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Statement at the Forest and Land-use Event

Your Royal Highness, Presidents and Prime Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, there is progress being made here at COP 26.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre COP26, Glasgow, Scotland

Opening statement at Safe Schools conference

Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt's opening statement at Safe Schools Declaration, Fourth International Conference.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Abuja, 25 October

Statement on the attacks in Kongsberg

This is an important day for those of us who have been given responsibility as members of the new Government. It is also a very strange day on which to present a new Government.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

Prime Minister Støre´s address to the Storting on the situation in the Middle East

Mr President, like so many people in Norway and across the world, I am deeply shocked by the appalling terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel. I would like to convey my deepest sympathy - and that of the Government - to the victims. And to everyone who

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre The Storting (Parliament)

Opening statement at Nobel Peace Center freedom of expression conference

Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt's opening address at the Nobel Peace Center freedom of expression conference.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Oslo, 2 September

Minister Eide’s Statement on the occasion of the signing of MoU between Norway and Indonesia

Minister Eide’s Statement on the occasion of the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Norway and Indonesia on Partnership in Support of Indonesia’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU). Jakarta

By Minister of climate and environment Espen Barth Eide

Statement at the Ocean Panel meeting in Glasgow

We are members of the Ocean Panel because we agree that the oceans are essential to human survival and to solving some of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. Not least, climate change.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre COP26

Norway to provide NOK 55 million for humanitarian efforts to combat hunger

The world is facing the worst global food crisis in modern history. According to the UN, 50 million people in 45 countries are on the brink of famine. This week, Norway is providing NOK 55 million for efforts to combat hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia,

Speech at the sixty-eight session of the Commission on the Status of Women

The Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery's speech at The sixty-eight session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).

By Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery UN's Headquarter, New York

– Ambulatory surgery will have an increasingly more important role in the future

Dear president, Dear chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to attend the 15th International Congress on Ambulatory Surgery and share some opening remarks with you. First, I would like to thank all the organizers for kindly

By Minister of Health and Care Services Jan Christian Vestre 15th International Congress on Ambulatory Surgery

Norway providing support for more air defence to Ukraine

‘Norway will provide NOK 1.4 billion in funding to expand air defence systems in Ukraine. Together with other countries, Norway is providing funding that will enable Romania to send a Patriot air defence system to Ukraine,’ said Prime Minister Jonas

Norway grants NOK 27 million to global ecosystem maps

Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, H.E. Tore O. Sandvik, announces a contribution of NOK 27 million to support the development of a new tool for integrating and sharing data on the world’s ecosystems.

Address to the Storting on the security policy situation

'First, effective security policy begins at home: we must start by ensuring that our own house is in order. This is why we are now making historic investments in our own defence and upgrading our defence capabilities', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

Standing united in support of Ukraine

'For Norway, supporting Ukraine is about the fight for freedom and about Ukraine’s right to take its place in the European political community, with its basis in respect for the rule of law and democracy. All of these values are of crucial

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Op-ed in Aftenposten

The Norwegian Prime Minister's introduction to the press conference on recognition of Palestine

´There will be no peace in the Middle East without a two-state solution. There can be no two-state solution without a Palestinian state. In other words: a Palestinian state is a prerequisite for achieving peace in the Middle East´, said Prime

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Marmorhallen

Speech by the Prime Minister at the opening of the Bergen International Festival

'The Festival takes us to new destinations, into waters we have never sailed before. We hear familiar chords alongside new harmonies and interpretations. The ocean, music, art - they never stay the same. They are timeless and at the same time a

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

Norway invests NOK 240 million in global pandemic preparedness

Norway is increasing its support to the Pandemic Fund by NOK 240 million for the period 2025-2027. This will strengthen the global, regional and national readiness and response to new pandemics and severe cross-border disease outbreaks.

Minister of International Development: Complete breakdown in Gaza

‘Over the past year, the people living in Gaza have suffered enormously and we are now seeing a complete breakdown of Gazan society. More than 43 000 people have been killed. Entire families have been wiped out. Some 60 000 children are acutely

Minister Emilie Mehl extends temporary arming of police and internal border controls

Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ms Emilie Mehl, has today decided to extend temporary arming of the police for three months and to extend internal border controls until 1 December 2024. The police have been armed since 8 October

APA 2022: Applicant for production licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 26 companies in connection with the announcement of APA 2022.