Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented his new Government Tuesday morning. The biggest surprise is that veteran ministers Sigbjoern Johnsen and Grete Faremo have been recalled. Ten of the 20 ministers are women.
The new government ministers: (Coalition Partnres: AP - Labour, SP - Centre Party, SV - Socialist Left)
Ministers leaving the Government:
Minister of Health and Care Services Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, Minister of Trade and Industry Sylvia Brustad, Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys and Minister of Education Bård Vegar Solhjell have been honourably discharged from their posts.
Administrative changes of departments will be made effective January 1st.
(NRK)
Rolleiv Solholm
The UN has requested that Norwegian police officers help with a future peacekeeping project in Syria.
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The Sofie Prize 2013 is awarded to US journalist Bill McKibben for building a social movement, fighting to preserve a sustainable planet.
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The Progress Party (FrP) held their National Congress this weekend, and discussed the party's main positions before this fall's election. They want to redefine "the Norwegian model". ..
The Norwegian-Russian Commission for Nuclear Security will meet in Kirkenes, Norway on Tuesday to discuss nuclear security in the North, the Department of Foreign Affairs has announced.
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