Norway PM appoints Haga as energy minister
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Norway&#39;s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg  has appointed Aaslaug Haga as the country&#39;s new Petroleum and  Energy Minister, his office said on Friday.
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Sunday's violent storm proved that Latvia is not properly prepared for an energy crisis, Economy Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Era) says in an interview in the newspaper "Diena". The minister stresses that the ...
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STOCKHOLM  - The Swedish government on Thursday approved plans to build a natural gas pipeline from Germany to Sweden, government officials said.
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Mongolia's parliament appoints a new prime minister, after months of deadlock brought on by disputed elections.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has named Rafael Isea as his new finance minister, the government said on Friday, part of a major cabinet reshuffling following a painful defeat in a referendum in December.
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Serbia and Montenegro appoints a new head of its armed forces, in a move seen as a bid to move closer to joining NATO.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had named former housing minister Ramon Carrizales as his new vice president, the first change in his cabinet announced since a stinging poll defeat last month.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak took over as defense minister on Tuesday, an appointment that restored the job to a man with solid defense credentials at a time of heightened security concerns on Israel's southern and northern borders.
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The government decided on Thursday to form a panel of ministers to help resolve a deadlock over the mothballed &#36;2.9 billion Dabhol power plant, which was set up by bankrupt U.S. energy trader Enron Corp.
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BEIRUT -- Lebanon's president appointed staunchly pro-Syrian politician Omar Karami as prime minister yesterday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria's hold on Lebanese politics.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday appointed new ministers of interior and justice and information, a cabinet reshuffle after his victory in a recall referendum.
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Central figure needed to coordinate policy A parliamentary committee has recommended that the government appoint a minister specifically to deal with climate change, after its review of government policy revealed that departments are not coordinating properly to deal with the issue.â¦
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Guinea's ruler appointed a new prime minister, state-run radio said Friday, in a move apparently aimed at appeasing union leaders who led a crippling two-week strike.
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Norway resumed direct aid to the Palestinian administration with a $10 million transfer, after it became the first Western country to recognize the new Hamas-led coalition, the foreign minister said Thursday.
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Norwegian oil company Statoil said Friday it had set up the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Europe in the Barents Sea.
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Kosovo lawmakers named former rebel commander Ramush Haradinaj as prime minister of the new government Friday, ignoring concern that a U.N. war crimes tribunal might be moving to indict him.
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OSLO, Aug 18 (IPS) - Norway is using its oil expertise to help similarly  oil-rich, yet often poor and corrupt states that want to pass on  more of their vast revenues to their citizens.