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13/11/2006
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
The
revision of the regulations concerning air pollution from ships is
mostly welcomed, said the Norwegian minister of Environment, Ms
Helen Bjørnøy, when opening an Intersessional Meeting on air
pollution in Oslo today.
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22/02/2006
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Government has decided to bring
the EU decision to impose definitive anti-dumping measures on
imports of Norwegian farmed salmon before the WTO Dispute
Settlement Body. The Government’s decision is in line with a
request by the fish-farming
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01/07/2020
News story
Ministry of Finance
On 8 June, the ESRB published a recommendation on restriction of distributions addressed to relevant national authorities.
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10/07/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Starting 15 July, the Government plans to allow the entry of foreign nationals from countries outside the EU/EEA (referred to as third-country nationals) who have family or an established romantic relationship in Norway. However, no exemptions are
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18/06/2020
News story
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
On Tuesday, Chinese experts on disease control said that they have no evidence that salmon was the original source or an intermediate host of the recently discovered cases of Covid-19 infections in Beijing.
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18/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement of 1 percent for banks.
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12/06/2020
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Government will open Norway’s borders for leisure travel to and from the other Nordic countries from 15 June, but will maintain quarantine rules and restrictions on entry for people arriving from regions where the level of infection is
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08/06/2020
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
On Wednesday 3rd of June, Norwegian Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, and Minister for Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn presented the Norwegian government's hydrogen strategy.
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26/05/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is strengthening its relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo and is now establishing an embassy in Kinshasa.
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12/05/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘We must protect those who are most vulnerable, and prevent today’s health crisis from becoming tomorrow’s hunger disaster and social crisis,’ said Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein.
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15/05/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security is exploring a fixed-term scheme for subsidising the return home of foreign employees in Longyearbyen who are without income or means to return to their country of origin.
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25/11/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘As one the world’s poorest countries, Afghanistan will continue to be an important partner for Norwegian development assistance. Norway will maintain a high level of aid until the end of 2024, and has allocated approximately NOK 650 million to
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23/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government is increasing its support to the global pandemic response by NOK 2 billion. This brings Norway’s total contribution to the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, to NOK 4.5 billion.
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17/12/2020
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Message from the Minister of Health and Care Services,
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18/12/2020
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The new EU sanctions regime will be an important tool for targeting individuals responsible for or involved in serious human rights violations all over the world,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide.
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18/12/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Two new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 17 December 2020.
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28/05/2021
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, The King has made changes in the list of state secretaries.
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21/05/2021
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I welcome the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. It was essential to bring an end to the violence. I commend Egypt, Qatar, the UN, the US and others for their efforts. The suffering inflicted on civilians during the eleven days of hostilities has
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21/05/2021
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The Norwegian Government is presenting the Storting with a Proposition regarding temporary amendments to the Control of Communicable Diseases Act in order to establish a legal basis for COVID-19 certificates. The purpose of the new provisions is to
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20/05/2021
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The infection levels in Viken county are still falling but remain high in some municipalities. The Norwegian Government has decided to make changes to the regional measures. Two municipalities will be kept at Level B, 4 municipalities will be moved