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    • New measures to apply to entry into Norway

      19/11/2021 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Health and Care Services

      As a result of developments in the infection rate, the Norwegian Government has decided to reintroduce the requirement to produce a negative test taken before arrival and expand the current requirements regarding testing and entry registration in

    • The Government Pension Fund white paper 2024

      12/04/2024 Press release Ministry of Finance

      Today, the Ministry of Finance submits the annual white paper about the Government Pension Fund to the Storting. The white paper gives an account of the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN) and Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) results and

    • International ministerial meeting in Oslo on the war in Gaza

      15/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘This meeting in Oslo has taken place against an extremely serious and dramatic backdrop. Tomorrow, it will be 10 weeks since Hamas’s horrific terrorist attack. Close to 19 000 people have been killed in Gaza, nearly half of them children. The scale

    • 75 years of partnership between Norway and Pakistan

      18/12/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister

      18 December marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and Pakistan. Cooperation between Norway and Pakistan has shaped social development in both countries based on extensive people-to-people contact.

    • UN consensus on strengthening protection of human rights defenders

      18/11/2021 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      A resolution on human rights defenders put forward by Norway has been adopted by consensus in the UN General Assembly.

    • Increased funding for humanitarian response in Afghanistan

      19/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘I am pleased that we can increase our support to UN agencies operating at the border and inside Afghanistan. As winter looms, needs will increase, making sufficient humanitarian assistance even more critical. Norway remains committed to supporting

    • Norway to establish embassy in Senegal

      10/04/2024 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Norway will open an embassy in Dakar in the autumn of 2024. The mission will also be responsible for several other countries in West Africa.

    • Opening of an area on the Norwegian continental shelf for mineral activities

      12/04/2024 News story Ministry of Energy

      The King in Council has today formally decided to open an area in the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea for mineral activities.

    • New ambassadors from Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Malta and Angola

      19/11/2021 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Four new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 18 November 2021.

    • Five months of war in Gaza: Ten ways in which Norway is working to improve the situation for the Palestinian people

      19/03/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      ‘The situation in Gaza is a man-made disaster. Israel's use of military force is having a disproportionately severe impact on the civilian population and is not in line with international humanitarian law. There is an urgent need for a ceasefire and

    • APA 2021: Great interest in further exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf

      18/01/2022 Press release Ministry of Energy

      The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy offers 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in the licensing round APA 2021.

    • Norway sending large shipment of medical supplies to Ukraine

      08/03/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

      There is a rapidly increasing need for medical supplies in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries. The war has led to shortages of all kinds of medicines, ranging from common painkillers to vital medicines such as insulin, heart medications and

    • Closer cooperation between Norway and Japan

      07/12/2023 News story Office of the Prime Minister

      Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Thursday. Norway and Japan are entering into a strategic partnership designed to promote increased cooperation in a range of areas, in particular

    • Norway increases funding of marine protected areas

      09/12/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Norway announces additional NOK 20 million in support to the Blue Action Fund. The Blue Action Fund works to protect vulnerable coastal and marine areas and to improve livelihoods and food security for coastal communities.

    • Removal of special entry restrictions for arrivals from Southern Africa

      23/12/2021 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

      The special entry restrictions that were introduced for travellers arriving from 8 countries in Southern Africa at the end of November will be removed. The measures were introduced to limit and delay the spread of the Omicron variant. The Norwegian

    • Norway increases support for UNRWA

      21/12/2021 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Today, Norway disbursed NOK 40 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This brings Norway’s total contribution to UNRWA for 2021 to NOK 257 million.

    • Changes among the state secretaries

      12/04/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

      In today’s Council of State, The King has made changes in the list of state secretaries.

    • Continued increase in international and Norwegian aid

      13/04/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Total development aid from Norway continued to grow in 2021, amounting to NOK 40.1 billion for the year. ‘These figures demonstrate our firm commitment, even in times of crisis, to reducing poverty in the world,’ said Minister of International

    • Consultation on a proposal for amendments to the Norwegian VAT Act regarding cross-border trade of services from businesses to consumers

      08/04/2022 News story Ministry of Finance

      The Norwegian Ministry of Finance hereby presents a proposal for amendments to the Norwegian VAT Act regarding cross-border sales of services from businesses to consumers (B2C). It is proposed that all purchases of remotely deliverable services from

    • Government apologises for past treatment of gay people by the Norwegian authorities

      21/04/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Culture and Equality

      On 21 April 2022, it is 50 years since the Storting repealed section 213 of the Penal Code, which had criminalised sexual relations between men. Between 1902 and 1950, 119 men were convicted due to section 213, most of them for having sexual

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