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Scheduled regional air services - 19 route areas are put out to tender

On October 2, 2008 the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited all EEA air carriers to tender on scheduled regional air services within Norway, for the period 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2012. The deadline for submitting tenders is 3 November

Action Plan to reduce the administrative costs for businesses

The Action Plan "Creating time for innovation and production" gives an overview of the Government's simplification work.

Recommendations on the company Siemens AG, 2007 - 2012

The Ministry of Finance has decided to place the German company Siemens AG under observation due to the severe and systematic corruption in the company. The Council on Ethics recommended the company for exclusion the 15th of November 2007. Please

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Environmental Strategy 2008 - 2015

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Environmental Strategy 2008 - 2015 (pdf, 399 Kb)

Action Plan against Domestic Violence 2012

The Government gives priority to preventing and combating domestic violence by working for a more secure, just and egalitarian society.

Recommendation of May 26, 2010, on the exclusion of the company PetroChina Co Ltd.

On 26 May 2010, the Council on Ethics recommended the exclusion of PetroChina due to the risk of complicity in human rights violations associated with the construction of two oil and gas pipelines in Burma by its parent company, China National

Consultation on a proposal for amendments to the Broadcasting Regulations - listing of events of major importance for society

The Ministry of Culture hereby presents a proposal for amendments to the Broadcasting Regulations. It is proposed to include in Chapter 5 of the Broadcasting Regulations a provision for the drawing up of a list of events of major significance for

Deadline for consultation: 24/09/2011 Status: Consultation has been processed

The Right to Decide about One’s Own Life

An Action Plan to Combat Negative Social Control, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation 2017-2020.

The United Kingdom withdrawal from the EU: Initial assessment – selected points

The UK has decided to leave the EU. It will begin the withdrawal process by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March 2017. Norway will not be a party to the forthcoming withdrawal negotiations between the UK and the EU. However,

Revised strategy for combating work-related crime

Work-related crime is a growing challenge involving serious consequences both for workers and undertakings and for society as a whole. The government presented its revised strategy for combating work-related crime February 13th 2017.

Report on cases of financial irregularities in 2016

Foreign Service Control Unit

The Foreign Service Control Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a review of cases involving breaches of rules in the Foreign Service 2016.

Sectoral Programme for Culture - The Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2017

Norway has adopted three cross-sectoral priorities for the Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2017: the Nordic Region in Transition, the Nordic Region in Europe and the Nordic Region in the World.

Condolences to the Coptic Pope

Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende has extended his condolences to pope Tawadros II following the attack on the Coptic church in Cairo Sunday 11 December.

Severity of illness and priority setting in Norway

Summary of a report from a working group, November 2015

In 2015, the Government appointed a working group with the specific task of determining how to assess severity of illness in practical priority setting in the health care sector. The working group submitted its report to the Ministry of Health in

Summary of NOU 2015:7 Assimilation and Resistance

Norwegian policies towards Tater/Romani people from 1850 to the present

This booklet contains the Tater/Romani Committee’s own summary of their main conclusions, presented in the introduction of the Committee’s Report (NOU 2015:7), extracts/summaries of main findings of the Report’s Chapters 1 to 6 the Committee’s final

Conference Report: Protecting education from attack

The Oslo Conference on Safe Schools, Oslo, Norway 28– 29 May 2015

The Oslo Conference on Safe Schools: Protecting Education from Attack, was organised in Oslo 28-29 May 2015. At the Conference, representatives of states came together to show their interest in - and commitment to - the common goal of enhancing the

Illicit trade in cultural artefacts

The illicit sale of cultural objects stolen from museums or looted from archaeological sites is a growing international problem. Countries in conflict and countries affected by natural disasters are particularly vulnerable.

The Government's Work Programme for Cooperation with the EU 2015

The Government adopted its work programme for cooperation with the EU 2015 in February.

National Strategy against Antibiotic Resistance

The Norwegian National Strategy Against Antibiotic Resistance 2015-2020 lays out the Government’s goals for work over the coming years and the steps needed to achieve these.

OECD – Thematic Review of Early Education and Care Policy in Norway 2015

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has performed a review of Norway's Early Education and Care (ECEC) policy, and the analysis and recommendations were published in June 2015 in the report "Early Childhood Education