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  • Strong Norwegian support for Red Cross hospital in Gaza

    14/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Together with Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross Anne Bergh, Minister for Development Cooperation Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim, has received a briefing on the newly opened field hospital in Rafah. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has

  • Revised National Budget: The Norwegian Defence Boost Begins Now

    14/05/2024 News story Ministry of Defence

    The government's most fundamental task is to ensure the security of people living in Norway. Therefore, we prioritise defence, security, and preparedness, especially in a more serious security situation. In the revised national budget, the

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    Revised National Budget 2024: A budget to provide security in demanding times

    14/05/2024 Press release Ministry of Finance

    Defence and security are the priorities in the Norwegian government’s proposal for the Revised National Budget. The government’s most important duty is to safeguard its people. Defence capability will be strengthened with a historic budget increase

  • Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: Strong warning against a military operation in Rafah

    14/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Gaza is a manmade disaster. Words cannot describe the suffering of the 2.3 million people of Gaza, who have endured extremely difficult circumstances during the past seven months. Despite the many calls from the international community, Israel

  • Revised National Budget: Key figures in the Revised National Budget 2024

    14/05/2024 Press release Ministry of Finance

    To secure equal access to information that might be market sensitive, the Ministry of Finance publishes selected key figures prior to presenting the Revised National Budget at 10:45 a.m. More detailed forecasts will be published in the Revised

  • Norway votes in support of granting Palestine full membership status in the UN

    10/05/2024 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The resolution states that Palestine is fully qualified for membership in the United Nations and recommends that the Security Council reconsiders the matter favourably. Pending the approval of such membership, the resolution, which was adopted by a

  • Nordic-Baltic statement on recent developments in Georgia

    10/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    De nordisk-baltiske landene har gjennom mange år støttet opp om Georgias reformpolitikk og landets ambisjon om å knytte seg nærmere til europeisk og euroatlantisk samarbeid. Dette ønsket støttes av et klart flertall i det georgiske folk. Med

  • Statement by Foreign Minister Eide on attacks on UNRWA

    10/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘I am shocked by attacks on UNRWA 's head quarter in East Jerusalem‘.

  • Statement: Shocked by brutal attacks on Georgian civic and political activists

    10/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Concerned by targeting ordinary citizens and civil society by phone calls, posters labelling individuals as “Agents”.

  • Announcement of areas through APA 2024

    08/05/2024 Press release Ministry of Energy

    The Norwegian Ministry of Energy is today announcing this year’s licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf - APA 2024. The annual rounds of awards in predefined areas (APA) give oil companies the opportunity to gain access to attractive

  • The fight against hunger: Norway backs African Soil Health Initiative

    08/05/2024 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The African soil has never been meager, contributing to the growing hunger on the continent. Norway is investing NOK 33 million in research and knowledge sharing, to boost implementation of an ambitious action plan to improve soil health and thus

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    NOK 350 million in support to Moldova

    07/05/2024 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    Norway is expanding its cooperation with Moldova and will provide a further NOK 350 million in support under the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced the additional support during a meeting with Moldovan

  • Strengthening the energy bonds between Moldova and Norway

    07/05/2024 News story Ministry of Energy

    During the state visit from Moldova, an energy roundtable was held at Norad. At the event, an MOU was signed by the energy ministers of Moldova and Norway on closer cooperation between the two countries. During the roundtable discussions several

  • Statement from Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide on ceasefire negotiations: 'Expect more from both parties'

    06/05/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘It is critical that both Hamas and Israel do more to establish a ceasefire in Gaza. The whole world is watching and expects both parties to demonstrate willingness to reach an agreement’, says Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. ‘Gaza is a man-made

  • Changes among the state secretaries

    03/05/2024 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Ms. Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland as acting state secretary to Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, in the period that state secretary, Ms. Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, settles

  • Norway leads the way in offering commercial CO2 storage

    30/04/2024 Press release Ministry of Energy

    The government is pursuing an active policy to facilitate socio-economically profitable storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf. The policy allows industries with large emission sources to pay for permanent storage instead of releasing CO2

  • Norway supports fund for political prisoners in Belarus

    30/04/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Norwegian government will contribute NOK 10 million to a humanitarian fund to support released political prisoners from Belarus and their families.

  • Donations from Norway to Ukraine for around NOK 1 billion

    26/04/2024 News story Ministry of Defence

    ‘The war in Ukraine continues with high intensity. Norway has provided critical material to Ukraine to support them in their fight against Russia. We and our allies are clear about our long-term support for Ukraine. Ukraine can count on Norway’s

  • New ambassadors from Argentina, Sweden and Costa Rica

    25/04/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Three ambassadors presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 25 April 2024.

  • Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on settler violence in the West Bank

    24/04/2024 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    I am deeply alarmed by the recent surge in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Civilians are killed, homes and private property have been destroyed, and entire communities have been uprooted.

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