News and press releases
Latest news from the Ministries and the Office of the Prime Minister can be found here.
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Expert group to make recommendations on financing for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
06/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign AffairsAn external expert group has been appointed by the Norwegian Government to make recommendations on ways to ensure effective financing for the SDGs.
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Important step for Offshore Wind
06/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Petroleum and EnergyThe Norwegian Government has great ambitions for the development of offshore wind power in Norway and aims to tender the first phase of Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord by the end of the first quarter of 2023.
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Joint statement on Sudan 5 December 2022
05/12/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsMembers of the Quad and Troika issued the following statement on the situation in Sudan 5 December 2022.
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Norway to provide large boost in aid to Somalia
05/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim has paid a visit to drought- and conflict-stricken Somalia today. She announced large additional aid allocations, pledging a further NOK 25 million in emergency aid to deal with the acute
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Critical for education and health services to Palestinian refugees
02/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘There is a major shortfall in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It is unclear whether UNRWA will be able to continue to provide education and health services through to the end of
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Changes among the state secretaries
02/12/2022 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn today’s Council of State, The King has appointed Mr. Kristoffer Thoner and Mr. Halvard Hølleland as state secretaries to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Joint statement: Estonia, the Netherlands, and Norway have agreed to donate a deployable field hospital to Ukraine
01/12/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceJoint Statement of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia, the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Norway and the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Norwegian Prime Minister and German Chancellor propose a NATO surveillance centre for subsea infrastructure
01/12/2022 Press release Office of the Prime MinisterIn Berlin today, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed to propose that NATO should establish a surveillance centre to improve the protection of subsea infrastructure.
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Norway provides support for further shipment of grain from Ukraine
30/11/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘Grain from Ukraine is needed in many countries where people are experiencing acute food insecurity. Norway has therefore provided NOK 50 million to support a further shipment of grain from Ukraine. Ukraine is once again showing that it is a
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Defense ministers meeting in the European Intervention Initiative will take place in Oslo
30/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe annual ministerial meeting for the 13 countries in the European Intervention Initiative (EI2) will take place in Oslo 7th of December.
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Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt in Kyiv: Foreign Minister warns against use of the cold as a weapon
28/11/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt is back in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. ‘The situation we are witnessing is desperate. Many people here are facing a grim choice: to flee or to freeze. Russia is pursuing this war with an unprecedented degree
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Joint Statement from the Venezuelan Dialogue and Negotiation Process
26/11/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsIn accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, signed on 13 August 2021 in Mexico City, the parties have resumed the Venezuelan Dialogue and Negotiation Process.
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The Norwegian Government asks the municipalities to settle 35 000 refugees in 2023
25/11/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social InclusionThe war in Ukraine is ongoing, and millions of people have had to flee from their home country. The Norwegian Government is now asking Norwegian municipalities to prepare to receive many refugees next year as well.
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Norway supports the EU Military Assistance Mission for Ukraine with approximately NOK 150 million
25/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe EU has established a training mission for the training of Ukrainian soldiers. Norway will provide approximately NOK 150 million in support to this initiative.
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Closer cooperation between Norway and Switzerland on CCS
25/11/2022 Press release Ministry of Petroleum and EnergyNorway and Switzerland will strengthen cooperation on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). This is clear following today’s meeting between the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland and the Swiss
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New ambassadors from South Sudan and Colombia
24/11/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign AffairsTwo new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to King Harald V on 24 November 2022.
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Joint Statement by the Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group
23/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceToday, representatives of the Northern Group - comprising Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom - met in Oslo on board the UK aircraft carrier, HMS QUEEN
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Norwegian Naval Strike Missiles to the British Royal Navy
23/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe long-range precision strike capability of the Royal Navy will be boosted in a new deal with the Norwegian government. The deal strengthens defence ties between the UK and Norway.
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Joint statement by the Ministers of Defence of NORDEFCO
22/11/2022 News story Ministry of DefenceThe Nordic Ministers of Defence and representatives met in Oslo today to discuss the grave security situation in Europe, the war in Ukraine, Nordic defence cooperation and the incoming Finnish and Swedish memberships of NATO.
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Colombia: 'Very pleased with formal peace talks'
22/11/2022 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs'I'm very pleased to see Colombia's government and ELN commencing formal peace talks', Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Anniken Huitfeldt said.