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22/03/2013
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has today issued a public consultation on draft proposals for four new sets of rules that are possible alternatives to the current backstop on the level of risk-weighted assets (the so-called Basel I floor). An important
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23/01/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 23 January 2010 Norway and Cuba signed an agreement that will make NOK 5 million available for health cooperation in Haiti following the earthquake disaster.
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04/12/2009
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske recently brought the American ambassador, Barry B. White, 70 degrees north in Norway. They experienced a wintery Melkøya shining in the twilight.
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26/03/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I am pleased and relieved that the Norwegian woman who was kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula last Thursday has been released and is safe,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
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01/04/2014
Speech/statement
Barne- og likestillingsdepartementet
Speech on the European Consumer Summit, Brussels,1st of April 2014
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10/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The agreement signed yesterday by President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar could mark a turning point in the serious conflict in South Sudan. It is now essential that the parties to the conflict comply with the agreement,’ said
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03/06/2014
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has appointed an expert group to assess the Government Pension Fund Global's (GPFG) appropriate use of policy instruments and investments in coal and petroleum companies. The Storting (the Norwegian parliament) has asked the
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20/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The international humanitarian pledging conference for South Sudan has resulted in a doubling of the funds pledged by the international community for humanitarian efforts, from USD 600 million to over USD 1.2 billion. ‘I am delighted that Norway, by
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18/12/2014
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
New technology can help to improve health and care services and give people the opportunity to manage their own lives. To ensure that different solutions work together, the Norwegian Government introduces the standardization framework Continua on
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05/05/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is to host a pledging conference for South Sudan in Oslo on Tuesday 20 May. The conference is being organised in cooperation with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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Web TV
28/11/2014
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Erna Solberg will receive Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday 11 December at 10.00.
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26/03/2014
News story
Ministry of Education and Research
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2014 to Yakov G. Sinai (78) of Princeton University, USA, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, "for his fundamental
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16/12/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I condemn today’s terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar in the strongest possible terms. Targeting children and teachers in this manner is despicable,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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13/12/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set Norm Prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 3nd quarter of 2010. The Norm Prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
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22/01/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Negotiations with the EU on financial contributions 2014 - 2019 and on market access for fish started today. “We look forward to constructive negotiations and a successful outcome,” commented Ingvild Næss Stub, State Secretary in the Ministry of
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25/06/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably dismissed Mr. Robin Kåss from his office as state secretary to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen, and at the same time appointed him as state secretary to Minister
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01/01/2014
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
On 1 January, Norway opened a new, bigger ministry devoted to modernising and developing the public sector.
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13/06/2013
Article
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The E-vote 2011-project will procure and trial a platform for electronic voting in ten municipalities during the municipal og county elections in 2011. The project will also procure and pilot a complete elections administrative support system in the
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04/12/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is providing an additional NOK 10 million to Médecins Sans Frontières,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim.
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25/06/2010
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
On June 25th, the Norwegian Pavilion at EXPO in Shanghai welcomed visitor number one million.