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Nordic statement on the opening of the port of Ashdod and the Erez crossing 12 April 2024

The Nordic countries welcome the Israeli government’s announcement that life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza can be received in the port of Ashdod, that the Erez crossing will be reopened to facilitate entry to north Gaza, and that

Foreign Minister talking to Israel’s Foreign Minister

'I spoke with Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on the war between Israel and Hamas. Strongly condemned the heinous terror attack against Israel on 7 October. Expressed Norway’s concern for the situation in Gaza', said Foreign Minister Espen Barth

Foreign Minister Huitfeldt discussed the situation in Gaza with Egypt's Foreign Minister

‘Important talk with my friend Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry about Gaza, urgency of vital humanitarian access, how to use donor group AHLC in this situation, and need for political horizon’, Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said.

Press statement on the debate on the situation in the Middle East

Press Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt at the Security Council stakeout on the UNSC Ministerial Debate on the situation in the Middle East, 19 January 2022.

Norway will continue to contribute Norwegian forces in Lithuania

The Norwegian Government has now decided to extend the participation of Norwegian forces in NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Lithuania until the end of 2024. Norway has participated in the eFP since it was first deployed in 2017, and is

Application for Refund of VAT on Commodities and Services supplied to Properties and to Personnel entitled to VAT Refunds

Application for Refund of VAT (PDF) Application for Refund of VAT (Word)

Adherence of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) to the Santiago principles

The Ministry of Finance has recently conducted an update of the self-assessments of the Government Pension Fund’s adherence to the Santiago Principles, cf. separate reviews of the GPFG and the GPFN, respectively. This self-assessment documents the

Opening remarks by Prime Minister Støre at the Global Leadership Council´s meeting in New York

The challenge is of course to leapfrog the carbon-intensive economic model. The technology exists. But the costs are prohibitive for many developing countries. Hardware may be too expensive. Financing may not be available, and business models may be

Av: Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre GLC meeting in New York

How can Switzerland and Norway cooperate on CCS?

Minister of Petroleum and Energy held this speech at a stakeholder event with participants from Norway and Switzerland in Oslo 25th November2022.

Av: Energiminister Terje Aasland

Simple pressure vessels

The regulation applies to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels, that is, any welded container exposed to an internal overpressure exceeding 0.05 MPa (0.5 bar), which contains air or nitrogen, but is not intended to be