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Revised National Budget: Key figures in the Revised National Budget 2022
12/05/2022 Press release Ministry of FinanceTo secure equal access to information that might be market sensitive, the Ministry of Finance publishes selected key figures prior to launching the Revised National Budget at 10:45 a.m. More detailed estimates will be published with the Revised
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Continued international support Is crucial to protect Ukraine’s energy system
19/12/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsOn Friday, December 13, Norway participated in the handover of 12 gas piston engines to local authorities in Kharkiv. These engines will benefit 800,000 residents and 47 hospitals this winter and are already in place in the city.
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Norway has donated M109 to Ukraine
08/06/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceNorway has donated 22 M109 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers. The donation also includes gear, spare parts and ammunition.
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Norway to increase the support to Lebanon
20/12/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs'Despite the ceasefire, the Lebanese population finds itself in a highly vulnerable situation. Many people are still internally displaced, and there is significant material destruction. This is why Norway has decided to increase the support to
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Prime Minister congratulates Narges Mohammadi on Nobel Peace Prize
06/10/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister‘On behalf of the Norwegian Government, I would like to congratulate the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi from Iran. In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee highlighted Ms Mohammadi’s fight against the oppression
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Changes among the state secretaries
17/11/2023 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Ms. Eli Blakstad as state secretary to Minister of Children and Families, Ms. Kjersti Toppe.
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New air surveillance radars to the Norwegian Armed Forces
17/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) signed a contract with Lockheed Martin on 17 of November 2022 for delivery of eight military air surveillance radars with an option for three additional radars.
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COP28: Norway to provide NOK 270 million to new climate fund
02/12/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign AffairsNorwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced at the UN climate summit (COP28) in Dubai that Norway will provide NOK 270 million to the new fund for loss and damage associated with climate change (Loss and Damage Fund).
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Consultation on a proposal for amendments to the Norwegian VAT Act regarding cross-border trade of services from businesses to consumers
08/04/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Norwegian Ministry of Finance hereby presents a proposal for amendments to the Norwegian VAT Act regarding cross-border sales of services from businesses to consumers (B2C). It is proposed that all purchases of remotely deliverable services from
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Joint Statement, EI2-meeting in Oslo
07/12/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe annual ministerial meeting for the 13 countries in the European Intervention Initiative (EI2) took place in Oslo 7th of December 2022. This joint statement was issued.
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Resolution on humanitarian access to Syria renewed
12/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘I am very pleased that the UN will be able to continue to deliver water, food, medicines and other humanitarian supplies from Türkiye into northwestern Syria. Some 4.1 million people in this area are dependent on the assistance provided under the
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Changes among the state secretaries
20/06/2023 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, the King has honourably discharged Ms. Astrid Bergmål as state secretary to Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl. Ms. Bergmål is appointed again as state secretary to Minister of Petroleum and Energy
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Norway tightens restrictions on Russian fishing vessels
06/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Fisheries, Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityThe Government has decided that Russian fishing vessels will only be permitted access to three Norwegian ports, and that all Russian vessels arriving at these ports will be subject to inspection.
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Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: 1 000 days of full-scale war in Ukraine
19/11/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsToday marks 1 000 days since Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, launched an illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Eight years prior to that, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula and parts of the Donbas region.
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Norway to increase support to enhance food security in crisis situations
31/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Food production is crucial to people’s lives and livelihoods. At a time when the world is facing a growing number of crises, it is vital that we strengthen food security,’ said Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim.
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Prime Minister Støre joins efforts to increase renewable energy in developing countries
21/09/2022 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has agreed to join the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. The Alliance aims to provide more people in poor countries with access to electricity through the development of renewable energy solutions to
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Press statement on the debate on the situation in the Middle East
19/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsPress Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt at the Security Council stakeout on the UNSC Ministerial Debate on the situation in the Middle East, 19 January 2022.
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'Unacceptable evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem'
20/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘The eviction of the Salihiya family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday 19 January is unacceptable,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.
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Prime Minister congratulates Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties on Nobel Peace Prize
07/10/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister‘On behalf of the Norwegian Government, I would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee states that new laureates have worked for many years to promote the right to
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Statement on the attack on the Rohingyas in 2017
26/08/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsIt is now 5 years since the attack on the Rohingyas forcing over 700,000 to seek refuge in Bangladesh. We remember the victims and call on the military regime to cease all violence against those who have suffered under its rule. Perpetrators must be