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The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient. Read more

Norwegian Foreign Minister Støre visited Afghanistan 4 -5 March. “The visit was part of my ongoing contact with the Afghan authorities and Norwegian civilian and military personnel in Afghanistan,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has become member of the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. The group was recently appointed by the UN Secretary-General, to mobilise the financing promised for efforts against climate change during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December. Read more

Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

The Government has today decided that Norway will join the EU’s External Borders Fund. The purpose of the fund is to ensure uniform and adequate control of the external borders of the Schengen area and efficient management of migration flows. Read more

Norwegians like to think they are born with skis on their feet. But will their country’s illustrious history of polar expeditions and skiing innovations actually help Norwegian skiers to compete against the crème-de-la-crème at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? And will Norway be rewarded once again for fair play? Read more

Norwegian aid to the earthquake victims in Haiti is to be increased to NOK 100 million (USD 17.5 millon). Read more

The next seminar in the process towards a new Strategic Concept for NATO will take place in Oslo 14 January 2010. The Oslo-seminar is organised jointly by Germany, Romania, Spain and Norway and will be devoted to NATO’s partnerships. Read more

In April this year, at a conference on melting ice in Tromsø, Norway, former US Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre requested an international panel of internationally renowned scientists to produce a report on the status of the ice and snow covered regions of the world. Read more

On 14 September, the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and Centre Party received the majority of votes in the national election, giving them a mandate to govern for another four-year period. “We will focus on securing jobs, renewing and improving the welfare society, and playing an active role in climate issues,” says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more

• The Norwegian Initiative [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Landmark treaty to ban cluster munition signed in Oslo
• The Ban Bus made a stop in Slovakia

• The EEA [basis removed, have subcontent]
• OSCE [basis removed, have subcontent]
• The Council of Europe [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Nordic Council
• Slovakia, Norway and the EEA Grants
• EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanisms
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• Norway Hosts PeaceNorway Hosts Peace Mediator Conference
• Norway Most Peaceful in the World
• Rafto Prize awarded to Vietnamese human rights defender

• High North cooperation [basis removed, have subcontent]

• Parental Benefits [basis removed, have subcontent]

• Women in Politics [basis removed, have subcontent]
• The Government will combat all forms of discrimination
• Norway increases focus on women´s rights in development cooperation
• Norway to promote women´s rights in developing countries
• New Gender in Norway website

• Children's Rights [basis removed, have subcontent]

• New iniciative against malaria
• Støre: Monologue takes us nowhere
• Norwegian Chairmanship of the Holocaust Task Force
• Norway and the UN [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Rafto Prize for Human Rights 2007
• Norway takes the initiative for an international ban on cluster munitions
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• Carbon capture and storage - a part of the solution
• International Cooperation [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Polar Regions [basis removed, have subcontent]
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• Norway steps up its response to climate change
• Boosting support for efforts to combat deforestation
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• The WTO [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Marine Resources [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Oil and Gas [basis removed, have subcontent]
• Norway recruits women to company boards