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25/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to make more exceptions to its travel advice against non-essential travel to all countries. From 15 July, the global travel advice will no longer apply to certain EEA/Schengen countries.
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25/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Government is amending its COVID-19-related entry restrictions in a way that will allow the admission of foreign nationals who have a residence permit for work and foreign students travelling to Norway to study.
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23/06/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, The King has made changes in the list of state secretaries.
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23/06/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Political adviser Peder Weidemann Egseth has been appointed state secretary to Prime Minister Erna Solberg, as of 1 July 2020.
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22/06/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Two new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 22 June 2020.
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20/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norge gir 15 millioner kroner til FNs oppstartsfond for arbeid med migrasjon, Migration MPTF. Bidraget skal brukes til å beskytte sårbare migranter og bekjempe irregulær migrasjon.
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19/06/2020
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“It is the responsibility of the international community to respond to the needs that the society has not been able to support, and it is their moral responsibility to find solutions - political and financial - to treat the consequences of this
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide
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19/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces this year’s licensing round in mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf - Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020.
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18/06/2020
News story
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
On Tuesday, Chinese experts on disease control said that they have no evidence that salmon was the original source or an intermediate host of the recently discovered cases of Covid-19 infections in Beijing.
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18/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today appointed the Norwegian diplomat Leni Stenseth to serve as Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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18/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement of 1 percent for banks.
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17/06/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Today, Norway was elected as a member of the UN Security
Council for the period 2021-2022. ‘We would like to thank the UN member states for
the confidence they have shown in us.
The world needs more international cooperation to promote peace and
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15/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The scale of violent conflicts the world is facing today requires a concerted international effort. The Norwegian Government has decided to provide 500 million NOK (approximately 52 million USD) for the next strategic phase of the UN Peacebuilding
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Women, peace and security
15/06/2020
Report
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This report gives a picture of Norway’s efforts to improve on expectations to integrate women’s rights, include women and civil society, and ensure the support of the people who will have to implement the peace.
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15/06/2020
Article
Ministry of Finance
Today, the Committee mandated to review the ethical guidelines for Norway’s sovereign wealth fund publishes its proposals for amendments to the Guidelines for observation and exclusion from the Government Pension Fund Global and to the Management
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12/06/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Government will open Norway’s borders for leisure travel to and from the other Nordic countries from 15 June, but will maintain quarantine rules and restrictions on entry for people arriving from regions where the level of infection is
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12/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, the Government presented the annual white paper on exports of defence-related products. In 2019, Norwegian companies exported arms and military equipment worth around NOK 4.4 billion, as compared with NOK 4.8 billion in 2018. The total value
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12/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is strongly committed to the effort to develop a vaccine against Covid-19. It is now clear that Norway will take part in two international initiatives to secure access to a vaccine for Norwegians and for people in low- and middle-income
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12/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today, by royal decree, the areas "Utsira Nord" and "Sørlige Nordsjø II" are opened for offshore renewables, including offshore wind power. This means it will be possible to submit license applications for offshore wind power projects.
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09/06/2020
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State Secretary Marianne Hagen's videobrief concerning the African-Nordic Initiative at the UN: the status of the initiative in light of Covid-19 and possible ways forward.
By
Former State Secretary Marianne Hagen
Oslo, 9 June