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  • The 2023 hospital speech: The Minister of Health and Care Services’ assignment for hospitals in 2023

    17/01/2023 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    Improving mental health and addiction services, less reporting and more time for patients. The Minister of Health and Care Services, Ingvild Kjerkol, today held her annual speech for hospitals, and summarised some of the tasks the hospitals must

  • Minister of Foreign Affairs: Saddened by Ukrainian accident

    18/01/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    'I'm saddened by the awful tragedy in Kyiv today with loss of top Ukrainian officials including interior minister Denys Monastyrsky and others', Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt said.

  • Removal of current travel quarantine requirements

    25/01/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    Following a recommendation from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the Norwegian Government is removing the requirement of travel quarantine. It is no longer considered necessary on the grounds of infection control. The requirement will be

  • Changes among the state secretaries

    29/09/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s Council of State, The King has extended the constitution of Ms. Synnøve Mjeldheim Skaar as state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

  • Changes among the state secretaries

    15/09/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s Council of State, The King has honourably discharged Ms. Maria Schumacher Walberg as state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Marte Mjøs Persen.

  • IMF launches report on Anti-Money Laundering in the Nordic-Baltic region

    04/09/2023 News story Ministry of Finance

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a report today on various aspects of anti-money laundering work in the Nordic-Baltic region. Norwegian authorities have participated since the project began in 2021.

  • Norway to provide support to civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh

    02/10/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Norway will provide NOK 20 million in humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. The support will be used to assist both those who have fled and those who remain in the region,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken

  • Changes among the political advisers

    29/09/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    Ms. Eirin Kristin Kjær resigns as political adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt, as of 30 September 2023.

  • Norwegian delegation in Afghanistan

    18/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    A Norwegian delegation is in Kabul for talks with the Taliban, the UN and representatives of Afghan civil society about the serious humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

  • Norway co-hosts the Thematic Pre-Summit on Disability Inclusion in the Health Sector

    10/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Wednesday 12 January, Norway, Ghana, International Disability Alliance (IDA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) host the Thematic Pre-Summit on Disability Inclusion in the Health Sector.

  • Afghans in Norway: Joint statement after meeting in Oslo

    25/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway hosted 23 January a meeting in Oslo between a group of Afghans from various sectors of the society and the de facto authorities - the first such meeting. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss pressing issues directly and to prepare ground

  • Norway to intensify national and international efforts relating to women, peace and security

    15/09/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Culture and Equality, Ministry of Defence

    Norway’s new national action plan sets out how we will intensify efforts at national and international level to include women in peace and security work.

  • Three new offshore wind areas considered for opening and tender in 2025

    14/09/2023 Press release Ministry of Energy

    The Government has instructed the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) to commence strategic impact assessments of three offshore wind areas that may be suitable for opening and tender in 2025.

  • Norway delivers on pledge to donate five million Covid-19 vaccines through Covax

    24/11/2021 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Care Services

    In 2021, Norway pledged to donate five million of its own vaccines to the global effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The pledge has now been met, helping to achieve more equitable distribution of vaccines to low-income countries.

  • Norwegian statements in the interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights oral update on Sudan

    14/09/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway in Geneva partook in two statements in the interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights oral update on Sudan.

  • PCR test no longer required for people with three vaccine doses

    26/01/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    Minister of Health and Care Services Ingvild Kjerkol is no longer requiring people who have received 3 vaccine doses or who have received 2 doses and have recovered from COVID-19 during the past 3 months to take a PCR test to confirm the presence of

  • Talks on Afghanistan in Oslo

    21/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway has invited representatives of the Taliban to Oslo on 23-25 January 2022 for meetings with the Norwegian authorities and representatives of the international community, as well as with other Afghans from a range of fields within civil society.

  • Prime Minister Støre appointed goodwill ambassador for global sustainability voyage

    24/11/2021 News story Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Over a period of 19 months, the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will sail over 55 000 nautical miles and visit 36 ports across the world. Its voyage to circumnavigate the globe has been given the name the ‘One Ocean Expedition’. Prime

  • New political adviser

    23/11/2021 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Siv Sætran as political adviser to Minister of Agriculture and Food Sandra Borch as of 23 November 2021.

  • An end to regular testing

    01/02/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The infection rate is so high that regular testing is no longer expedient. Regular testing will therefore end with immediate effect.

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