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  • Closer cooperation between Norway and Germany to develop green industry

    05/01/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Norway and Germany are expanding cooperation to increase production of renewable energy and to develop green industry. The two countries have issued two joint declarations outlining the next steps in their cooperation in the areas of hydrogen,

  • German Vise-Chancellor visits Norway

    04/01/2023 News story Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Vise-Chancellor Robert Habeck meets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland, Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre and Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide will also be

  • The Amazon Fund is re-activated

    02/01/2023 News story Ministry of Climate and Environment

    Yesterday President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva was inaugurated as Brazil’s new president. On his very first day, he reconfirmed the new government’s ambitions to halt deforestation and he took the necessary steps to reopen the Amazon Fund.

  • Change among the political advisers

    02/01/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    The Office of the Prime Minister has as of 1 January 2023 appointed Mr. Trond Ivar Bækken in at 60 percent position as political adviser to Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ms. Emilie Enger Mehl. The appointment ends 31 July 2023.

  • Joint statement on Afghanistan

    29/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Joint statement from foreign ministers on the Taliban's ban on Afghan women working for national and international NGOs.

  • German Vise-Chancellor visits Norway in January

    22/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Office of the Prime Minister

    Germanys Vise-Chancellor Robert Habeck visits Norway 5th and 6th of January 2023. Habeck will amongst other discuss Norwegian-German industry- and energy collaboration with the Norwegian Prime minister and other ministers, attend The Confederation

  • Joint Statement on Afghanistan

    21/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Statement 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

  • Norway contributes to debt relief for Afghanistan via World Bank

    21/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway has provided approximately NOK 50 million to help clear Afghanistan’s debt arrears to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). This will make it possible to deliver more international aid to the Afghan people. No funds

  • Identification of systemically important institutions

    21/12/2022 News story Ministry of Finance

    The 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.

  • Ukrainian refugees are having their right to drive in Norway expanded

    19/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Transport

    ‘Ukrainian refugees must feel confident that they are allowed to drive for the duration of their stay in Norway. That is why we are now further extending and expanding the validity of their driving licences’, says Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar

  • Norway and France will strengthen cooperation on CCS

    19/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Energy

    Norway and France has signed a Letter of Intent to promote mutually beneficial cooperation on the development and deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This confirms the governments’ intentions to cooperate on CCS and recognize the

  • Students are happy with flexible educational provisions

    19/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Education and Research

    85% of pupils with flexible and decentralised educational provisions are happy with the academic content, a new report shows. These educational provisions are successful in meeting the needs of working life and help ensure that education and skills

  • South Sudan: Statement by the Troika and the EU on Violence in Upper Nile and Jonglei States

    16/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Statement by the Troika and the European Union on violence in Upper Nile and Jonglei States in South Sudan.

  • Consultation on resource rent tax on onshore wind power

    16/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy

    The Government proposes to introduce a resource rent tax on onshore wind power from 2023 and is today sending the proposal for consultation, as described in the State Budget for 2023. It is one of several resource rent proposals which will lead to

  • Banks’ capital requirements unchanged

    16/12/2022 News story Ministry of Finance

    Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to maintain the systemic risk buffer at 4.5 percent. For banks not using the Advanced IRB Approach, the phasing-in period is prolonged by one year. Thus, the systemic risk buffer of 4.5 percent shall apply

  • More children than ever attending day care facilities for schoolchildren

    16/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Education and Research, Office of the Prime Minister

    A record number of children are participating in day care facilities for schoolchildren (SFO). The increase is related to the fact that the government introduced an offer of 12 hours of free SFO per week for all first-graders in the autumn.

  • Norway sending bridges to Ukraine

    13/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transport

    ‘Russia’s cynical warfare has destroyed key parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure. Without a functional road network, it is not possible for Ukraine to deliver food, water and medical supplies where they are needed, or transport wounded Ukrainians to

  • Milestone for humanitarian work in conflict

    09/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘The new Security Council resolution on humanitarian exemptions in UN sanction regimes will help save lives and alleviate suffering of people living where there’s armed conflict’, says Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt.

  • Norway increases humanitarian funding for acute crisis response

    09/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘More people are in need of humanitarian assistance than ever before. Norway is now increasing its support to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund. This will help to ensure more effective and better

  • Norway signs agreement to provide NOK 1 billion to repair damaged infrastructure in Ukraine

    09/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘There is an urgent need to repair the electricity supply system and other infrastructure in Ukraine following Russia’s bombing campaign against civilian targets. I am pleased that we have signed an agreement today to provide NOK 1 billion to help

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