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02/11/2011
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched this year’s Human Development Report. The report includes the 2011 Human Development Index, which measures countries’ ability to provide opportunities for people to improve their living
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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16/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
have summoned representatives from a number of embassies to refute
the erroneous allegations some countries have made against Norway
for its management of the Northeast Atlantic minke whale stocks.
(18.05.06)
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22/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
With the death of Lee Jong-wook,
the world has lost a champion of health, development and poverty
eradication, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (22.05.06)
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24/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Erik Solheim and Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer will
among other things have talks with the Government of Sri Lanka and
the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (26.05.06)
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26/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I am pleased that Iraq’s national
assembly has approved a new government of national unity. The Iraqi
people deserve a broad and inclusive government that can tackle all
of the difficult challenges the country currently faces, said
Minister of
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29/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
29 September 2006, Beijing, China -
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Government of
Norway announced a new partnership today in Beijing to support
China in its objectives to promote environmental protection,
awareness and
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30/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Co-Chairs, who met in Tokyo,
appealed to both parties in Sri Lanka to pull back from the current
crisis. (30.05.06)
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29/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
We most strongly urge the State
Peace and Development Council to immediately release Aung San Suu
Kyi and the more one thousand political prisoners in Myanmar, said
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (30.05.06)
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30/04/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
With 160 floors and 828 meters above the ground, Burj Khalifa is a well-known landmark in Dubai. Right before its sopening in January 2010, the spire was painted with paint supplied by Jotun.
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10/04/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
“I was deeply saddened to hear of the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski. My thoughts are with the Polish people,” Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented.
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07/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Trond Giske will next week visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with HRH Crown Prince Haakon and 60 industry representatives. During the visit the minister will attend the official opening of Hydro's project
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08/04/2010
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
”The signing of a new nuclear arms treaty between the USA and Russia is an important step on the road towards a world without nuclear arms”, says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Political staff
Ministry of Health and Care Services
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29/06/2010
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Norwegian Government has decided to give the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs the responsibility for setting up a new, full-spectrum monitoring and information system for the Northern sea and coastal areas (“BarentsWatch”). The work
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20/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Nordic countries - Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark - support Iceland’s efforts for economic recovery by providing bilateral loans totalling 1.775 billion euro for disbursement in four equal tranches in the context of Iceland’s economic
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23/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre received Josef Begun at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 April. Mr Begun spent most of the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union in a labour camp in Siberia for promoting Jewish culture and the Hebrew
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23/04/2010
News story
Ministry of the Environment
Minister Erik Solheim congratulates President Jagdeo of Guyana as The 2010 Champion of the Earth. This is the United Nations’ highest awards for environmental leadership.
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26/04/2010
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Bilateral trade relations are central when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Norway. On 26 April the President participates with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at a major Norwegian-Russian trade and industry conference in Oslo.