Society & Policy

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change. Read more

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest would like to thank the Romanian people and the official authorities for their support on behalf of the victims, their families, friends and all of the Norwegian people following the tragic attacks last Friday. Read more

The Norwegian Cooperation Programme in Higher Education with Eurasia supports project cooperation between institutions in Norway and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Read more

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo for his longstanding non-violent fight for human rights in China. Read more

July 1, 2010 marked the first day of the Norwegian Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States which will last for a year. Norway will continue to prioritize the fight against human trafficking, in which the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) is already heavily involved. Other priorities include environment and energy. Read more

More than 60 countries agreed to concrete measures to address armed violence in Geneva on 12 May. Read more

Although there are those who have warned that increased activity and unresolved boundaries in the Arctic would raise tensions, developments in the region are bearing witness to just the opposite. Read more

The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute Mr. Geir Lundestad will be visiting Romania between 5-9 May 2010. During his stay he will deliver two lectures at the Faculty of History and at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute. Read more

On December 7th, HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited Romania for the first time, to deliver a lecture on “Dignity and responsibility in international development” in his capacity as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Read more

The Norwegian Minister of Justice visited his counterpart Mr Predoui to discuss issues of common interest on the 29th of September 2009. Read more

The election of the next Secretary General of the Council of Europe took place in Strasbourg 29 September. Thorbjørn Jagland, President of Parliament and former Prime Minister of Norway, won and will be the Council’s next Secretary General. Read more

 “I am pleased that Norway has now been elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. Our work now begins in earnest. During the next three years we will participate actively in the Council. We will take our share of responsibility and work systematically to promote human rights,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Read more

”Grenlandsaksjonen for Romania ” is an independent humanitarian aid organization which was established in the Grenland area, Telemark County in Norway in December 1989. This is a charity organization based on volunteer workers who want to give a long-lasting contribution to poor people in other parts of Europe . Read more

Global warming is perhaps the greatest problem facing the world today, and one of the most challenging tasks the world community has ever had to address. Norway’s overriding goal is for the average rise in global temperature to be limited to no more than 2°C above the pre-industrial level. Read more

Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Press Release , 03.09.2008 - “It is necessary to take measures to decrease the numbers of asylum seekers without a need for protection”, says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.   Read more