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Changes to regional measures in Viken and in Gran municipality
News story Date: 10/04/2021
On 16 March, the Government introduced new regional measures in all Viken county’s municipalities and in Gran municipality of Innlandet county. All 52 municipalities were assigned response level A, the most restrictive level. As recommended by the Directorate of Health, the National Institute of Public Health and the County Governor, the Government has decided that 20 municipalities will stay at response level A, 19 municipalities will be moved to response level B, whereas 13 municipalities no longer need regional measures. The changes will take effect starting midnight before Monday 12 April and last until Sunday 25 April.
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The Government’s plan for a gradual reopening: Out of the crisis together
Press release Date: 10/04/2021
The reopening plan of Norway is not scheduled on specific dates, but it clarifies the conditions that must be met for the reopening to happen. The plan also sets out the order in which the various parts of society will reopen. Data, not dates, decide the pace of the reopening process. Children and young people will be prioritised; next, jobs and the business sector.
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Myanmar: Unacceptable death sentences
News story Date: 10/04/2021
'The death sentence against 19 people in Myanmar is unacceptable and a deeply worrying development', Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide said.
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Stronger due process protection for children and parents
News story Date: 09/04/2021
Competence requirements, a greater focus on prevention, higher requirements of documentation and grounds, and more management and control at the local level. Children’s rights will be strengthened and access rules changed in line with the recommendations of the Norwegian Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). These are the key changes in the draft bill for a new Child Welfare Act. Its aim is to increase due process protection for families that receive assistance from the child welfare service, and to secure a safe upbringing for even more children.
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Legislative proposal for transposing the Banking Package submitted to Parliament
News story Date: 09/04/2021
Today, the Norwegian Government has submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal for transposing the EU Banking Package (CRR2, CRD5, BRRD2) into Norwegian law.
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Changes in the travel advice for some Nordic countries and areas
Press release Date: 09/04/2021
Based on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s weekly assessment of the Covid-19 situation, the Government has decided to change the status of Iceland and the North Karelia Hospital District in Finland from ‘yellow’ to ‘red’ on the map showing the status for quarantine on entry to Norway from Europe.
Speeches and statements
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Security Council Open Debate on Mine Action
Speech/statement Date: 08/04/2021
Statement by State Secretary Jens Frølich Holte in the UN Security Council high-level open debate on mine action.
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How Norway became world #1 on EV mobility
Speech/statement Date: 23/03/2021
Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn's video speech at the Nordic Edge Cross-Atlantic Conference 18 March.
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Nordic Day: Cooperating across closed borders
Speech/statement Date: 23/03/2021
Today is Nordic Day, and the Nordic Council of Ministers is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It is a day worth celebrating, Minister for Nordic Co-operation Jan Tore Sanner and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide write.
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- The High North is our strategic centre
Speech/statement Date: 22/03/2021
Speach by Minister of Defense, Frank Bakke-Jensen, at "Looking North", a conference on security in the Arctic by the Atlantic Council (19.03.2021)
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The opening of the online meeting on the 18th of March 2021 for the EEA and Norway Grants SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and domestic violence
Speech/statement Date: 19/03/2021
European cooperation against violence is more important than ever before!
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Money alone can't buy the rebuilding of Syria
Speech/statement Date: 14/03/2021
Article by Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and Simon Coveney, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs in The National, United Arab Emirates, 14 March.
Broadcasts and video
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Meeting of donor group for Palestine (AHLC) on 23 February
Broadcast 23/02/2021, 18:00
‘The parties reestablished relations in November last year. It is a positive sign that we can hold this AHLC meeting at a time when the Israeli and Palestinian authorities have resumed cooperation in crucial areas such as security, finance and health,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide. The press conference after the meeting will be streamed.