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Remarks by Foreign Minister Eide at G20 meeting
21/02/2025 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsRemarks by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide at G20 meeting In Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Opening speech at the international conference in the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence
13/02/2025 Speech/statement Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityDear Excellencies, Colleagues and members and friends of the EEA and Norway Grants SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence, Good afternoon and welcome! I am delighted to be here with you to mark the closing of EEA and Norway
By State Secretary Even Eriksen Held at det EFTA House in Brussel, January 20 2025
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Remarks by the Prime Minister at Oslo Energy Forum
12/02/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'We put clear targets on technological transition, cutting emissions. So, this will be a sector for the future, now when we move towards the low-emission economy. And I believe that the gas to be sold in 10, 20, 30 years ahead has to be the gas with
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Scandic Holmenkollen Park
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The Norwegian way: Why Oslo talks with everyone and still believes in multilateralism
07/02/2025 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsNorway still champions the UN, international law—and dialogue with adversaries. Communicating with all actors is in Norway’s and the West’s interests, writes the country’s deputy foreign minister, Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik.
By State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik First published in The European Council on Foreign Relations
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Opening speech by the Prime Minister at the Oslo Security Conference
03/02/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'We are for the first time preparing a Norwegian National Security Strategy', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Oslo University Aula
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The Prime Minister's speech at Tromsø City Mayor’s reception at Arctic Frontiers
28/01/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'If anyone come up with the idea that there is land available beyond international law, they should be reminded that that is not the case. And we, the Arctic states, should be primed among those who say in a decent and peaceful way that this is how
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Tromsø
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The Defence Minister's Speech at Oslo Military Society, 20 January 2025
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The Norwegian PM’s introduction at a joint press conference with Palestine’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa
15/01/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'I will here today also urge Israel to let UNRWA continue its operation. I would urge countries who have been hesitating in supporting UNRWA to step forward and do so', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Tax lessons for governments from Henry George
09/01/2025 Speech/statement Ministry of FinanceThe 19th-century political economist understood that the whole of society should benefit from outsized profits.
By Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Op-ed in Financial Times
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New Year Speech 2025
01/01/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'It is distressing that the nuclear powers are failing to find a path towards controlled disarmament. It is frustrating that powerful countries cannot reach agreement on what is most fundamental to people’s lives, to the life of every nation: peace,
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre National radio and television, 1 January 2025
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Norway’s statement in the UN General Assembly on the draft resolution on humanitarian access in Palestine
19/12/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsStatement held by State Secretary Andreas Kravik in the UN General Assembly on the Norwegian-led resolution on humanitarian access in Palestine, 19 December 2024.
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The Prime Minister's introduction at the press conference after the meeting with the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
11/12/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'We have to do a lot of work politically to bring nuclear disarmament back on the international agenda. It is depressing that the nuclear powers are withdrawing from treaties and agreements on disarmament, and that threats of using nuclear weapons
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Government House in Oslo
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Minister Eide's remarks at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta
06/12/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide’s remarks at the Ministerial Council in Ta'Qali, Malta, 5 December.
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Speech by the Prime Minister at the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
29/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'I encourage you - especially those of you who are religious leaders - to speak out against racism and discrimination - against both antisemitism and Islamophobia. We, the political leaders, also have a special responsibility for what we say, no
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Oslo Cathedral
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The future development of the Norwegian continental shelf
26/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'We shall continue to contribute to the green transition. We cannot be complacent. Through low-carbon energy production and new technologies. Overall, we are committed to reach our climate goal. There is no alternative. It's not a question about if,
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Opening speech at the Equinor’s Autumn Conference
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State Secretary Varteressian’s remarks at EEA conference in Lisbon
25/11/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsState Secretary Maria Varteressian’s remarks at the conference celebrating the 30th anniversary of the EEA Grants.
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State Secretary Varteressian’s speech at closing event for the EEA and Norway Grants Culture Programmes
25/11/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsSpeech by State Secretary Maria Varteressian’s speech at Closing event for the EEA and Norway Grants Culture Programmes, held at National Museum, Oslo 31. October 2024.
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State Secretary Kravik’s remarks at the Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
25/11/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsState Secretary Andreas Kravik's High-level segment of the Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 25 November 2024
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Address to the Storting on the situation in the Middle East
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Address by the Prime Minister on “Sustainable development and energy transition”
18/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'Let me underline our strong endorsement of Mission 300; the World Bank and African Development Bank-led initiative to provide electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre G20 Summit, Rio de Janeiro