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| Nigeria: Govt Imports N109 Billion Fish From Norway Annually |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:38pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Nigeria imports fish worth about N109.2 billion ($700 million) annually from Norway, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Kjell Lillerud has said. He said this yesterday in Abuja when he visited the Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom.Lillerud said that though he does not have the tonnage of fish that gets to Nigeria, there are three categories with stock fish taking the lead. |
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| WHO, Norway team up to establish health institute |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 07:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The World Health Organization and Norway have signed a $3.9 million agreement to establish a Palestinian national public health institute, officials said Thursday. The WHO will manage the two-year project, partnering with the Norwegian Institute for Public Health and the Palestinian Ministry of Health to develop the institute, the WHO said in a statement carried by the official Palestinian Authority news agency. |
| | | | Embassy of Norway to support project aimed at strengthening Kazakhstan's child protection system |
| [Norway] [31.01.2012, 10:57pm, Tue. GMT] |
Kazakhstan's Human Rights Commissioner Askar Shakirov, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway Dag M. Halvorsen and UNICEF Deputy Representative Radoslaw Rzehak agreed on implementation of a new joint project on strengthening child protection system in Kazakhstan. The Parties signed a joint Statement of Intent in confirmation of their partnership.
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| | | | Norway offers support in rule of law, energy, economy to Montenegro |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2012, 11:03am, Wed. GMT] |
| The Government of the Kingdom of Norway will provide significant financial support to projects in the areas of rule of law, energy and economy in Montenegro in 2012, Ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg told Montenegro Justice Minister Duško Marković at their meeting yesterday afternoon in Podgorica. The Government of the Kingdom of Norway will provide significant financial support to projects in the areas of rule of law, energy and economy in Montenegro in 2012, Ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg told Justice Minister Duško Marković at their meeting yesterday afternoon in Podgorica. |
| | | | Norway offers IMF €7 billion to help euro zone |
| [Norwaynews] [21.12.2011, 04:53pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Norway has offered the IMF about €7 billion to help bolster the European economy, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said. Norway has offered the International Monetary Fund about €7 billion to help bolster the European economy, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said. "Norway today offered the International Monetary Fund a loan of 55 billion kroner to help stabilise the European economy," Stoltenberg said. |
| | | | Norway extends grant assistance for Nepal Peace Trust Fund |
| [Norwaynews] [07.12.2011, 03:01pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Norway has agreed to provide an additional grant assistance of Rs. 272 million (NOK 20 million) to Nepal as a contribution to support activities of Nepal Peace Trust Fund (NPTF). The memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between Lal Shanker Ghimire, joint secretary at Ministry of Finance (MoF), and Alf Arne Ramslien, Ambassador of Norway to Nepal on behalf of their respective institutions here in the capital on Wednesday. |
| | | | Norway crown prince, UNDP chief visiting Nepal |
| [Norwaynews] [17.11.2011, 07:09am, Thu. GMT] |
| Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Chair of the UN Development Group Helen Clark and Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus are coming to Nepal Monday for a four-day official visit. Crown Prince Haakon is visiting Nepal in his capacity as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Clark is visiting Nepal as the first global head of UNDP. |
| | | | Emergency relief to Turkey earthquake victims |
| [Norwaynews] [29.10.2011, 09:13pm, Sat. GMT] |
| The Government is working with the Norwegian Red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, by providing winter tents, blankets and other emergency relief. Norway is also providing funds for buying food, medicines and other emergency relief supplies that will help 50 000 people in need. |
| | | | Norway Funds Development of Bulgarian Mountain Regions |
| [Norwaynews] [16.10.2011, 04:33pm, Sun. GMT] |
| A team of Bulgarian scientists and researchers is working on a project for the development of the mountain regions in the country through new policies. The project is financed by Norwegian grants under the European Economic Area financial mechanism/ Norwegian financial mechanism. |
| | | | New report on policy coherence for development |
| [Norway] [06.10.2011, 04:38pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim presented the first report on effects of the Norwegian Government’s policies on development in poor countries. |
| | | | Discourse: Indonesia may use Norwegian funds for oil palm plantation |
| [Norway] [27.09.2011, 09:01am, Tue. GMT] |
| Indonesia has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to seal US$1 billion fund assistance from Norway to conserve its rain forests under REDD+ projects. In spite of many delays, the government has completed some preconditions for the fund disbursement. The Jakarta Post’s Adisti Sukma Sawitri talked to Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim, on the progress over the past year. Here are the excerpts: |
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| Norway to increase bilateral loan to IMF |
| [Norwaynews] [02.02.2012, 11:34am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway has offered to lend more money to the IMF, in addition to the earlier offer of up to NOK 55 billion (equivalent to 7 billion Euros), as a bilateral loan, Dagens Næringsliv reports. In this way Norway wants to contribute to stabilising the European and international economy. |
| | | | Norway praises Tanzania stance on climate issues |
| [Norwaynews] [30.01.2012, 10:59am, Mon. GMT] |
Norway has commended the progress made by Tanzania and a decision by the government to integrate climate change and environment issues in its development plan. Norway, a chief investor in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania, said through its ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Ingunn Klepsivik, that it has been impressed by the work done by the national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) programme.
