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07/03/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced his intention to appoint Ambassador Kai Eide, Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as UN Special Representative for Afghanistan.
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16/11/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- I am pleased that we will now have an international secretariat for the Barents Cooperation. Norway has been working to secure this agreement for a long time, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
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04/03/2008
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Minister of Fisheries and Costal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, opened the North Atlantic Seafood Forum 2008. In her speech she underlined that globally, both governments and consumers are increasingly focused on nutrition and health. Many countries
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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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05/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Norwegian Government proposes to allocate NOK 1 125 million to research, technology development and work with carbon capture, transport and storage in 2008.
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23/01/2007
Press release
Ministry of Defence
Defence Minister Anne-Grete
Strøm-Erichsen has decided to sign the production phase agreement
for the Joint Strike Fighter Programme.
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05/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
As a follow-up to the integrated management plan for the Barents Sea and Lofoten, the Government allocated NOK 70 million in 2007 to seismic surveys in the Nordland VII and Troms II areas, outside Lofoten and Vesterålen. In 2008, a further 140
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20/04/2007
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
- Based on hearings in the Norwegian Parliament where several players have presented new proposals on how the submarine could be raised, more time is needed in order to consider the alternatives for raising the submarine wreck, says Helga Pedersen,
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19/10/2001
Guidelines
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
The information policy gives direction to government information activities by focusing on the challenges and opportunities inherent in information and communication as a tool for achieving information goals.
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Administrative staff
Ministry of Finance
The Secretary General is the permanent secretary and the chief advisor to the Minister of Finance. Mr. Eriksen has held this position since 1 January 1999.
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Political staff
Ministry of Finance
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13/11/2006
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nobel Peace Prize 2006 will be
awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Sunday 10 December at 1300 hours.
Application for press accreditation should be sent before 4
December 2006. (13.11.06)
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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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09/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal
Affairs Helga Pedersen launched the
www.fisheries.no portal at the
European Seafood Exposition in Brussels today.
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09/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norway’s Ministry of Fisheries and
Coastal Affairs awarded Pan Fish a licence to own up to 25 % of
national concession biomass.
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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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20/12/2005
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
In a meeting in Moscow today the Norwegian Food
Safety Authority and Russian veterinary authorities discussed
restrictions on imports of Norwegian salmon. Russian veterinary
authorities stand firm that high values of lead and cadmium have
been
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Administrative staff
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
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15/04/2021
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has decided to transfer more of its options for vaccine doses to the Covax global vaccine initiative. ‘Norway is being supplied with vaccines under its agreement with the EU and has decided that these options are not relevant for use on the
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09/11/2020
Press release
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA ("Norwegian") and Erik G. Braathen’s new airline company have both requested financial support from the Norwegian State in addition to the support schemes that have already been established for the industry. The government