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    • 60 countries now support the Norwegian initiative against fisheries crime

      31/03/2023 News story Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      In 2018, Norway and eight other countries initiated a global ministers’ declaration against fisheries crime - known as the Copenhagen Declaration. Last week, nine new countries signed the declaration, which is now supported by a total of 60

    • Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt on the situation in Israel and Palestine

      12/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      I am deeply alarmed by the dramatic escalation in Israel and Gaza. The high number of people killed and injured is shocking. It is heartbreaking that hundreds of children have lost their lives in recent days, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken

    • Norway enters into green partnership with UK

      13/10/2023 News story Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

      Norway and the UK have agreed to establish a Green Industrial Partnership intended to promote closer economic cooperation relating to the green transition. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met today in Gotland in

    • Norway announces 22 million USD million for political risk insurance via the World Bank to support reconstruction of Ukraine

      14/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim is taking part in the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Marrakesh on 11-13 October. Norway announced at the meetings that it will provide 22

    • Use of COVID-19 certificates being considered for events and venues that serve food or alcohol

      14/01/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

      The Norwegian Government has tasked the Norwegian Directorate of Health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health with considering concrete proposals for Regulations regarding use of the COVID-19 certificate at events and venues that serve food

    • All travellers arriving in Norway must take a test after arrival

      02/12/2021 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

      The Norwegian Government is introducing stricter test requirements at the border in order to delay and limit the spread of the new Omicron virus variant. From Friday 3 December at 12 am, any person who arrives in Norway must get tested, regardless

    • Norway urges the Security Council to act in Gaza

      08/12/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Yesterday, the UN Secretary-General sent a letter to the Security Council in which he explicitly invokes Article 99 of the UN Charter. Article 99 gives the Secretary-General the authority to bring to the attention of the Security Council situations

    • Political agreement in Haiti is a positive step

      21/03/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘I commend the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for its tireless efforts, which have made it possible to achieve a political agreement in Haiti,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

    • Norway will meet NATO's 2% guideline in 2024

      14/03/2024 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance

      'The security situation nationally and internationally require that we strengthen our defence now. Norway will meet NATO's 2% guideline this year. Norwegian and allied security is not to be taken for granted. We face a more dangerous and more

    • The Norwegian Government honours Jon Fosse

      07/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Culture and Equality

      On the occasion of Jon Fosse being awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Norwegian Government is establishing a new, annual initiative in honour of the author - an annual Fosse lecture, which will be held alongside an event organised by

    • Foreign Minister condemns sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi

      10/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      'I condemn today’s sentencing to four years in prison of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. The military regime is using the judicial system to silence political opponents and crush the National League for Democracy', Minister of Foreign Affairs

    • Nordic summit in Oslo

      08/12/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will host a Nordic summit in Oslo on Wednesday, 13 December, with President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Denmark

    • New ambassadors from Mexico, Japan and Armenia

      14/03/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Three ambassadors presented their letters of credence to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Regent on 14 March 2024.

    • Norway to provide NOK 3.3 billion to new, record-high financing package for world’s poorest countries

      21/12/2021 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘The World Bank’s International Development Association is the international community’s largest single channel for multilateral aid. The IDA20 replenishment is crucial to prevent a sudden decline in the World Bank’s assistance to the poorest

    • Agreement between Nord-Fosen siida and Roan Vind

      06/03/2024 Press release Ministry of Energy

      An agreement has been reached in the mediation between Nord-Fosen siida and Roan Vind. The amicable agreement aims to help secure continued reindeer herding, mitigate operational disadvantages, and provide a basis for future cultural practice for

    • Minister of Trade and Industry issues clear signal to Europe: ‘Norway has a competitive advantage that can help shape a vigorous European solar market.’

      05/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

      The Minister of Trade and Industry was on Friday invited to the meeting of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA). Ahead of the meeting, Vestre sent a letter to the European Commission, as well as Germany and France individually, setting out

    • New state secretaries

      17/12/2021 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      In today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Mr. Christian Anton Smedshaug as acting state secretary to Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide, in the period that state secretary Aleksander Øren Heen settles parental leave,

    • Successful mediation retreat in Oman

      04/12/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘Last week’s mediation retreat in Muscat, the capital of Oman, gathered participants with important insights on conflict situations and peace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This is the first time a retreat in the Oslo Forum-series is

    • Terje Aasland appointed new Minister of Petroleum and Energy

      08/03/2022 Press release Ministry of Energy

      Terje Aasland from Skien is the new Minister of Petroleum and Energy after Marte Mjøs Persen. He is a certified powerline worker, has been a parliament representative for 16 years and has been the leader of the of the parliament's Standing Committee

    • '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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