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23/01/2017
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
‘By 2050, the world population may reach 10 billion. We will need healthy and productive seas and innovative technology so that we can obtain more food, medicines and energy from the oceans’, said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
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12/01/2017
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'I am pleased that a joint declaration of intent between Norway and Israel on research and innovation is now in place,' said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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13/01/2017
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has today appointed Mr. Torkil Åmland, former state secretary, as acting state secretary to Minister Sylvi Listhaug in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for the period 13 January 2017 - 30 June 2017, during
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14/12/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Børge Brende will visit Liberia on 15 December. Mr Brende will be present when President Johnson Sirleaf opens the Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant, which has been rehabilitated with support from Norway.
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13/12/2016
News story
Ministry of Climate and Environment
What is next for Colombia? The peace agreement is one of the first in history that put heavy emphasis on environment and sustainability as part of the peace building process. Today in Oslo, Colombia's Government share their plans on the way forward.
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24/11/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The signing of a new peace agreement gives Colombia the chance to bring an end to decades of armed conflict. Recent armed confrontations show that the ceasefire is fragile, and there is no time to lose in implementing the peace agreement,’ said
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13/11/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Colombian government and the guerrilla group Farc-EP announced this evening in Havana that they have reached a new peace accord.
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05/02/2016
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
- The main goal of the Energy Union is a climate friendly, efficient and secure energy system. Norwegian gas and renewables can play an important role in this respect, says the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien.
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20/01/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'I condemn the terrorist attack on Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan today in the strongest possible terms. Education is a fundamental human right, and this attack on an educational institution is also an attack on Pakistan's future. It
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17/02/2016
Press release
Ministry of Defence
The government has done a comprehensive assessment of Norwegian military contributions to international operations in 2016.
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17/12/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will be providing NOK 380 million to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for 2016. This will be announced at a donor conference in the UN on 17 December, when the Fund celebrates its 10th anniversary.
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21/12/2015
News story
Ministry of Defence
Norway's Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide had this story written on Defense News now in December. Defence News Outlook 2016 - perspectives from global thought leaders.
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29/12/2015
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security has drawn up a range of measures to tighten the immigration rules and make it less attractive for people to seek asylum in Norway. These have now been distributed for comment.
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08/11/2016
Speech/statement
Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet
Speech by Minister Solveig Horne at the conference Children's Rights in Alternative Care: "Walk the Talk!" in Paris 8.11.2016, organised by SOS Children's Villages International
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22/10/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende played host when ministers from 25 countries and the Director-General of the WTO gathered in Oslo for informal talks on Friday and Saturday. International trade, preparations for the WTO's next ministerial
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07/10/2016
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I would like to congratulate this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
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21/09/2016
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The deadline for applications to the annual licensing round in the best known exploration areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (APA 2016) expired on Tuesday 6th of September 2016. 33 companies have shown their interest in receiving oil and gas
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08/11/2016
Article
Ministry of Climate and Environment
The engagement of Indigenous Peoples and communities will be a crucial determinant of success for the new global framework on climate change.
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23/09/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The establishment of a Norwegian embassy in Bamako will strengthen our bilateral relations with Mali, and enable us to have a closer dialogue on the security challenges facing Mali and the wider Sahel region,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge
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16/09/2016
News story
Ministry of Finance
Selected chapters of the Financial Markets Report 2015 are now available in English.