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12/02/2016
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is providing NOK 14.3 million for a project to reduce environmental risk in connection with oil and gas activities in northern sea areas.
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21/10/2016
News story
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
The State Ownership Report is an annual publication that gives an overview and review of all of the companies with state ownership, emphasizing the companies' performance last year.
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27/10/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Erik Solheim signed a three-year agreement today on continued Norwegian financial support for UNEP.
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16/02/2016
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today, the
EU-Commission presented its "Sustainable
Energy Security Package". The Commission
confirms that gas will remain important in the EU's energy mix in the years to
come. For Norway as a major supplier of gas to Europe, the package will have
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20/11/2009
News story
Ministry of the Environment
At the invitation of HRH The Prince of Wales, world leaders met in London on November19, 2009, to profile the findings of the Informal Working Group on Interim Finance for REDD+ (IWG IFR), which has now released its findings ahead of the Copenhagen
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15/02/2010
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Subject to the Storting’s approval of the Government’s budget proposal for 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hereby announces an opportunity to apply for grants for peacebuilding and statebuilding projects in the Western Balkans.
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07/10/2015
News story
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Today the Government is presenting a budget for employment, activity and restructuring.
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Political staff
Ministry of Justice and the Police
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16/11/2015
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government has taken the initiative to convene an international donor conference for Syria, which will be held in London in early February. Norway, the UK, Germany, Kuwait and the UN are the joint hosts. 'The war in Syria has caused
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13/11/2015
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
In response to the large number of asylum seekers entering the country, the Norwegian Government has received the Parliament’s approval of legislative amendments that among other things will enable the swift return of certain asylum seekers.
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Political staff
Ministry of Transport and Communications
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29/10/2015
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Four new ambassadors to Norway presented their credentials to His Majesty King Harald V on 29 October 2015.
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20/01/2014
News story
Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide today met US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon. “We had a very good and constructive meeting and are both agreed that the transatlantic partnership is more important than ever,” says Søreide.
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08/01/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The Philippines is now in the middle of a critical process of reconstruction. Unfortunately only around 40 % of the amount sought by the UN appeal to support early recovery has been provided. It is crucial that the international community continues
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07/07/2014
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
"The new government building complex will be a modern, open, living and safe urban area," says Minister of Local Government and Modernisation, Jan Tore Sanner. Statsbygg has been commissioned to start work on the planning process for the new complex
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07/01/2014
Press release
Ministry of Defence
OPCW and the UN confirm that the first load of components for chemical weapons has left the port of Latakia today. The process of transporting Syria’s chemical weapons out of the country for destruction has begun.
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02/07/2014
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
On behalf of the Norwegian Government, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien has replied positively to an invitation from the European Commissioner of Energy Günther Oettinger to participate in a research programme under the Horizon 2020
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16/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Juan Manuel Santos was on 15 June re-elected President of Colombia. ‘Mr Santos’s election victory gives him a solid platform on which to continue peace talks with the FARC and the ELN,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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08/08/2014
News story
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
I am informed that the measures carried out by Russia against the import of foodstuffs from the EU, Canada, USA and Australia also will have an impact on the Norwegian seafood industry. We are following the situation carefully, and we are in a close
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20/02/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was today on a working visit to Oslo. Topics on the agenda for her visit included energy and economic development in Europe. “In these difficult times, when the economic crisis is putting pressure on all European