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Political staff
Office of the Prime Minister
Acting for political adviser Sindre Fossum Beyer.
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20/05/2010
News story
Ministry of Health and Care Services
The Ministers of Health of the Foreign Policy and Global Health (FPGH) Initiative, comprising Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand, met on the sidelines of the 63rd World Health Assembly in Geneva today to discuss
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21/05/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway is to increase its humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe in 2010 by NOK 10 million, to NOK 30 million. This increase is due to the situation in Zimbabwe, which is cause for grave concern.
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03/06/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- I can now make public that we, together with the consulting firm Mercer, are taking a leading role in launching a comprehensive research project aimed at assessing the impact of climate change on financial markets, as well as implications for
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04/08/2009
Press release
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
All parties with which the OSCE met during their visit to Norway in June this year express strong confidence in the administrative conduct of the elections. The OSCE’s report from their visit has now been published. They wish to send a group of
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17/08/2009
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
- Scotland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Undersanding (MoU) on aquaculture today. - We can learn from each other, and develop our industries even further, says the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen.
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09/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Horn of Africa has again been hit by famine and drought. Norway has allocated NOK 50 million in emergency relief to the people living in the region.
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10/09/2009
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
“It is heartening to see that the fight against child mortality is producing results. But we must intensify our efforts if we are to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, which is to reduce by two-thirds the number of children who die before the
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03/09/2009
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has excluded the Israeli company Elbit Systems Ltd. from the Government Pension Fund - Global, on the basis of the Council on Ethics’ recommendation. The Council on Ethics has found that investment in Elbit constitutes an
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25/08/2009
News story
Ministry of Education and Research
The Holberg International Memorial Prize for 2009 for outstanding scholarly work in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology is awarded to Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and Collège de France Ian Hacking.
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04/01/2010
Press release
Ministry of Culture
As a result of changes in the organizational structure of the ministries, issues concerning the Church of Norway are as of 1 January 2010 transferred to the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. The new name for the
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02/02/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hege Hertzberg (50) has been appointed Director for Development Policy in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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05/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norway will together with Denmark and Sweden have air services negotiations with China on 11 - 12 March 2010.
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03/02/2010
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
During an official visit to Norway on 29 January 2010 by HE Mr Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, political talks were held with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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02/03/2010
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and India have entered into an agreement on cooperation in the areas of fisheries and aquaculture. “Our long-term ambition is that India will be a major new market for Norwegian fish,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said today, after
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Political staff
Ministry of Children and Equality
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30/10/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Gina Lund (45), assistant director general, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Labour Rigmor Aasrud until 20 December 2009, and from 21 December 2009 to Minister of Labour
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24/11/2009
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Norway deplores the decision made by Israel to expand the Gilo settlement in East Jerusalem. The settlement is on occupied territory, and any expansion of this kind must be viewed as illegal under international law,” commented Foreign Minister
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20/11/2009
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed three new state secretaries.
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs