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26/04/2016
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘I most strongly condemn the killing of Canadian citizen John Ridsdel in the Philippines. Abhorrence and outrage is the only reasonable response to his murder by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
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20/11/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed three new state secretaries.
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30/10/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Gina Lund (45), assistant director general, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Labour Rigmor Aasrud until 20 December 2009, and from 21 December 2009 to Minister of Labour
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26/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway has reacted strongly to the news that the Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Shirin Ebadi in 2003. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday afternoon.
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24/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway deplores the decision made by Israel to expand the Gilo settlement in East Jerusalem. The settlement is on occupied territory, and any expansion of this kind must be viewed as illegal under international law,” commented Foreign Minister
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20/11/2009
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
“Our challenge is to meet the growing demand for energy and at the same time reduce emissions to protect the environment,” the Prime Minister said in his speech at London School of Economics and Political Science to day.
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19/09/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the period 2019-2021 at the organisation’s General Conference today.
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16/05/2017
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
On Tuesday 16 May, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes is visiting Berlin, to speak at a breakfast seminar with German parliamentarians.
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07/10/2019
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government’s annual budget proposal includes an allocation of NOK 466 million for vulnerable groups under a new budget item created for this purpose.
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14/07/2017
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway signed an agreement today on participation in the newly established, Finnish-led European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.
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08/07/2017
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Finance Ministers of China and Norway met in Hamburg in the margins of the G20 Summit Friday. The ministers discussed the global economic situation and the strong economic links between the two countries.
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08/10/2018
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has restructured its budget. The Ministry’s budget proposal for 2019 is shorter and more concise than previously, and many allocations have been consolidated thematically.
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08/10/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government proposes to increase the humanitarian budget by about NOK 250 million in 2019.
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07/04/2017
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Erna Solberg was today received by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. ‘We had a very constructive conversation about how we can expand and strengthen relations between our two countries,’ said Prime
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24/09/2018
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide is chairing the ministerial meeting of the international donor group for Palestine, known as the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), in New York on 27 September.
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06/04/2001
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On Sunday, the Minister of
International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes will welcome experts
from all over the world. Access to both patented and non-patented
(so-called generic) drugs will be on the agenda.
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20/08/2001
Press release
Forsvarsdepartementet
At the Svanhovd Ecological Center
in Kirkenes today, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence,
Øystein Singsaas opened the Steering Group meeting of the Arctic
Military Environmental Cooperation Progam between Russia, the
United States and
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03/10/2002
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Press release No.: 99E/02 Date: 3.10.2002 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 22 24 61 09 / +47 90 19 73 82 2003 Budget – Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy proposes expenditures of NOK 17.7 billion and income
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16/04/2002
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press release No.: 76 Date: 16.06.02 Safeguard measures imposed by the USA on steel imports On 5 March 2002, the USA decided to introduce a wide range of safeguard measures on steel imports. Norway, together with the EU, Japan, South Korea and
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14/04/2000
Press release
Forsvarsdepartementet
The Government presented today a
Proposition to Parliament in which it recommends an augmented
allocation for the New Frigates Project.