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Nordic Baltic Crisis Simulation Exercise 2024
News story Date: 20/09/2024
To test the preparedness for a potential crisis situation, authorities from the Nordic-Baltic countries responsible for financial stability during this week conducted a financial crisis simulation exercise in the Nordic-Baltic region, involving three fictitious banks with cross-border activities.
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Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on the situation in the Middle East
News story Date: 20/09/2024
The Middle East is on the brink. I extend my heartfelt sympathy with civilians in Lebanon and across the region who now live in fear. I call on all parties to show maximum restraint. To revert to diplomacy. To de-escalate. To find political solutions.
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Strengthening Trade Cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia
Press release Date: 20/09/2024
EFTA and ASEAN are now strengthening their trade cooperation and have adopted a Joint Declaration on Economic Cooperation.
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New ambassadors from Brazil, the Netherlands and Ghana
News story Date: 19/09/2024
Three ambassadors presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 19 September 2024.
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Norwegian support to strengthen Moldova’s resilience
Press release Date: 18/09/2024
The Norwegian support to Moldova announced during the state visit of Moldovan President Maja Sandu to Norway in the spring has now been distributed. Approximately NOK 275 million of the total NOK 350 million in funding announced by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre during the state visit will be used in areas relating to energy and the environment, education, elections, and efforts to combat disinformation.
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Norway’s statement at the UN Emergency Special Session on The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on the Israeli occupation.
News story Date: 18/09/2024
The statement was delivered by Norway's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Merete Brattested on September 17, 2024.
Speeches and statements
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The Prime Minister's speech at the opening of Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub
Speech/statement Date: 19/09/2024
What we are seeing here is that Norway is not an oil nation. We are an energy nation. And we are building the new chapters on the shoulders of past experience, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said at the opening.
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The Prime Minister's speech at the reception in Beijing to celebrate 70 years of bilateral relations
Speech/statement Date: 09/09/2024
I appreciate that Norway and China can have ambitions for future cooperation. At the same time, we have a dialogue that can contain more difficult issues where we also may have different opinions. But that is what a partnership is all about, we can be honest and open, in a respectful manner, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Minister Tvinnereim’s address on Ukraine and food security
Speech/statement Date: 08/09/2024
Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim's address at a meeting on Ukraine and food security September 4, 2024. The meeting is part of the Peace Formula, a Ukrainian initiative that includes a ten-point plan for peace.
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The Prime Minister’s introduction to the press after meeting with NATO’s Secretary General
Speech/statement Date: 06/09/2024
– He is leaving a NATO that is stronger, more updated, and more ready to face the challenges and secure its members than when he started, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Opening address by the Prime Minister at the Cutting Edge AI seminar in Oslo
Speech/statement Date: 04/09/2024
– I ask myself, how can we use this new technology and how can we make it available? That's why we are speeding up the use of AI in the public sector in Norway, for instance in the health sector. We aim for 80% of the public sector to have adopted AI by the end of 2025, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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State Secretary Kravik’s remarks at Pacific Islands Leaders Forum
Speech/statement Date: 04/09/2024
State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik remarks at the Forum Leaders’ Dialogue with Forum Dialogue Partners at the 53rd Pacific Islands Leaders Forum.