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  • White paper on total preparedness: Prepared for crisis and war

    10/01/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Today, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl presented the white paper on total preparedness. The white paper sets the direction for efforts to strengthen civilian resilience and total

  • Brazil – a growing market for Norwegian seafood

    18/11/2024 News story Office of the Prime Minister

    Norwegian clipfish has an important place in Brazilian cuisine, and it is now possible to export Norwegian salmon to Brazil as well.

  • More than 30 000 new seed samples deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    23/10/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard received more than 30 000 new seed samples from 21 countries from Palestine and Sudan among other countries.

  • Norwegian seafood for Chinese consumers

    11/09/2024 News story Office of the Prime Minister

    China is an important market for Norwegian seafood. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre attended an event where Chinese consumers had the chance to taste high-quality Norwegian seafood.

  • Travelling with dogs to Norway

    03/07/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Guidelines for travelling with dogs to Norway.

  • The Blue Justice initiative celebrates 5 years!

    11/06/2024 News story Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss together with state secretary Bjørg Sandkjær (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invites to a celebration conference that it

  • New Seeds in Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    28/05/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes shipments from four new depositors. The world’s largest repository of crop diversity raises the number of the samples in its care to 1.29 million.

  • Largest deposit of seed to date in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    28/02/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    In February, around 14,000 seeds are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault now has more than 1.2 million seed duplicates from about 80 countries.

  • Agreement on EEA and Norway Grants and exports of Norwegian seafood

    08/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Negotiators from Norway and the EU have reached agreement on a new funding period for EEA and Norway Grants and on tariff-free quotas for Norwegian seafood exports to the EU.

  • Ghana genebank becomes the 100th depositor to Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    25/10/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    The deposit of new seeds from the Ghana genebank is an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of the country’s major food crops.

  • Norwegian satellites to detect illegal fishing

    22/09/2023 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Norwegian Government is launching a global ocean surveillance programme against fisheries crime. More than a third of the world’s coastal states will be given access to Norwegian satellite data and expertise, which they can use to carry out

  • The exemptions for pets from Ukraine will be lifted from 1 July

    23/06/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    In the spring of 2022, Norway and the EU introduced a number of regulatory exemptions allowing refugees fleeing Ukraine to bring their pets to Norway and the EU. The EU has decided to lift these exemptions and return to normal import requirements

  • Securing the foundation of our food supply

    06/06/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Today the Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 40,507 new seed samples from nine genebank depositors, including collections from Latvia, Morocco, Taiwan, USA, Netherlands, Israel, Poland, Zambia, and Italy.

  • Travelling with dogs in Norway

    24/04/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    The Norwegian Act on responsible dog management. This Act sets out the general requirements for dog management in Norway. Information on the most essential requirements when travelling with dogs in Norway follows below.

  • Norway contributes NOK 250 million to FAO crises response

    03/04/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway increases support for crisis response under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The funding will enable FAO to rapidly help people maintain food production in crisis situations.

  • 60 countries now support the Norwegian initiative against fisheries crime

    31/03/2023 News story Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    In 2018, Norway and eight other countries initiated a global ministers’ declaration against fisheries crime - known as the Copenhagen Declaration. Last week, nine new countries signed the declaration, which is now supported by a total of 60

  • The Norwegian Government’s proposed resource rent tax on aquaculture

    28/03/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance

    The Government will today present a bill proposing a resource rent tax on aquaculture. The intention of the proposal is to ensure that local communities along the coast and society as a whole receive a greater share of the value that is created by

  • World’s countries reach agreement on conservation of marine biodiversity in the high seas

    07/03/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Following intense negotiations over several years, agreement was reached late on Saturday evening on an instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Norway is very pleased with the

  • The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 15th anniversary with new seed deposits

    28/02/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Today, the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was celebrated by 20 international gene banks depositing 20,000 new seed samples in the vault in Longyearbyen.

  • Tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels enter into force

    13/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels over 500 gross tonnage announced on 6 October will enter into force on Friday 14 October. From that date these vessels will only be permitted access to the ports of Tromsø, Kirkenes and Båtsfjord.

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