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| | | | Norway helps Vietnam reduce disaster risks |
| [Norwaynews] [28.12.2011, 05:08pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Norway is helping Vietnam to prevent and reduce risks caused by disasters in its central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen by equipping local residents with the knowledge, skills and facilities for disaster response. The support is being provided through the project “Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction,” sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Norwegian Red Cross, and the Vietnam Red Cross, according to a press release issued by the Norwegian Red Cross. |
| | | | Norway gives Zambia K79 billion in 2011 |
| [Norwaynews] [17.12.2011, 05:12pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway has this year contributed about K79 billion in direct support to Zambia for poverty reduction. Norwegian ambassador to Zambia Arve Ofstad said the support is meant to enhance Government’s efforts in providing public service, employment creation and poverty reduction. Mr Ofstad said this in a statement released in Lusaka yesterday. “Norway welcomes the government’s strong stance on anti-corruption, expansion of social services and poverty reduction, and appreciates the increased allocation in the 2012 budget to strengthen these efforts,” Mr Ofstad said. |
| | | | Norway, Indonesia $1 Billion Forest Pact Broken, Group Says |
| [Norwaynews] [01.12.2011, 05:11pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway and Indonesia’s $1 billion deal to halt the destruction of peatland and forests for two years in Aceh, a province of the Southeast Asian country, has been broken, according to the Ecosystems Climate Alliance. Aceh’s governor Irwandi Yusuf has agreed to let a palm oil company called PT Kallista Alam convert protected peat swamp forest into plantations, the alliance said today in an e-mail. |
| | | | Mismanagement of foreign aid funds |
| [Norwaynews] [07.11.2011, 06:48pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Norwegian foreign aid funds worth nearly NOK 30 million never reached their intended projects due to corruption, according to a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry has looked into 253 reported cases, and found mismanagement in 37 of them. Of these, 12 have been reported to the police. 12 of the 37 cases were discovered in projects in Africa. |
| | | | Norway cancels debt for DR Congo |
| [Norwaynews] [22.10.2011, 09:31am, Sat. GMT] |
The Norwegian Government has agreed to cancel the Democratic Republic of Congo’s remaining debt of NOK 143 million (USD 24 million) to Norway, in follow-up to international agreement on debt cancellation. |
| | | | NOK 360 Million to Environmental Cooperation with Hungary |
| [Norwaynews] [14.10.2011, 04:20pm, Fri. GMT] |
| The Norwegian business sector is being invited to take part in the Norwegian-Hungarian cooperation on green innovation. A separate environmental innovation programme is being set up under the EEA and Norway Grants, with a framework of NOK 160 million (Approx. US$ 28.3 M). |
| | | | UNDP and Norway Support Gender Equality, Women Promotion |
| [Norwaynews] [30.09.2011, 09:56am, Fri. GMT] |
| The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Norwegian government will support gender equality and women promotion in Angola through the financial agreement signed on Wednesday, in Luanda. According to a press release that reached ANGOP, on Thursday, the programme "Promoting the promotion of Angolan women" will fund Angolan women's networks to implement activities in the area of gender. |
| | | | Norwegian aid to Pakistani flood victims, US Suspends $800 Millions |
| [Norwaynews] [19.09.2011, 11:05am, Mon. GMT] |
Norway is one of the largest European investors in Pakistan’s economy has allocated NOK 30 million in emergency aid to support victims of the latest flooding in Pakistan. Development Minister Erik Solheim points out to norwegian media that this is the second flood disaster to hit Pakistan in as many years. He says the money will be used to secure clean water, tents, food and other basic needs.
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