Norwegian aid to 103 nations
The total includes aid distributed through non governmental organisations, the Peace Corps and Norfund. Last year, 114 of the world's 192 independent nations received aid from Norway. (Vaart Land)
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Altogether 103 nations around the world have received a total of NOK 27 billion in aid from Norway in 2010. This is equivalent to 1.09 per cent of Norway's Gross National Product (GNP).
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (photo) on Sunday opened Norway's first embassy in Myanmar (Burma). Her also had talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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South Sudan and Norway have entered into two new development cooperation agreements. (Photo: Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås)
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After more than seven years in the Faryab province, the Norwegian Armed Forces Tuesday marked the transfer of responsibility for security and for the base itself to the Afghan authorities.
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Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen (photo) on Thursday presented the National Budget for next year. Some highlights: Record budget for development aid, with focus on renewable energy and agriculture. (More updates)
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Norway has so far spent more than NOK 11 billion in support of President Hamid Karzai's regime in Afghanistan, according to a NTB survey made in cooperation with the Defence Department and Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Norway has been reimbursed NOK 24 million over the past three years, following exposure of corruption and fraud abroad with Norwegian funds allocated for foreign aid projetcs.
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The Norwegian government will provide NOK 40 million (USD 7 million) to UN efforts to combat female genital mutilation and violence against women in developing countries. (Photo: Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim) ..
A government-appointed commission proposes a number of measures to reduce the adverse effects of tax havens, pointing out that illicit financial flows hamper development in poor countries...
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has reacted strongly to plans by the Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs to cut humanitarian aid to Afghanistan by 50 per cent, in favour of more funds for major development projects.(Photo : NRC spokesperson Elisabeth Rasmussen)..
Norwegian corruption hunter Eva Joly has been appointed special adviser to Iceland's Minister of Justice. She will assist in the investigation into the possibility of economic crime in connection with the bank crisis in Iceland...
Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsenon Tuesday morning presented the proposed National Budget for 2009, which she says aims at supporting stable development of the Norwegian economy...
