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02/07/2014
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
On behalf of the Norwegian Government, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien has replied positively to an invitation from the European Commissioner of Energy Günther Oettinger to participate in a research programme under the Horizon 2020
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01/07/2014
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
The Government has decided that the responsibility for organising elections in Norway will be moved out of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation to an election directorate. The election directorate will be located in Tønsberg. “We want
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01/07/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway condemns the killing of the three Israeli teenagers who were abducted nearly three weeks ago. Those responsible must be arrested and brought to justice, and further escalation of the conflict must be avoided,’ said Minister of Foreign
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01/07/2014
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Check against delivery Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen We are meeting here in Johannesburg for a common purpose. Together we are part of a global drive to prevent the deaths of millions of people every year, and to lay the foundation for
By
Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg
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01/07/2014
News story
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The European Commission and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy will hold a conference on the EU power market.
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01/07/2014
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway is co-chair of the UN secretary general's MDG Advocates Group. Graça Machel is the founder of the Graça Machel Trust and member of the UN secretary general's MDG Advocates Group In 1990, the Italian World Cup
By
Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg
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01/07/2014
News story
The Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Erna Solberg is visiting South Africa, Malawi and Rwanda this week to promote the right of children to education and healthcare, and to help to intensify efforts to meet the UN Millennium Development Goal on poverty reduction.
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30/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation has as the Facility Manager of the NEFCO Norwegian Carbon Procurement Facility (NorCaP) decided to close its procurement of CERs under the first Call for Proposals.
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30/06/2014
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
'We have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change. This is costly, and climate finance must be made available to developing countries so that they can address these needs', Foreign Minister Børge
By
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende
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Political staff
Ministry of Culture
Bjørgulv Vinje Borgundvaag was appointed State Secretary to the Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey on June 6, 2014.
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28/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government has entered into a partnership with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and Norwegian companies with a view to strengthening vocational training in developing countries.
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27/06/2014
Article
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
Friday, 27.06.2014, The BBC misreports on ending of Norwegian Internet voting pilots. The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation has prepared a response to correct the misreported facts and statements.
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27/06/2014
Article
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
husk å legge til forsøk med internettstemming som undertittel
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27/06/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway and the US share concerns about the situation for civil society in Hungary,’ said Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Vidar Helgesen, following a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Melia today.
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27/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Norway congratulates Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on the signing of their association agreements with the EU. These agreements will bring these countries an important step closer to European integration,’ said Foreign Minister Børge Brende.
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27/06/2014
Article
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
Carter Center has published a report from the Norwegian Internet voting trials in 12 municipalities at the Parliamentary Elections of 2013.
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27/06/2014
Speech/statement
Ministry of Defence
The Henry Bacon Breakfast Seminar, June 26, Washington
By
Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide
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27/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer for banks unchanged. This is in line with advice from Norges Bank. The Financial Supervisory Authority has stated that it concurs with the advice.
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26/06/2014
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Mine Ban Convention has been a tremendous success. When it was negotiated and adopted in 1997, it was an appropriate response from the international community to a global humanitarian crisis caused by landmines in general, and antipersonnel
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26/06/2014
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘It is important that Norway, together with our European partners, sends a clear signal to the Syrian authorities that the persistent use of violence is unacceptable and must end immediately. Norway will therefore align itself with the EU’s new