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Prime Minister Støre met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
News story Date: 07/10/2024
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre met today with His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. This is the Crown Prince’s first visit to Norway.
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A responsible approach to floating offshore wind
Press release Date: 07/10/2024
The government’s offshore wind initiative continues on a steady course. The government will announce the next project areas for development of offshore wind on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2025 and is proposing 35 billion NOK for a support scheme dedicated towards the first floating offshore wind tender within the Vestavind F and Vestavind B areas.
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Norwegian Government to expand and extend support for Ukraine’s fight for freedom
Press release Date: 07/10/2024
The Norwegian Government is proposing to increase the overall funding framework for the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine to NOK 135 billion and to extend the Support Programme for an additional three years. The proposed allocation represents a minimum rather than a funding cap. The Government will assess the need to increase funding on an ongoing basis.
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The government proposes to increase the allocation for resource and environmental mapping of seabed minerals
Press release Date: 07/10/2024
The government will facilitate responsible, sustainable and profitable seabed mineral activity on the Norwegian continental shelf. We need more knowledge about the mineral resources, the environmental conditions in the Norwegian deep-sea areas, and about regional and local currents in these areas. The government proposes to allocate 150 million NOK in 2025 for the management of seabed minerals, including resource and environmental mapping.
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The Norwegian government proposes a 19 billion (NOK) increase in defence spendings
News story Date: 07/10/2024
The Norwegian government proposes to increase the defense budget for 2025 by NOK 19.2 billion, up to a total of NOK 110.1 billion. The proposal fulfills the first major promise of the Norwegian long-term defence plan and exceeds NATO's target of its members spending 2.16 percent of their gross national product (GDP) on defense.
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The Longship project is near completion
Press release Date: 07/10/2024
The Norwegian government continues its investment in the Longship project and proposes an allocation of 2.1 billion NOK in the state budget for 2025. In 2025, a large part of the full-scale project for CCS in Norway will be completed.
Speeches and statements
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Speech at G20 energy transition working group
Speech/statement Date: 09/10/2024
Minister of Energy Terje Aasland delivered this speech at the minister meeting in the G20 energy transition working group in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil on October 4th 2024.
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Speech by the Prime Minister at the Commemoration of 7 October – first anniversary of the terrorist action against Israel
Speech/statement Date: 07/10/2024
'We condemned the terrorist attack when it happened. We continue to condemn all acts of terrorism now. As we come together today, we share a sense of unity that extends across our religious and political points of view and personal narratives. And we share a common anguish', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Speech at roundtable meeting in Brazil
Speech/statement Date: 04/10/2024
Minister of Energy Terje Aasland delivered this speech at a roundtable meeting on carbon management in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on October 3, 2024
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The speech from the throne by His Majesty The King on the occasion of the opening of the 169th session of the Storting
Speech/statement Date: 02/10/2024
President, Representatives of the People. I greet the Storting as it takes up its solemn responsibilities with the wish that the fulfilment of these duties will be of benefit to our country.
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Minister Eide’s remarks at AHLC Ministerial Meeting
Speech/statement Date: 02/10/2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide’s remarks at the meeting of the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC) Thursday 26. September in New York.
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Statement by Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide at the 79th UN General Assembly
Speech/statement Date: 28/09/2024
Broadcasts and video
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A budget that provides security for the population and country, and develops the whole of Norway
Broadcast 07.10.2024, 12:30
Through the proposed National Budget for 2025, people will be financially better off, Norway’s preparedness against war and crime will be strengthened, and social and geographical differences will be reduced. Unemployment is still low, wages are increasing faster than prices and businesses are thriving. After several years of economic unrest, we are experiencing an economic turning point where people are financially better off.