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03/07/2014
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
‘The world has come a long way towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals, but we must speed up our efforts in all areas before the 2015 deadline,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Together with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, she is
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07/01/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway will provide more than NOK 40 million through the EEA and Norway Grants for immediate action to help the poor and homeless in Greece. The money will be used in part for food banks and health services.
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30/01/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The situation for the people in Syria and for Syrian refugees in the neighbouring countries continues to deteriorate. At a donor conference in Kuwait yesterday, Norway committed itself to an additional contribution of NOK 210 million for
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21/08/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
«I welcome the news that the US has invited Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct talks,» said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. «Norway urges the parties to respond positively to the US invitation, and to seize this opportunity to make
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22/07/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway welcomes the clear advisory opinion delivered today by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the question of the Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of
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22/01/2013
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today receives Bill Gates for meetings in Oslo on international health. “Our efforts for maternal and child health have seen concrete and impressing results. But we still have not reached our goals”, says
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09/02/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I condemn the attack on Camp Liberty last night. Reports indicate that several people were killed and a number of civilians and Iraqi police officers injured,” said Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
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22/01/2013
News story
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Norway's Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen raised the issue of market access for Norwegian seafood at a meeting with the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki in Tromsø on Monday.
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20/03/2017
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has today launched a new development tool that makes it possible for children to learn to read in areas where schools have been bombed and teachers and families have been forced to flee. With the help of some of the world’s tech giants,
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12/11/2013
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 12 November 2013 appointed Ms. Benedicte Staalesen (30), Senior Consultant, Randaberg, as political adviser to Prime Minister Erna Solberg (20 per cent) and to Minister at the Office of the Prime Minister
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01/02/2017
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'It is deeply regrettable that some members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence will not be allowed to visit Russia, despite having received an invitation from the Chair of the Council of the Federation Committee for Foreign
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06/12/2013
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Wednesday minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tord Lien, delivered the opening speech at the petroleum research-conference OG21 Forum.
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09/03/2017
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'I urge Kosovo authorities to refrain from transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an armed force without a constitutional change and an inclusive political process,' said Foreign Minister Børge Brende.
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17/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
The National Transport Plan (NTP) for the period 2014-2023 has an economic framework of NOK 508 billion, an increase of more than NOK 150 billion or 50 per cent.
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27/01/2010
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The government has decided that voters in Bodø, Bremanger, Drammen, Hammerfest, Mandal, Radøy, Re, Tynset, Vefsn, Ålesund and a district in Oslo can take part in an electronic voting trial for the municipal and county council elections in 2011.
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22/04/2013
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today, the Government presented its proposal to open for petroleum activity in the south-eastern Barents Sea.
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19/01/2010
Press release
Ministry of Trade and Industry
- China plays a key role with regard to fair globalization and the strengthening of labor rights, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trond Giske said after a seminar on corporate social responsibility in Beijing.
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18/01/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is concerned about developments in East Jerusalem. The Palestinian population is subject to ever-increasing pressure,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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18/12/2009
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has made public reports that have been received in connection with the work of evaluating active management of the Government Pension Fund Global.
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18/04/2013
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
For the fourth year running, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock has been detected in the Barents Sea.