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  • Norway providing funding to secure energy supplies in Ukraine

    26/03/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Three years of full-scale war and Russian attacks have severely damaged Ukraine’s gas infrastructure. Norway is providing an additional NOK 1 billion in funding for gas imports to Ukraine to ensure an adequate gas supply for the general population,

  • Norway to provide NOK 3 billion in humanitarian support to Ukraine

    27/03/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The humanitarian consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine are severe and the need for assistance is enormous. In light of this, the Norwegian Government has decided to provide a total of NOK 3 billion in humanitarian support to

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • New business office opens in Kyiv today

    08/04/2025 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    "The office will serve as an important hub and contact point for Norwegian and Ukrainian businesses", says Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth.

  • Norway will contribute ten billion Norwegian kroner to equipping and training a Ukrainian brigade

    11/04/2025 News story Ministry of Defence

    Norway takes a leading role in the training of soldiers for the brigade, which is being built up together with the Nordic and Baltic countries.

  • Norway steps up efforts for Ukraine’s reconstruction

    15/04/2025 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway is contributing NOK 35 million to an international fund aimed at supporting Ukraine and facilitating reconstruction.

  • Broad political agreement on multi-year support programme for Ukraine

    16/02/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    A broad majority in the Storting have now reached agreement on a multi-year support programme for Ukraine, amounting to NOK 75 billion. The Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine was launched today, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

  • Government budget 2024: Norway will continue to receive patients from Ukraine

    06/10/2023 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    The government has proposed a grant of NOK 200 million in 2024 to support the treatment of patients from Ukraine in Norwegian hospitals. To date, more than 300 patients have arrived in Norway as part of the medevac scheme. Since the start of the war

  • Norway announces 22 million USD million for political risk insurance via the World Bank to support reconstruction of Ukraine

    14/10/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim is taking part in the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Marrakesh on 11-13 October. Norway announced at the meetings that it will provide 22

  • Norway to provide support for grain transport from Ukraine to Ethiopia

    08/11/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Norway will provide NOK 9.5 million in funding to the World Food Programme (WFP) for the transport, processing and distribution of 25,000 tons of grain from Ukraine to Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken

  • Ukrainian refugees are having their right to drive in Norway expanded

    19/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Transport

    ‘Ukrainian refugees must feel confident that they are allowed to drive for the duration of their stay in Norway. That is why we are now further extending and expanding the validity of their driving licences’, says Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar

  • Norway will send tanks to Ukraine

    26/01/2023 News story Ministry of Defence

    The Norwegian government supports the donation of tanks to Ukraine and Norway will contribute to the donation.

  • Norway to provide seed support to Ukraine

    19/01/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Norway is providing substantial support to Ukraine. We are now allocating NOK 40 million to the UN as seed support for 3 000 smallholder farmers in conflict-affected areas in Ukraine. This will help to ensure access to food for many people,’ said

  • Norway sending bridges to Ukraine

    13/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transport

    ‘Russia’s cynical warfare has destroyed key parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure. Without a functional road network, it is not possible for Ukraine to deliver food, water and medical supplies where they are needed, or transport wounded Ukrainians to

  • Norway with comprehensive tanks-package to Ukraine

    14/02/2023 News story Ministry of Defence, Office of the Prime Minister

    -Norway will donate 8 tanks and up to 4 special purpose tanks to Ukraine. We are also earmarking funds to ammunition and spare parts, says Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram.

  • The Norwegian Government sends generators to Ukraine

    20/02/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Following Russian attacks, millions of Ukrainians are without power, water, or heating. There is a large and urgent need for help. Norway has made considerable contributions to maintaining the Ukrainian power supply and the Norwegian Government has

  • Longer stays at reception centres, finding work more quickly

    24/10/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The high number of displaced Ukrainians arriving in Norway means that the length of stay in asylum reception centres is set to rise. At the same time, the Government wants to make improvements to the introduction programme to help more people find

  • One year of war in Ukraine

    23/02/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    24 February 2022 will be remembered as a watershed moment. The regime in Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of a peaceful neighbouring country, violating the UN Charter and the rules-based international order. Norway’s security, too, has come

  • Norway to provide NOK 4.5 billion (EUR 378 million) to Ukraine

    03/05/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    Norway has allocated NOK 2.8 billion (EUR 235 million) in support for life-saving humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine. Now Norway is setting aside an additional NOK 1.7 billion (EUR 143 million) in civilian support for the Ukrainian

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