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Donation of artillery systems to Ukraine
02/10/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceStatement by the Norwegian, German, Slovakian and Danish Ministers of Defence regarding donation of artillery systems to Ukraine.
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Norway condemns Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory
30/09/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Norway condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision by Russia to annex four regions of Ukraine. This is a serious violation of international law and is totally unacceptable. It may lead to a further escalation of an already volatile
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Joint statement by the Nordic Ministers of Defence
30/09/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe Nordic Defence Ministers had a video-conference today about the Nord Stream pipelines. Here is their joint statement.
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The Norwegian Government is increasing preparedness and controls along the Norwegian-Russian border
30/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityThe mobilisation in Russia and the possibility that Russian citizens may not be allowed to leave the country increases the risk of illegal border crossing along the Norwegian-Russian border outside the border crossing-point in Storskog. A police
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Norway to increase support for humanitarian efforts and government administration in Ukraine
30/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘The brutal war continues and Ukrainians are facing a cold winter. The scale of humanitarian need is enormous. We have proposed that NOK 2 billion of Norway’s support for Ukraine in 2022 should be used for humanitarian efforts and to help the
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Change among the state secretaries
30/09/2022 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Ms. Anne Marit Bjørnflaten as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Jan Christian Vestre.
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Norway strongly condemns attack on education centre
30/09/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsNorway strongly condemns the attack on Kaaj education centre in Kabul today, in a Hazara-majority area. Many adolescent girls and boys are killed and wounded.
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Norway to provide NOK 3 billion in military support to Ukraine
30/09/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe Norwegian government proposes an additional NOK 3 billion in military support to Ukraine in 2022. Most of the funds will finance military support to Ukraine through international mechanisms. The government also proposes up to NOK 250 million to
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New Compensation for Violent Crime Act enters into force on 1 January 2023
29/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityToday, the Norwegian Government decided that the new Act relating to compensation from the Norwegian State for victims of violent crime (Compensation for Violent Crime Act) will enter into force on 1 January 2023.
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Norway will assist in the training of Ukrainian soldiers
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceNorway’s Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram confirmed at the 11August donor conference for Ukraine, in Copenhagen, that Norway will contribute to training of Ukrainian soldiers in Great Britain.
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Increased resource rent tax on hydropower
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Government is proposing to increase the effective resource rent tax rate on hydropower from 37 per cent to 45 per cent, with effect from the 2022 fiscal year.
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Profits from natural resources will be better distributed
28/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Finance, Office of the Prime MinisterEnergy producers and the aquaculture industry make billions of kroner on our common resources. The Government is now proposing that more of the value created should go back to society.
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Resource rent tax on onshore wind energy
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe government proposes the introduction of resource rent tax on onshore wind energy as from 2023. The proposal will be referred for public consultation before the end of the year, and involves the taxation of resource rent at an effective rate of
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High-price contribution on wind and hydropower
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Government is proposing to introduce a high-price contribution, with the rate set at 23 per cent of the electricity price in excess of NOK 0.70 per kWh. The contribution is designed as an excise duty payable to the treasury. The tax will be
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Adjustment of local and county authorities’ general grant
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Government proposes a one-year deduction in the general grant to local and county authorities with income from licence power. The proposal applies to local and county authorities in the areas with the highest electricity prices.
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Resource rent tax on aquaculture
28/09/2022 News story Ministry of FinanceThe Government is proposing to introduce a resource rent tax on aquaculture from 1 January 2023. This proposal will be sent out for consultation today. Following the consultation, the Government will return to the Storting with a bill that will
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Increased preparedness on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
27/09/2022 Press release Ministry of EnergyToday, the Norwegian Government has decided to heighten the emergency preparedness in relation to infrastructure, onshore and offshore installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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Report on long term perspectives for the Government Pension Fund Global submitted by committee
26/09/2022 Press release Ministry of FinanceToday, a committee that has been reviewing long term perspectives for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) submitted its report, NOU 2022: 12 The Fund in a changing world, to the Ministry of Finance. The committee was chaired by Ulf Sverdrup,
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Change among the state secretaries
23/09/2022 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, Ms. Janicke Andreassen has been honourably discharged as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Jan Christian Vestre.
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New ambassadors from Israel, Finland, Lithuania and Sri Lanka
23/09/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsFour new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to King Harald on 22 September 2022.