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    • Ambitious offshore wind initiative

      11/05/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

      Today, the Government is presenting a major initiative to promote offshore wind power. The aim is to use offshore wind power to generate new electricity on a par with the total amount of electricity currently produced in Norway. The initiative will

    • Conflict and food insecurity on agenda in New York

      19/05/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘An increase in global food insecurity could lead to greater instability. Ensuring that people have enough food to eat is primarily about saving lives, but it will also help prevent new conflicts,’ said Minister of International Development Anne

    • Norwegian support for farmers in Ukraine

      12/05/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Food production in Ukraine is essential for the food security of people in a wide range of countries. Norway is increasing its support to Ukrainian farmers in order to facilitate continued agricultural production.

    • Additional NOK 100 million to help the Ukrainian government administration

      09/05/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Norway has decided to increase its budget support to Ukraine to NOK 300 million. Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt announced the additional support during her visit to Ukraine on 8 May.

    • Updated estimate for Norwegian gas deliveries in 2022

      18/05/2022 News story Ministry of Energy

      Based on production so far this year and the latest information on the coming months, the Norwegian authorities have updated the estimate for gas deliveries from the fields on the Norwegian shelf in 2022.

    • Nordic support for Finland and Sweden

      16/05/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      ‘Finland’s and Sweden’s security is important to our security. Together with Denmark and Iceland, Norway stands ready to assist its Nordic neighbours by all means necessary should they be the victim of aggression on their territory before obtaining

    • New ambassadors from Niger, San Marino and Burundi

      05/05/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Three new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 5 May 2022.

    • Statement on terror attack in Israel

      06/05/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      'I strongly condemn the heinous terror attack in Elad as Israel’s Yom Haatzmaut was coming to a close, killing at least three and wounding several others. My thoughts are with the families and victims. To encourage and glorify such terror is deeply

    • Government changes admission rules for refugees who want to study

      10/07/2022 News story Ministry of Education and Research

      It will now be easier for refugees to be admitted to higher education in Norway. As a temporary arrangement, displaced people without a Higher Education Entrance Qualification may apply for a place at a higher education institution.

    • Norwegian satellites may help developing countries in the fight against illegal fishing

      01/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      A newly launched UN-report claims that over 1/3 of the worlds fish stocks are suffering from overfishing. Norway will now do more to cooperate with developing countries to solve the problem of illegal fishing.

    • Norwegian businesses and organisations donating digital equipment to Ukraine

      20/05/2022 Press release Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

      “Being able to communicate with loved ones by phone or via the internet is essential for temporarily dispaced citizens in Norway and for people still in Ukraine. I am therefore very pleased that Norwegian businesses and organisations are donating

    • Increased support for combating sexualised and gender-based violence in crises

      01/06/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Norway is increasing its support to scale up sexual and reproductive health services and the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises. Roughly NOK 232 million (USD 24.4 million) has been allocated to the UN Population

    • Adjusted production permits for several fields on the Norwegian shelf

      06/07/2022 News story Ministry of Energy

      The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved adjusted production permits for several fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Total sale of gas from NCS is expected at 122 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) in 2022.

    • Ministry now to use the name ‘Belarus’ in Norwegian

      29/05/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister

      From this point forward, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will use the name ‘Belarus’ instead of ‘Hviterussland’ when referring in Norwegian to the Eastern European country. The decision to change the name used in Norwegian takes effect on the

    • More European countries approve the use of expired Norwegian passports

      05/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

      Norwegian citizens who have not renewed their passports following the pandemic are able to travel to Germany, Iceland, Estonia, and Portugal using their expired passport as identification. This change takes effect today and will apply until 31

    • Adherence of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) to the Santiago principles

      27/06/2023 Guidelines/brochures Ministry of Finance

      The Ministry of Finance has recently conducted an update of the self-assessments of the Government Pension Fund’s adherence to the Santiago Principles, cf. separate reviews of the GPFG and the GPFN, respectively. This self-assessment documents the

    • Norway to provide NOK 4.5 billion (EUR 378 million) to Ukraine

      03/05/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      Norway has allocated NOK 2.8 billion (EUR 235 million) in support for life-saving humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine. Now Norway is setting aside an additional NOK 1.7 billion (EUR 143 million) in civilian support for the Ukrainian

    • The Fosse Lecture will be given by Jean-Luc Marion

      25/11/2024 Press release Ministry of Culture and Equality

      The French philosopher and theologian Jean-Luc Marion has been invited to give the first Fosse Lecture, and the German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel has been awarded the Fosse Prize for Translators in 2025. The Fosse Prize will be among the

    • Changes among the state secretaries

      29/11/2024 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      In today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Ms. Cecilie Juul Stensrud as state secretary to Minister of Defence, Mr. Bjørn Arild Gram, in the period that state secretary, Ms. Anne Marie Aanerud, settles parental leave.

    • Final Round of Plastic Negotiations

      26/11/2024 News story Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      This week, negotiators from around the world are gathering in Busan, South Korea, for the final negotiations on a global plastics agreement. Norway’s Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, will participate in the closing of

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