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  • Only people with symptoms should get tested

    12/02/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The Norwegian Government is no longer advising household members and corresponding close relations to get tested after close contact with a person with COVID-19. Now adults should only get tested if they develop symptoms, while children in

  • People with COVID-19 may be birth partners and visit people who are seriously ill

    12/02/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    People with COVID-19 may be birth partners and visit seriously ill family who are in hospital. It must be possible to organise visits in accordance with COVID-19 precautions, and they must be agreed with the ward.

  • The infection control measures are being removed on Saturday 12 February

    12/02/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The Norwegian Government is removing all regulatory measures against COVID-19, including the requirement to wear a face covering, keep a 1-metre distance, and the duty to go into isolation when people are sick. Some rules for Svalbard are being kept

  • Major initiative to promote offshore wind power

    12/02/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Government has announced plans to implement phase one of wind power production in the area of Sørlige Nordsjø II. The electricity produced from these wind farms will be transmitted via subsea cable to the Norwegian mainland. The goal is to

  • Threat assessments for the year set out

    12/02/2022 News story Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Today the Norwegian Intelligence Service, the Norwegian Police Security Service and the National Security Authority presented their public threat and risk assessments for 2022.

  • Norway steps up assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA)

    11/02/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘I am deeply concerned about UNRWA’s financial situation. UNRWA plays a key role in ensuring that the rights and basic needs of Palestine refugees are met and promoting stability in the Middle East. This is why Norway is now increasing its funding

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    Global Disability Summit 16–17 February 2022

    11/02/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway, Ghana, and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) will co-host the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday 16 February from 14:00-17:00 and Thursday 17 February from 14:00-17:30. The summit will be held on a digital platform and will

  • New state secretaries

    11/02/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    In today’s Council of State, The King has appointed state secretary Erling Emil Laugsand as acting state secretary to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in the period that state secretary Anne Marie Aanerud settles parental leave, effective as of 21

  • Troika statement on Sudan 11 February

    11/02/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Troika, Canada, Switzerland, and the European Union are alarmed by the February 9 arrests and detentions of several high-profile political figures in Sudan, they said in a statement.

  • New ambasadors from Bosnia-Hercegovina, Australia and Rwanda

    10/02/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Three new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 10 February 2022.

  • Development of packages of infection control measures

    02/02/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The Norwegian Government wishes to give the sectors affected by the COVID-19 measures greater predictability. Work is therefore underway on a general framework of packages of infection control measures that can be deployed when needed.

  • Easing of the rules regarding testing prior to departure to Svalbard

    02/02/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The Norwegian Government is easing the rules regarding travel to Svalbard. This means that permanent residents, people who are fully vaccinated, and people who have recovered from COVID-19 no longer need to get tested prior to departure to Svalbard.

  • An end to regular testing

    01/02/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The infection rate is so high that regular testing is no longer expedient. Regular testing will therefore end with immediate effect.

  • Syrian women’s group visits Norway

    01/02/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Representatives of the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board visited Norway last week. Syrian Women’s Advisory Board was established to provide advice to the UN Special Envoy for Syria in the efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria.

  • Joint statement on the situation in Myanmar

    01/02/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    A joint statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union, and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, on the one year

  • New ambassadors from Cambodia, Luxembourg and the Dominican Republic

    27/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Three new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 27 January 2022.

  • US-Europe Joint Statement on Afghanistan

    27/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Special Representatives and Special Envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Oslo on 24 January 2022 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including sessions with

  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January

    27/01/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated every year in Oslo with a ceremony at the Akershus Quay in Oslo. This year, Minister of Culture and Equality, Anette Trettebergstuen, will speak on behalf of the Government at the event,

  • Testing to replace transmission quarantine for close contacts

    26/01/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The 10-day transmission quarantine period can now be replaced with daily testing for household members and corresponding close relations. The amendment to the Regulations will enter into effect on 26 January at 12 am.

  • PCR test no longer required for people with three vaccine doses

    26/01/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    Minister of Health and Care Services Ingvild Kjerkol is no longer requiring people who have received 3 vaccine doses or who have received 2 doses and have recovered from COVID-19 during the past 3 months to take a PCR test to confirm the presence of

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