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Joint Statement by the Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group
23/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceToday, representatives of the Northern Group - comprising Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom - met in Oslo on board the UK aircraft carrier, HMS QUEEN
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Feasibility study on a hydrogen value chain between Norway and Germany
23/11/2023 News story Ministry of EnergyThe joint feasibility study on a hydrogen value chain between Norway and Germany has now been published. The study shows that, given a number of assumptions, it is technically feasible to establish a value chain for transporting large quantities of
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Norway to contribute NOK 300 million to NATO-led fund for Ukraine
15/11/2022 News story Ministry of Defence- The need for military support to Ukraine is substantial and critical. Donations contribute to the Ukrainian defence against Russia’s illegal attack. It is important that we stand together in both our military and civilian support to provide
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Statement on the peace process in Colombia
20/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Norway commends the government and the guerrilla group EMC-FARC in Colombia for starting peace negotiations,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
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New ambassadors from South Sudan and Colombia
24/11/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsTwo new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to King Harald V on 24 November 2022.
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Changes among the state secretaries
10/11/2023 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Mr. Tore O. Sandvik as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Jan Christian Vestre, until 3 March 2024.
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Meeting between Prime Minister Støre and Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh
10/11/2023 News story Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Paris today. The discussions revolved around the critical humanitarian situation in Gaza and the worrying developments on the West Bank.
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Critical for education and health services to Palestinian refugees
02/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘There is a major shortfall in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It is unclear whether UNRWA will be able to continue to provide education and health services through to the end of
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Norway steps up efforts to combat anti-Semitism
08/11/2023 Press release Ministry of Local Government and Regional DevelopmentJews in Norway continue to experience hostile attitudes and anti-Semitism, and in recent weeks the extent of these incidents has increased in the wake of the war in Gaza. The Government has now announced a new action plan against anti-Semitism that
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Defense ministers meeting in the European Intervention Initiative will take place in Oslo
30/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe annual ministerial meeting for the 13 countries in the European Intervention Initiative (EI2) will take place in Oslo 7th of December.
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Norway provides support for further shipment of grain from Ukraine
30/11/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Grain from Ukraine is needed in many countries where people are experiencing acute food insecurity. Norway has therefore provided NOK 50 million to support a further shipment of grain from Ukraine. Ukraine is once again showing that it is a
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Foreign Minister Eide talking with Israel’s National Security Adviser
04/11/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs'I had good phone conversation with Isarel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi. I emphasized the urgent need to secure the release of the hostages that were taken on 7 October', said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
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New ambassadors from Angola, New Zealand and Guinea
09/11/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsThree ambassadors presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 9 November 2023.
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Important step for Offshore Wind
06/12/2022 Press release Ministry of EnergyThe Norwegian Government has great ambitions for the development of offshore wind power in Norway and aims to tender the first phase of Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord by the end of the first quarter of 2023.
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Joint statement: Estonia, the Netherlands, and Norway have agreed to donate a deployable field hospital to Ukraine
01/12/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceJoint Statement of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia, the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Norway and the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Joint Statement on Afghanistan
21/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsStatement from Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union on on Taliban’s
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Prime Minister Støre spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
05/11/2023 News story Office of the Prime MinisterOn Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had a telephone conversation with Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi as part of Norway’s contact with the countries and parties in the Middle East.
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Identification of systemically important institutions
21/12/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Ministry of Finance has today decided that DNB ASA, Kommunalbanken AS and Nordea Eiendomskreditt AS shall continue to be identified as systemically important institutions in Norway, as recommended by the Norwegian FSA.
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Foreign Minister Eide discussed the critical situation in Gaza with Prince Faisal bin Farhan
31/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsIn the conversation, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide underlined the importance of de-escalating the conflict, including a humanitarian truce to protect and assist civilians.
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Foreign Minister Huitfeldt discussed the situation in Israel with EUs Josep Borrell
09/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Talked with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell Fontelles, about the horrifying terror attacks by Hamas which have shocked the world to its core,’ Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said.