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Norway expressing strong support for Palestine at the Cairo conference

“Conflicts and destabilization in the Middle East have led to death and destruction on a massive scale. Millions have been displaced. The Palestinian economy is in crisis. In this dramatic situation, the Norwegian government has proposed increasing

Statement by Minister Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim on urgent need for increased humanitarian access to Gaza

‘I deplore the circumstances leading to WFP’s decision to suspend deliveries of food parcels in Gaza’, said Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim, Minister for International Development.

The Digital Norway of the Future

coordinated approach to the use of AI in the public sector. It is also important to swiftly implement the EU’s AI Act into Norwegian law. Finally, the OECD believes that we should focus even more on quality of use and user involvement in the development of public

Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on the situation in Gaza

For more than a year, the people of Gaza have lived in fear of death and destruction. While much attention is focused on Lebanon and a possible escalation in the region, the war in Gaza continues. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating

Prop. 1 LS (2024–2025) - Taxes 2025 For the 2025 Budget Year

Chapter 1 and 2

25% 25% - High-valuation primary dwelling14 70% 70% - Secondary dwelling (and assigned debt) 100% 100% - Shares (including commercial property) and assigned debt 80% 80% - Operating assets (and assigned debt) 70% 70% - Financial activity tax Financial activity

Meld. St. 35 (2023–2024) - Sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity

Meld. St. 35 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)

In this white paper, the Government presents Norway’s new National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). Through the action plan, Norway is following up on the global targets for biodiversity set out in the global Kunming-Montreal

Minister Tvinnereim’s address on Ukraine and food security

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.

By Former Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim Ukraine’s Peace Formula

Strategy for Norwegian engagement with African countries

Political, economic and demographic developments contribute to African countries’ ever-increasing importance in international economy and politics. To safeguard Norwegian interests, we must strengthen and further develop our relations as the world

Meld. St. 26 (2023–2024) - Svalbard

Meld. St. 26 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)

The Government regularly presents reports (white papers) to the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament), that review all aspects of the governance of Svalbard (Svalbard white papers) to lay the foundation for stable and predictable management. There

Odvar Nordli

Odvar Nordli grew up as the only child in a working-class family at Tangen in Stange, in the County of Hedmark. Following commercial college in 1947 and military service in the Norwegian Brigade in Germany 1947-1948, Nordli passed university qualifying

Meld. St. 21 (2023–2024) - Norway’s integrated ocean management plans

Meld. St. 21 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)

designation of areas as particularly valuable and vulnerable does not have any direct effect in the form of restrictions on commercial activities, but indicates that these are areas where it is important to show special caution, and where activities must

Annual Report 2023

Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global

Equinor, she worked as a lawyer with the law firm Cappelen & Krefting DA and in Stavanger City Council’s Legal Services Department. Cecilie Hellestveit Hellestveit is a lawyer, with a doctorate in humanitarian law. She also holds an MPhil in Middle Eastern

Sparebank 1 Markets Energy Conference

Energiminister Terje Aasland holdt dette innlegget på Sparebank 1 Markets Energy Conference, 27. februar 2024.

By Minister of Energy Terje Aasland

NOU 2024: 2 - In interaction with nature

– Nature risk for industries, sectors and society at large in Norway

related to the use and conservation of nature raise key legal questions. For Norway, rights and obligations under international law relating to the practice of Sámi industries and the preservation of Sámi culture, are particularly important. The Commission

Direct sales of weapons and defense-related products to Ukraine permitted from 1 January 2024

The Norwegian government has decided to permit direct sales of weapons and defense-related products from the Norwegian defense industry to the defense authorities in Ukraine. This policy change will enter into force on January 1 2024.

Meld. St. 5 (2023–2024) - A Resilient Health Emergency Preparedness

Meld. St. 5 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)

active use of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) from 2014. IPCEI is an alternative scheme under state aid law, which allows national authorities to provide increased funding for projects that are considered to be of common European interest

The health industry

The Government will take steps to ensure that more publicly funded research strengthens value creation through increased commercial use of research. This will help ensure that the results of publicly funded research benefit all of society. In the annual

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)

Norway and the Oceans. Speech given by the Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

Ladies and gentlemen. I could reel off a long greeting list here. But I will consolidate and say: Dear friends of the ocean, It is a great pleasure and honour to welcome you to One Ocean Week and to this One Ocean Conference being held at the

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre The Government’s One Ocean Conference in Bergen, 17 April 2023.

Meld. St. 26 (2022–2023) - A changing climate – united for a climate-resilient society

Meld. St. 26 (2022–2023) Report to the Storting (white paper)

pace of climate change.16 Climate models calculate changes in the atmosphere, ice, sea and land based on physical and chemical laws. The climate models use assumptions about future greenhouse gas emissions. The level of emissions depends on the choices the