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15.04.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
Press release No.: 62/05 Date: 15.04.2005 White paper on opportunities and challenges in the northern areas. Nuclear safety co-operation The white paper Opportunities and Challenges in the North (Report No. 30 (2004-2005) to the Storting) was
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22.04.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
The Norwegian authorities have been
informed that the European Commission will introduce a provisional
anti-dumping duty on salmon imports from 27 April. (22.04)
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03.06.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
The Government submitted a
Proposition to the Storting the 3 June requesting its consent to
accept the EU Regulation on the establishment of a Border Control
Agency under the Schengen Agreement. At the same time the
Government requested the
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03.06.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
Eighty-one children from Beslan,
accompanied by 20 adults, are visting Norway. A varied programme
has been arranged, including day trips in the vicinity and by boat,
games and sports as well as the opportunity to meet Norwegian
school children.
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24.06.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
The Norwegian Government decided 23
June to start plans to establish a global safety depository in
Svalbard. The seed depository will be the only one of its kind in
the world. (24.06)
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03.02.2005
Pressemelding
Statsministerens kontor
Press release No.: 24/2005 Date: 3 February 2005 Prime Minister Bondevik sends condolences to Georgia Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway today sent the following letter to President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia: “Dear Mr President, On
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04.02.2005
Pressemelding
Statsministerens kontor
Press release No.: 25/2005 Date: 4. February 2005 New state secretary In today’s Session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Leiv Lunde (43), senior advisor, Oslo, as state secretary to Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson in the Ministry of
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25.08.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
Supreme Court Judge Ole Bjørn Støle
was elected 25. August by the UN General Assembly as an
ad litem judge to the UN International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia. (26.08)
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03.10.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
165 Norwegians are travelling to
Thailand the 3
rd> October to take part in a programme of
commemoration for those they lost in the tsunami. Health Minister
Ansgar Gabrielsen will be representing the government at the
official memorial ceremony
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16.09.2005
Pressemelding
Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet
The Government is initiating field
studies concerning the wreck of the submarine
U-864, which was sunk off Fedje in Hordaland County in
1945. The purpose of the studies is to determine the best way to
eliminate any future risk of pollution from
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31.05.2005
Pressemelding
Arbeids- og sosialdepartementet
Today the Tariff Board has
published on the internet a draft regulation on general application
of two wage agreements in the building industry in the Oslo Fjord
Region (31.05.05).
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06.06.2005
Pressemelding
Finansdepartementet
The Ministry of Finance has
excluded Kerr-McGee Corporation from the Petroleum Fund’s
investment universe under the new ethical guidelines. - The
decision to exclude the company is based on a recommendation from
the Advisory Council on Ethics
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13.06.2005
Pressemelding
Finansdepartementet
In its report on Norway, IMF
commends Norway’s strong fiscal and monetary framework and the
success in avoiding any adverse effects of the oil wealth. IMF
welcomes the economic recovery that has taken hold since 2004.
(13.06.05)
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22.02.2005
Pressemelding
Statsministerens kontor
Press release No.: 42/2005 Date: 22 February 2005 Change of political advisor in Ministry of Social Affairs The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Eva-Charlotte Stenset (27), journalist, Oslo, as political advisor to Mr. Dagfinn
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30.03.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
The Norwegian health authorities
are regularly assessing the situation with regard to the outbreak
of Marburg virus disease in Uige province in Angola, and what
precautions should be taken by those travelling to the area.
(30.03)
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07.10.2005
Pressemelding
Finansdepartementet
Today, the Ministry of Finance
proposes a new law concerning mandatory occupational pension. - The
proposal is an important element towards safe pensions for all, and
will ensure old age pension rights in addition to pension rights
from the
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26.08.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
On the basis of the current
situation in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises
Norwegian nationals to exercise caution while they are staying in
the country. (29.08)
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13.05.2005
Pressemelding
Olje- og energidepartementet
In the Revised National Budget for
2005 the price for Norwegian crude oil for 2005 is 300 Norwegian
kroner (NOK) per barrel. For 2006 the price assumption is NOK 280
per barrel. Compared to the National Budget 2005 this is an upward
adjustment
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31.01.2005
Pressemelding
Utenriksdepartementet
The objective of support for free
and independent media is to support efforts to achieve greater
transparency, democracy and good governance, including the fight
against corruption. (31.01)
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14.10.2005
Pressemelding
Finansdepartementet
The Government has today submitted
a separate legislative proposition on the establishment of the
Government Pension Fund. The Pension Fund will help to make clear
that the Government accumulate assets to finance future pension
payments under