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The security situation has deteriorated. That is why this Government has increased its defence budgets every single year since we took office, and we will continue to strengthen the defence …

The Government has proposed to increase the total aid budget from NOK 37.8 billion to NOK 39.2 billion. The Government will intensify Norway’s work to promote achievement of the Sustainable …

‘In a rapidly changing world, it is important that the Government pursues an active foreign policy that safeguards Norway’s interests, economy and jobs,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen …

The Government will allocate NOK 500 million to efforts to promote climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and hunger prevention. The funding will be provided under the aid budget. ‘The …

‘The Government has proposed an increase of NOK 115 million in the overall humanitarian budget for 2020, bringing the total to NOK 5.5 billion. This is Norway’s largest humanitarian budget …

“We need to ensure we only have trusted vendors inside the 5G network,” Mr. Strayer said. The key threat is the ability of a vendor to insert malicious code into …

The decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the 2019 Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his decisive initiative to resolve the 20-year-old border conflict …

“Kleptocrats have ruled with impunity and stolen for decades because of individuals like these,” said Sigal P Mandelker, the US Treasury under-secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence who briefed the …

Norway is increasing its core funding to six UN organisations, to a total of over NOK 3 billion. This is the highest amount of funding Norway has ever allocated to …

The Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) has granted NOK 100 million (EUR 10.3 million) to help secure land rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in tropical forest …

A school built by the Norwegian Refugee Council in 2014 has become the hope for young South Sudanese school children who want to build better future for themselves for the …

The local gambling regulator has warned Norwegian newspapers over publishing odds offered by operators without licences, as it is illegal. Norway.- Lotteri-og stiftelsestilsynet (Lottstift), the gambling regulator from Norway, has …

What weighs almost 30.000 tonnes, is ready to travel across the globe and carries state of the art hospital facilities, trauma and intensive care units and a pressure chamber? The …

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, European Commission and Gassnova gathered central actors from politics and industry to the high level conference on CCS in Oslo on September 5th. During …

Both nations expressed their concern about the resumption of the armed struggle by a faction of the FARC-EP previously deactivated guerrilla. Through a statement released on Friday, Cuba and Norway, …

Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced on 25 September the launch of an initiative – together with New Zealand, Costa Rica, Fiji and Iceland – to negotiate an Agreement on Climate …

New York, September 22, 2019: The governments of Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom call for increased ambition and action by the global community to conserve and restore tropical forests.  …

‘Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges we are facing, and it is undermining the progress made in areas such as poverty reduction, education and health,’ said Prime …

‘Some 37 million of the children who are currently out of school live in areas affected by crisis and conflict. The fact that these children are deprived of their right …

By Kanwal Sibal – The nullification of Article 370 is clearly India’s internal affair. The constitutional arrangements between India and J&K has always been an issue of political management internal …

The Trump administration says it is exploring ways to extradite a former Venezuelan military spy chief accused of drug smuggling, even after Spain’s National Court rejected a U.S. extradition request. …

‘Sound, transparent tax systems that increase government revenue and improve the distribution of wealth are essential for the very poorest countries to achieve poverty reduction and sustainable development. Through this …

Funding from Norway will be used to provide nutritious school meals to some 55 000 children in conflict-torn Mali. ‘Malnourished children have problems learning, no matter how good the teaching …

“We’re not going to increase our footprint on the ground to conduct these patrols because as we see it right now, this is directly linked to our defeat Daesh [the …

Norway was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the period 2019–2021 at the organisation’s General Conference today. ‘Norway gives high priority to …