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18/05/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has sent his greetings to India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Sing, after the elections on 16 May.
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Political staff
Ministry of Finance
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08/04/2011
Press release
Ministry of Finance
“The returns on the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) in 2010 were good. The overall results of the last years show that the large losses during the financial crisis has been more than compensated by the gains made in the subsequent market
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01/04/2011
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Sigbjørn Johnsen, today submitted a White Paper on the evaluation of the 2006 tax reform to the Parliament. The evaluation is the result of a comprehensive work involving external contributors representing organizations
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21/10/2005
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Pressemelding Nr.: 187/2005 Dato: 21. oktober 2005 New state secretaries In today's session of the Council of State, the King has appointed the following state secretaries in the ministries: Ms. Kjersti Markusson (50), county councillor, Nordland,
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16/12/2005
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norway and the EU have put earlier
disagreements behind them on several key fisheries issues. This
past week a consensus was reached on fishing for herring and blue
whiting, transit and an increase in the duty-free quota for
Norwegian prawn
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07/04/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
It has been reported that the Thai authorities have used cluster munitions in Cambodia. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “If these reports are true, this is a very serious matter.”
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17/10/2005
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 179/2005 Date: 17 October 2005 New state secretaries Following the change of government at 1 pm today, where Jens Stoltenberg’s second government succeeded Kjell Magne Bondevik’s second government, the King in an extraordinary
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21/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Ms. Utseth is
living in Trondheim in the middle part of Norway. Before she was
appointed state secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy,
Ms. Utseth worked as a Vice President HSE in the oil company
Pertra. (21.10.05)
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09/12/2005
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Members and alternates have today
been reappointed to the Executive Board of Norges Bank, the central
bank of Norway. (09.12.05)
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06/02/2015
News story
Ministry of Defence
NATO’s ability to respond rapidly to crisis situations and challenges on NATO’s periphery were at the top of the agenda when NATO defence ministers met in Brussels on 5 February.
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11/12/2014
News story
Ministry of Defence
The US Department of Defence today confirmed that future European engine maintenance for the F-35 will be performed by three partner nations, Turkey, Norway and the Netherlands. This means that the Norwegian state owned enterprise, AIM Norway, has
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12/12/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Human rights are under pressure internationally. Norway will therefore step up its efforts to promote and protect human rights,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende. A white paper on human rights in Norway’s foreign and development policy
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08/10/2014
Press release
Ministry of Climate and Environment
The Norwegian Government gives priority to climate and cultural heritage issues in its proposed budget for 2015. The Climate and Forest Initiative will receive NOK 3 billion in the budget for the Ministry of Climate and Environment next year. The
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26/02/2013
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway is establishing an embassy in Yangon in Myanmar. This was announced by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg when he met the President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, in Oslo on Tuesday. The President is in Norway on an official visit.
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15/02/2013
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway condemns the killing at the end of last week of nine health workers in northern Nigeria,” said State Secretary Arvinn Gadgil.
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17/09/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘The Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than the world can respond to it. There are not enough health workers in the field, and dying people are being turned away by hospitals. Norway is therefore providing a further NOK 58.7 million to
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08/11/2013
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Norwegian Government has decided to commence final negotiations with the company AgustaWestland Ltd. for the delivery of new search and rescue helicopters to replace the current Sea King.
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30/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Statoil has today announced its development concept for oil from the Skrugard field in the Barents Sea. The concept involves constructing an onshore terminal at Veidnes outside Honningsvåg in Finnmark.
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26/09/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer for banks unchanged. This is in line with advice from Norges Bank. The Financial Supervisory Authority has stated that it concurs with the advice.