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Annual Report 2023

Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global

over the majority of the country’s regional newspapers, in addition to a large number of local media companies and online portals. Numerous key actors have pointed out that the state’s ownership of Orlen potentially exposes Polska Press to the exercise

Diplomat in Norway

This guide provides information to diplomats and their families on how the various privileges and immunities under the Vienna Conventions are implemented in Norway, and to offer other information.

Labour immigration

Immigrant workers bring essential expertise to the Norwegian labour market and help meet the demand for labour in several sectors. They work within various professions.  Some migrant workers move to Norway to live here while others only stay for a

Prime Minister Støre´s address to the Storting on the situation in the Middle East

Mr President, like so many people in Norway and across the world, I am deeply shocked by the appalling terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel. I would like to convey my deepest sympathy - and that of the Government - to the victims. And to everyone who

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre The Storting (Parliament)

The Norwegian Government's Action Plan on Gender and Sexual Diversity (2023–2026)

The goal of the new Action Plan for Gender and Sexual Diversity for the period 2023 to 2026 is to improve queer people's quality of life, safeguard their rights and contribute to greater acceptance of gender and sexual diversity. The plan sets out

Big Tech and democracy

The Internet has become a central arena for public debate, distribution of quality news content and access to culture. At the same time, tech companies and social media platforms have a huge impact on the democratic discourse in Norway.

Statement from Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt

Statement held at press briefing on the situation in Russia.

Norway conveys deep concerns to Sudanese authorities

‘It is extremely serious that the ambassador’s residence in Khartoum was hit by a shell on Sunday. We have communicated our deep concern about the extremely dangerous situation for diplomats in Khartoum to the Sudanese Government. We are asking the

Norway’s Eighth National Communication

Under the Framework Convention on Climate Change

This report is Norway’s eighth national communication on national circumstances, policies and measures related to climate change under the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Annual Report 2022

Council on Ethics

The role of the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is to evaluate whether or not the Fund’s investment in specified companies is inconsistent with its Ethical Guidelines.

A global backstop

The vault hold the seeds of many tens of thousands of varieties of essential food crops such as beans, wheat and rice. These seed samples are duplicates of seed sample stores in national, regional and international gene banks.

National charging strategy

Electric vehicles (EVs) are likely to be the preferred zero-emission technology in many vehicle segments towards 2030, even if other technologies eventually can become more relevant. If we are to achieve the goals for the vehicle population in 2025

Meld. St. 9 (2022–2023) - National control and cyber resilience to safeguard national security

Meld. St. 9 (2022–2023) Report to the Storting (white paper)

campaign is to strengthen the cyber security competence of companies and individuals. Another example is the national training portal, ovelse.no, which offers all Norwegian companies free training in cyber security. Figure 3.4 The ovelse.no platform is the

Digitalisation key in addressing global challenges

‘Many countries are unable to keep up with the global technological revolution. Norway is leading the way in the collaborative effort to develop and share digital solutions,’ said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the meeting in New York on

The Norwegian Government proposes allocating a further NOK 200 million to increase digital security in 2022

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has created a new security policy situation, which also means that digital attacks against Norway have become more likely. ‘We must strengthen civil emergency preparedness against cyber attacks, and the Norwegian

NOU 2022: 2 - Academic freedom of expression

A good culture of free speech must be built from the bottom up, every single day

maintain Norwegian as an academic and technical language is work to develop terminology and bilingual glossaries. The Terminology Portal («Termportalen») is a research infrastructure under development at the University of Bergen in collaboration with the Language

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all travel to Russia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now revised its travel advice for Russia and is advising against all travel to the country.

Information about international travel and the coronavirus

The global advice against all non-essential travel was rescinded on 1 October 2021. The infection situation and local restrictions can change very quickly. Therefore, travel advice may be issued for specific countries if major challenges related to

Calls for proposals

The Ministry's announcements of grants and calls for proposals.

Norwegian data centres - sustainable, digital powerhouses

in international comparisons of mobile and broadband infrastructure, including in the statistics from the OECD’s Broadband Portal 2020. The EU’s Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) for 2020 - which consists of multiple indicators - states that Norwegians