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  Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
Norway was one of the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations, providing its first secretary general – Trygve Lie.
Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Norway   (1923 words)

  
 Foreign relations of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norway pursues an active foreign policy based on cooperation on several fronts, including membership in NATO, active involvement in the work of the United Nations, close regional cooperation through the Nordic Council, and its membership in the European Economic Area.
Norway's ministry of foreign affairs was established on the same day that Norway declared its independence from Sweden, June 7, 1905.
The late foreign minister Johan Jørgen Holst was instrumental in forging the Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Norway   (879 words)

  
 History of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norway was relegated to a virtual provincial status from 1356 until 1814; this period was called "the 400-year-night" by Ibsen during the national romantic period as Norwegian national awareness was rediscovered in the 19th century.
Norway's power was weakened during this period by the loss of a large part of the population during the Black Death pandemic of 1349-1351.
In 1814 Denmark-Norway was defeated in the Napoleonic wars and the king was forced to cede Norway to the king of Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel (January 14).
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/History_of_Norway   (2299 words)

  
 Norway - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Under threat of war, Norway was forced into a personal union with Sweden, but kept her liberal constitution and independent institutions, except for the foreign service.
Norway was a nonbelligerent during World War I, a neutrality she was able to maintain mainly due to the modern state and size of her naval fleet.
Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations, holding its first secretary general – Trygve Lie.
open-encyclopedia.com /Norway   (1706 words)

  
 Norway Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
However, Norway declared her independence, adopted a constitution based on American and French models and elected the Danish prince Christian Fredrik as king on 17 May 1814.
Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic Ocean: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west, and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and at the end of the second quarter of 2005 was valued at 181.5 billion US dollars.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Norway   (2570 words)

  
 Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norway was a nonbelligerent during World War I, but as a result of the German invasion and occupation during World War II, Norwegians generally became skeptical of the concept of neutrality and turned instead to collective security.
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 434 municipalities (kommuner).
Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
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 NORWAY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian_Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
Norway was one of the signatories of the North_Atlantic_Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United_Nations, providing its first secretary general – Trygve_Lie.
Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic_Ocean: the North_Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian_Sea to the west, and the Barents_Sea to the northeast.
www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Norway   (2272 words)

  
 Norway - Gurupedia
Svalbard and Jan Mayen are under Norwegian sovereignty and are considered by Norway as part of the kingdom, while Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are Norwegian dependencies and not considered part of the kingdom.
Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the
Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and is (as of 26 November 2003) valued at 114 billion US dollar.
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 Background Note: Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norway is in the top rank of nations in the number of books printed per capita, even though Norwegian is one of the world's smallest language groups.
Norway's emergence as a major oil and gas producer in the mid- 1970s transformed the economy.
Norway and the other European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members are in the process of concluding an economic cooperation agreement with the EC under the framework of the European Economic Area (EEA).
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/eur/norway9208.html   (2085 words)

  
 Norway (10/05)
Norway is one of the world's richest countries in per capita terms.
Norway is currently enjoying large foreign trade surpluses thanks to high oil prices.
Norway is not a member of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union and does not have a fixed exchange rate.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3421.htm   (2489 words)

  
 Norway, the EEA and Neo-liberal globalism
For its part, Norway's being party to the agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) can be presented either as an arrangement necessary to retain or as an emasculation of national sovereignty (Andersen 2000).
Although, Norway is an arctic country with a small proportion of arable land, its farmers have been important political actors.
Because Norway's relation to the EU is highly asymmetrical and because the EU is undergoing rapid and dramatic changes, it is not enough to understand the formal arrangement between the two entities A more enlightening approach comes from examining the relationship as a process of
www.arena.uio.no /publications/wp02_29.htm   (6523 words)

  
 Norway (10/03)
Norway maintains an embassy in the United States at 2720 - 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008, tel.202-333-6000 and consulates in Houston, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco.
Norway has established a state Petroleum Fund which reached $110 billion as of June 2003.
Norway is the world's third-largest oil exporter and provides much of western Europe's crude oil and gas requirements.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/n/34506.htm   (1792 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norway's emergence as a major oil and gas producer in the mid-1970s transformed the economy.
FOREIGN RELATIONS Norway supports international cooperation and the peaceful settlement of disputes, recognizing the need for maintaining a strong national defense through collective security.
DEFENSE Norway has a draft system in which all able-bodied males are subject to military service.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/backgroundnotes/norway.txt   (2159 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Lithuania - Mass Media - Foreign Relations | Lithuanian Information Resource
Lithuania's sole foreign policy concern in 1990 was to gain international recognition of the restored Lithuanian state.
Although diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1991, Russia did not send an ambassador to Lithuania until 1992, and Lithuania reciprocated only in March 1993.
Relations between Vilnius and Moscow were often unsettled by press reports of violations of Lithuanian airspace throughout the first half of the 1990s.
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 Terrorism: Q & A | Foreign Aid
Foreign aid has been unpopular in recent years, but experts say the global campaign against terrorism has reinforced the view among U.S. politicians and the public that economic and military aid to other countries is both a moral obligation and a useful foreign policy tool.
After steady cutbacks in the 1990s, the United States is pledging to increase humanitarian and development aid abroad, as well as stepping up economic and military support to new strategic partners in the war on terrorism.
According to the poll’s findings, the typical American would like to spend $1 on foreign aid for every $3 spent on defense; the real ratio in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 is $1 on aid for every $19 spent on defense.
www.terrorismanswers.org /policy/foreignaid.html   (565 words)

