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21/10/2002
Article
Subject: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the resumption of the Sudanese Peace Negotiations Policy area: General Affairs and External Relations News item: CFSP statements The European Union welcomes the fact that the
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20/06/2008
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen (40) was today appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, representing the Centre Party in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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Administrative staff
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
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09/05/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Norway has been selected by the United Nations to host World Environment Day. The topic this year is “ Melting ice- a hot topic?” The Ministry of Environment has picked Tromsø to be the host city for a number of profiled events during three days,
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04/05/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and the Netherlands are the two countries that provide the best development assistance for education, according to a report published by the world-wide lobbying network Global Campaign for Education.
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27/04/2007
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today received the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Stoltenberg underlined his appreciation of the strong and long-standing ties of friendship between Norway and the US, bilaterally and in NATO. The UN, the
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23/03/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against travelling to or staying in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless absolutely necessary.
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18/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Political leaders and health
experts gather in New York today to discuss how to prevent the
deaths of millions of children before their fifth birthday. The
Government of Norway, the Lancet and UNICEF are jointly hosting a
Symposium on Child
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29/09/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Due to the shift of minister today,
State Secretaries Frode Berge and Karin Yrvin have been honourably
discharged from their offices as of today at 2 pm. From the same
time Mr. Berge has been appointed as state secretary to the new
Minister of
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27/06/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Odd Roger Enoksen, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has the pleasure of inviting you to a press conference, Thursday 28 June at 11.00 a.m.
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21/06/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) today signed an agreement with DONG Energy, Hydro, Shell Statoil and Vattenfall on co-operating towards a test centre for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) at the combined power and heating station at Mongstad,
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05/11/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will be held in Oslo City Hall on Monday 10 December at 13:00. A press conference with Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri and Al Gore Jr will be held on Sunday 9 December at 13:00 at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik
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27/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
“We are delighted that the quotas for cod in the Barents Sea will be higher in 2008 than would have been the case if overfishing had continued unchanged. The quota size is a direct result of the reduction in overfishing and shows that efforts to
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18/10/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s extraordinary session of the Council of State the King has made the changes in the Government.
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22/10/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
The Government has decided that when Norway joins the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), its total allocation of allowances will be considerably lower than the projected emissions from the Norwegian installations included in the scheme.
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05/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government is proposing to earmark NOK 1.585 billion for the EEA financial mechanisms its 2008 budget proposal. In addition, it is proposing to allocate NOK 1 million to a new grant scheme for the social partners. Support for information
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05/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Norwegian economy is experiencing its strongest expansion in thirty years, with annual growth in Mainland-GDP averaging more than 4½ per cent over the past four years. Employment has increased substantially and the unemployment rate has fallen
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18/06/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Government is now allocating NOK 25 million in humanitarian assistance for people affected by the drought in Ethiopia. The funding is being channelled through our partners in the UN, the Red Cross and other NGOs that are already working in
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09/06/2008
Letter
Ministry of Finance
The proposed regulations seek to clarify important elements of the CFIUS process. But there are also elements in the law and the regulations that may have the side-effect of deterring foreigners from investing in the U.S., stemming from a perception
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22/02/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The initiative for an international ban on cluster munitions taken by the Norwegian Government last year (the Oslo Process) has now entered its decisive final stage.