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21/01/2021
Press release
Ministry of Education and Research
The national action level is back to yellow for lower and upper secondary schools with effect from Wednesday 20 January. Municipalities with a high infection rate should consider whether to maintain the red level locally.
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29/12/2020
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The Norwegian Government is introducing new quarantine rules to contribute to more people being tested and to improve compliance with the quarantine rules. Travellers arriving in Norway from abroad may, at the earliest, end quarantine on day seven
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13/01/2021
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Norway has one of the strictest systems for entry and testing in Europe. The Norwegian Government is now further tightening the control system to limit import infection.
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06/03/2020
News story
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Minister of Climate and Environment Mr. Sveinung Rotevatn is confirmed as the president for the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. Mr. Rotevatn assumes this position after his predecessor Mr. Ola Elvestuen.
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06/03/2012
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The results indicate that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won a clear victory in the Russian presidential election and that voter turnout was high. Norway is ready to further develop its close cooperation with Russia. At the same time, despite
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31/12/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'I strongly condemn the attack on Aden airport upon arrival of the new Yemeni government. My sincere condolences to the families of victims. We urge all actors to focus on the UN-led political process', said Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine
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01/12/2006
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Good transport and
telecommunication services are necessary for trade and economic
development,” said Minister of Transport and Communications Liv
Signe Navarsete.
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05/02/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway condemns the attacks on the
Norwegian and the Danish embassies in Damascus on Saturday.
(04.02.06)
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15/04/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Only the parties, the Government
of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, can stabilise the security situation and
secure the talks in Geneva, says Norwegian Minister of
International Development Mr Erik Solheim". (15.04.06)
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02/02/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Martii Ahtisaari’s plan is
realistic and well-balanced compromise for the future status of
Kosovo, said Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
(02.02.07)
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24/05/2021
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The distinction between necessary and unnecessary travel is removed for entry into Norway so that travellers from the UK and countries in the EEA/Schengen area with a low rate of infection do not have to stay at a quarantine hotel. People who have
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15/03/2020
Press release
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Government will close the border to foreign nationals who lack a residence permit in Norway. They will be turned away at the border under provisions of a Norwegian law relating to the control of communicable diseases. Temporary entry and exit
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22/01/2021
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to the Etelä-Savo Hospital District and Pohjois-Savo Hospital District in Finland.
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13/03/2020
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice to reduce the countercyclical capital buffer requirement from 2.5 to 1 percent with immediate effect. Norges Bank says that there is a risk of a pronounced economic downturn
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26/01/2021
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I congratulate Bjørn Berge on his election to the post of Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. His extensive experience from the Norwegian Foreign Service and leading positions in the Council of Europe make him extremely well
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05/02/2021
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the Crown Prince regent has appointed political adviser Saliba Andreas Korkunc as state secretary to Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie.
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17/03/2020
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 16 March, the Nordic and Baltic countries' Foreign Ministers and Norway's State Secretary decided to help their citizens in their return home.
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02/02/2021
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'We call on the Russian government to end its politically motivated persecution of opposition leader Alexei Navalny', Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide said.
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29/03/2012
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Today, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is announcing the annual licencing round for mature areas on the continental shelf.
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27/04/2012
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Ketil Raknes (37), political adviser, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of the Environment Bård Vegar Solhjell, and Ms. Ragnhild Setsaas (61), adviser, Trondheim, as state