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30/01/2014
News story
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has decided to exclude the companies Sesa Sterlite, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus from the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).
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23/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy hereby announces the 21st Licensing Round, which comprises 94 blocks or parts of blocks in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.
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19/03/2010
Article
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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01/04/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Støre, and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband on the upcoming national elections in Sudan.
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17/01/2014
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Børge Brende is deeply concerned about the arrests of homosexuals in Nigeria and the new law signed by President Goodluck Jonathan that prohibits same-sex marriage and imposes heavy penalties for such marriages, for homosexuality,
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15/06/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In the UN Human Rights Council today, Norway criticised the human rights situation in Iran on behalf of more than 50 countries. The joint statement was timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the controversial presidential election in
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24/06/2010
News story
Ministry of Finance
The UN Global Compact Leader Summit 2010 concentrates on the need to elevate the role of responsible business and investment in bringing about the needed transformation to more sustainable and inclusive markets. At the summit, the UNGC will also
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17/10/2013
Article
Ministry of Justice and the Police
This fact sheet presents the content of the white paper on Norwegian refugee and migration policy in a European perspective and the Government’s 22 main priorities in the field of refugees and migration in the time ahead.
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28/01/2014
Sound and image
Europaportalen
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19/03/2010
Article
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
ErgoGroup was nominated today as the supplier and developer of a central election administration computer system with a solution for electronic voting. The contract will be signed on 15 December.
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23/08/2010
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has excluded two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company from the portfolio of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).
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05/03/2013
News story
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
This year it is five years since the first boxes of seeds from food crops were carried into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Today, more than 770,000 different seed samples are deposited in the vault for long-term storage.
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13/08/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian Government has nominated Dagfinn Høybråten (Member of the Storting and Leader of the Christian Democratic Party) as candidate for Chair of the Board of the GAVI Alliance.
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25/06/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway is following the serious developments in Iran with concern. We condemn the mass arrests and the brutal treatment of peaceful protesters, which has led to the loss of many lives in the past week,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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06/02/2013
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I condemn the killing of Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid. Mr Belaid was one of the most outspoken opposition politicians in Tunisia, and was particularly concerned about freedom of expression,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen
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11/03/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- The results of the Pension Fund - Global, which were presented by Norges Bank today, show that the Fund in 2008 was strongly influenced by the global financial crisis, says the Norwegian Minister of Finance, Ms Kristin Halvorsen.
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13/03/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has decided to place the German company Siemens AG under observation due to the gross and systematic corruption the group has been involved in over many years. Gross corruption can be grounds for exclusion from the Government
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03/04/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
“The Government has submitted a bill today with proposals that will strengthen Norges Bank’s management and control system in line with the best international practices and recognised principles for sound central bank management,” says the Norwegian
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12/10/2021
News story
Ministry of Defence
The Government continues its goal to strengthen the Armed Forces in the short and long term, and proposes to increase the budget by around 4.3 billion NOK. The proposal follows up the multi-year commitments in the previous and current Long-Term Plan.
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15/11/2011
Article
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The new and independent Norwegian complaint mechanism for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) was established on March 1st, 2011.