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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Norway today. He will be meeting with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, among others. Mr Zelenskyy will also have an audience with His Majesty The King, and will pay a

Witkoff and Kushner to take part in meetings in Oslo

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will both take part in meetings on the situation in Ukraine in Oslo.

Address to the Storting on Nordic cooperation by the Minister for Nordic Cooperation Åsmund Aukrust

On 20 October 2026, Minister for Nordic Cooperation Åsmund Aukrust delivered an address to the Storting on Nordic cooperation.

By Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust

Migration and Integration 2024–2025

Report for Norway to the OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

New ambassadors from the EU, Finland, China and Ghana

Four ambassadors presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Haakon VIII on 22 October 2026:

Equitable specialist health services for the Sámi people in Norway

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution and freedom fight

President, Prime Minister, Madam speaker, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Being in Budapest is always special to me. This is a city and a country I have visited many times over many years. In the early 1990s my wife and I lived in Budapest. And

By Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg Speech at National Assembly of Hungary

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Receives the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

The award was presented in Oviedo, Spain, in a ceremony attended by, among others, the entire Spanish Royal Family.

President Stubb and Prime Minster Støre held a call with President Putin

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Tuesday 27 October in Helsinki.

Norway resumes cooperation with Hungary through the EEA and Norway Grants

Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide today signed a new agreement with Hungary on over EUR 254 million in funding under the EEA and Norway Grants. The Grants are an important instrument in the Norwegian Government’s active European policy to

Chair's Summary from the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Palestine (AHLC) in New York on 24 September

Set out below is the Chair’s Summary of the AHLC meeting held in New York on 24 September 2026, chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide.

By Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide

Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers: 'The Nordic countries must stand closer together'

The rights of children and young people online will be high on the agenda when Norway takes over the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers next year. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented Norway's priorities today.

Norway and Ukraine Strengthen Energy Cooperation

Norway and Ukraine are strengthening their cooperation in the energy sector. Today, a cooperation agreement on energy was signed during Norwegian Minister of Energy Terje Aasland’s visit to Ukraine. Closer collaboration, mutual learning, and

500 Million NOK in Energy Support for Ukraine

Norway is contributing 500 million NOK in energy support to Ukraine ahead of winter. The support is provided under the Nansen Programme and will help restore damaged infrastructure and ensure reliable operation of Ukraine’s energy system.

Foreign policy address to the Storting 2022

Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt held her address for the Storting 22 March. She started with the decision the Storting took 73 years ago:  Voting in favour of Norwegian membership in Nato.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Oslo, 22 March

Notification - CO2 tax - exemption for undertakings covered by the ETS

Notification - CO2 tax - exemption for undertakings covered by the ETS

New Year Speech 2023

It is the evening of the first day of the year. Whether you have celebrated a traditional Christmas with your family, been at work or mostly spent these days on your own, I hope you had the chance to be with people you care about.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre National radio and television, 1 January 2023

The United Nations Food Systems Summit

Excellencies and delegates, dear friends, I send you sincere greetings from Norway. As Prime Minister I am proud to say that my government is fully committed to transform the current food systems into more inclusive and sustainable ones. We have to

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Address at the Stocktaking Special Session: Indigenous Peoples´ Food Systems

Comments by the Prime Minister at the Munich Security Conference at the panel “Towards Stability and Peace in the Middle East: De-escalation Challenge"

«Are we served or are people in the region served by seeing the PA collapse? I think not. So, Norway has been working now, and I hope we will be able to succeed soon, to have a kind of an intermediate role to get the tax money transferred to the PA”

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Munich

Speech by the Prime Minister at the  Commemoration of 7 October – first anniversary of the terrorist action against Israel

'We condemned the terrorist attack when it happened. We continue to condemn all acts of terrorism now. As we come together today, we share a sense of unity that extends across our religious and political points of view and personal narratives. And

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the Jewish Community of Oslo, Oslo Synagogue