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  • Norway to further strengthen cooperation with Germany

    22/07/2025 News story Office of the Prime Minister

    At a meeting in Berlin on Monday 21 July, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed to strengthen cooperation between Norway and Germany in a broad range of areas, including defence and security, industry and the

  • Statement from Foreign Minister Eide on report on Gaza

    16/09/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    'Today, a report was presented by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, established by the UN Human Rights Council. The report concludes that Israel is responsible for failing to prevent genocide,

  • Launch of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership

    19/09/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    16 September 2025: Fourteen small- and medium-sized countries have issued a Joint Declaration to establish the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership, a new international initiative committed to affirming open and fair trade, supporting

  • Statement by Foreign Minister Eide: Israel must immediately end its unlawful occupation of Palestine

    18/09/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    One year ago today, the UN General Assembly decided that Israel must end its occupation of Palestine no later than 18 September 2025. Norway and 123 other countries voted in favour of the resolution. The decision was based on the Advisory Opinion

  • Norway meeting EU finance ministers

    20/09/2025 News story Ministry of Finance

    Norway was invited as one of the few guest countries at the EU Finance Ministers' Meeting (ECOFIN) for the second time this year to discuss how Europe should deal with a world with more uncertainty.

  • UN Summit in New York: We must actively defend international cooperation and international law

    22/09/2025 News story Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    This year marks the UN’s 80th anniversary. One of the key topics of discussion for world leaders as they convene in New York for this year’s UN General Assembly High-level Week will be how to reform the UN so that it can continue to play a vital

  • Statement by Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust on the killing of Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers

    29/10/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    'I am outraged and deeply saddened by the brutal killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers in the city of Bara, North Kordofan. They were carrying out lifesaving work, and were clearly marked with the Red Crescent emblem, when they were

  • Historic Summit for Norway, the Nordic countries and NATO

    11/07/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    When the heads of state and government convene at the Vilnius Summit on Tuesday, they will adopt new regional defence plans and reaffirm support for Ukraine. With the agreement to move forward on Sweden’s accession to NATO, this is the first Summit

  • Norway pledging NOK 10 billion to global health

    23/06/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister

    Norway pledges NOK 10 billion to the vaccine alliance, Gavi, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the period 2026-2030.

  • ‘A crucial NATO Summit’ in The Hague

    24/06/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The NATO heads of state and government are convening in The Hague is to take a formal decision on a proposal to significantly strengthen the defence Alliance. The NATO Summit is taking place 24-25 June, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Minister

  • Gunn Jorid Roset appointed new Director General of Norad

    24/06/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Today Gunn Jorid Roset, 51, was formally appointed to the role of Director General of Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Ms Roset has 27 years of experience from the Foreign Service, where she is currently serving as Deputy

  • French President Emmanuel Macron visits Norway

    23/06/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron are in Norway on an official visit 23-24 June at the invitation of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

  • Statement by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Iran and the war in the Middle East

    22/06/2025 News story Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Norway is deeply concerned about the escalation of the war in the Middle East, following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities last night. It is regrettable that efforts to find a diplomatic solution and a new nuclear agreement with Iran

  • New UN Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Established

    23/06/2025 News story Ministry of Climate and Environment

    A new UN panel has been established in the field of pollution. The panel aims to build a shared knowledge base for global action on the safe management of chemicals and waste, as well as the prevention of pollution. The panel was formally

  • Norway to provide guarantees of NOK 2 billion for renewable energy in the Amazon and Central America

    07/11/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    Norway is joining forces with Sweden and Denmark to provide guarantees totalling approximately NOK 2 billion to support renewable energy development in the Amazon and Central America. Together, the guarantees will unlock close to NOK 8 billion for

  • Strengthening civil society in Moldova

    11/11/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway is providing NOK 8.8 million in support to two new civil society partners in Moldova. The funding will be used to strengthen the efforts of these organisations to promote democracy and reform in connection with Moldova’s process towards EU

  • Joint Nordic Guidance for Public Officials on Interacting with the Tobacco Industry

    17/11/2025 Guidelines/brochures Ministry of Health and Care Services

    Tobacco use remains a leading cause of preventable death and disability as well as social health inequalities in the Nordic countries. As stated by the World Health Assembly resolution WHA54.18 on transparency in tobacco control process, the tobacco

  • Norway to increase support for Ukraine and global food security by NOK 120 million

    19/11/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    This week, Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust is participating in the Fourth International Food Security Summit in Kyiv, Ukraine at the invitation of President Zelensky. The Summit, convened by the Ukrainian authorities, aims to

  • Norwegian Ukraine Fund makes first investment

    19/11/2025 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway is investing around NOK 100 million through its Ukraine Fund to strengthen the flow of goods in and out of Ukraine. This marks the fund’s first investment in Ukraine.

  • Changes among the state secretaries

    21/11/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Sigrid Hagerup Melhuus as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Cecilie Myrseth.

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