  
 Norway
This article deals with the country of Norway.
It is also known as the Land of the Midnight Sun because of its northern location, as part of Norway lies above the Arctic Circle, where in summer the sun doesn't set, and in winter many of its valleys remain dark for long periods.
However, Norway, together with Iceland and Lichtenstein, participate in the EU's single market via the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement.
www.fastload.org /no/Norway.html   (1070 words)

  
 Norway
Flag of Norway is red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the
Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949
Norway's electricity, and all of the gas and most of the oil produced is
www.vznow.com /notes/norway.htm   (1953 words)

  
 Articles - Foreign relations of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Its first major independent foreign policy action was to conclude an agreement in 1944 with New Zealand dealing with the security, welfare, and advancement of the people of the independent territories of the Pacific (the ANZAC pact).
Australia has devoted particular attention to relations between developed and developing nations, with emphasis on the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)--Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei--and the island states of the South Pacific.
Australia has official relations with a number of countries, with these countries it maintains an embassy or in the case of Commonwealth countries, a high commission.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Foreign_relations_of_Australia   (2699 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Eritrea - Foreign Relations
It has had close relations with the United States, Italy, and several other European nations, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands, which have become important aid donors.
Relations with these countries became strained as a result of the 2001 government crackdown against political dissidents and others, the closure of the independent press, and by the expulsion of the Italian Ambassador to Eritrea.
Relations with Sudan also were colored by occasional incidents involving the extremist group, Eritrean Islamic Jihad (EIJ)--which the Eritrean Government believes is supported by the National Islamic Front government in Khartoum--and by continued Eritrean support for the Sudanese opposition coalition, the National Democratic Alliance.
www.geographyiq.com /countries/er/Eritrea_relations_summary.htm   (283 words)

  
 The world's top norway websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After Denmark-Norway sided with Napoleon, Norway was ceded to the king of Sweden in 1814.
Norway adopted its own constitution, declared its independence, and elected its own king 17 May 1814.
Norway was a nonbelligerent during World War I, but was invaded by German forces in 1940 (Operation Weserübung).
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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre deplores Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s statement
Norway can only thrive internationally through close cooperation and partnerships, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his speech at London School of Economics.
The UN has since the organisation was established been a cornerstone of Norwegian foreign policy.
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 Florence Jaffray Hurst Harriman Papers (Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Correspondence, writings, news clippings, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Harriman's activities as U.S. minister to Norway and her political activities on behalf of the Democratic party, world peace organizations, and District of Columbia voting rights.
She was a member of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 1913-1916, and chairman of the U.S. National Defense Advisory Commission's Committee on Women in Industry, 1917-1919.
The correspondence is primarily professional and pertains to Harriman's political activities and involvement in social reform movements as well as her service as minister to Norway.
www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/harrimnf.html   (777 words)

  
 Norway - Foreign Relations
Nine research institutions are involved: CMI, Cicero, The Europa programme, Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Fritjof Nansen Institute, Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Program for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society and Centre for Development and the Environment.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (English version) - see also the statement of the Foreign Minister to the Storting Feb.26, 2002, regarding Norway's foreign policy objectives.
DRAMMENSVEIEN 18, 0244 OSLO, NORWAY - switchboard (47) 22 44 85 50
www.usa.no /norway/forrelations.html   (323 words)

  
 Bhutan - Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thereafter Bhutan's foreign relations until the early 1970s were under the guidance of India, with which Bhutan had had official diplomatic relations from 1949.
Informal contact was maintained, however, between the embassies of Bhutan and the United States in New Delhi, and Bhutan's permanent mission at the United Nations in New York had consular jurisdiction in the United States.
It has been speculated that Bhutan, in light of India's close relations with the Soviet Union, had elected to keep equidistant from both superpowers.
countrystudies.us /bhutan/49.htm   (440 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Kenneth Christie on Between Principle and Practice: Human Rights in ...
Comparing and contrasting different case studies, the author deals with the diplomatic manouevering of three "middle powers" (Canada, the Netherlands and Norway) from the mid-1980s through he early 1990s, a time of great global change with apparent paradigm shifts in the construction of human rights policy.
First, he discusses various theories that surround human rights and foreign policy (such as realism) and makes an effort to construct an index measuring human rights performance.
It is not the case that the actions of these states do not reflect a domestic political culture of humane internationalism that is the issue, but the fact that North-South policies remain mainly driven by commercial self-interest.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=12710884375169   (713 words)

  
 NEWSDAY - Front for Apartheid
The article is a limited hangout that doesn't mention the South African Institute of International Affairs, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, or the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jesse Helms, now chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, served as chairman of the editorial advisory board for the foundation's publications.
Several key figures involved in the IFF and contacted by Newsday denied any knowledge that the foundation was a front for the political agenda of a foreign government.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/2807/lhiff.html   (3207 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Norway's relations with the People's Republic of China in a bipolar world, 1949-1971
Find in a Library: Norway's relations with the People's Republic of China in a bipolar world, 1949-1971
Norway's relations with the People's Republic of China in a bipolar world, 1949-1971
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