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  • Annual white paper on the Government Pension Fund

    10/04/2025 Press release Ministry of Finance

    Today, The Ministry of Finance is presenting the 2025 white paper on the Government Pension Fund (Meld. St. 22 (2024-2025)). In the white paper, the Ministry reports on the results and management of the Government Pension Fund Global and the

  • Norway to increase support to Ukraine by NOK 50 billion

    04/04/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Government has proposed a substantial increase in Norway’s military support to Ukraine in 2025, in line with the broad-based political agreement reached in the Storting.

  • The 8 Nordic-Baltic countries publish report on large financial crisis simulation exercise

    01/04/2025 News story Ministry of Finance

    Over a period of five days in the autumn of 2024, the Nordic-Baltic Stability Group (NBSG ) conducted a financial crisis simulation exercise across its 8 member countries. The goal of the exercise was to test collaboration and coordination across

  • Norway is strengthening cooperation with the EU to combat VAT fraud

    21/03/2025 News story Ministry of Finance

    The Norwegian Government is requesting the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) for consent to implement a renegotiated agreement with the EU on administrative cooperation in the VAT area. According to the new Agreement, Norwegian tax authorities

  • Norway to increase its support to Ukraine by NOK 50 billion

    06/03/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance

    Norway is now significantly increasing its support to Ukraine. The parties in the Storting have agreed to increase allocations to Ukraine for 2025 by an additional NOK 50 billion.

  • The Finance Minister promotes Norwegian resource rent taxation in Financial Times

    16/01/2025 News story Ministry of Finance

    In the article «Tax lessons for governments from Henry George» in Financial Times, Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum discusses how Henry George's ideas on taxation of land and resources may be relevant for the global tax debate.