. The

Defence budget – 2000