Society & Policy

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

The following organisations have in the period from 2002-2010 received funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy through the Small Project Fund for Moldova: 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

Mr. Mazuru visited Oslo for bilateral talks and met his counterpart in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, state secretary Elisabeth Walaas. He also met with other representatives from the Norwegian authorities and Innovation Norway. 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

The Norwegian Embassy together with FOND, PATRIR and Red Cross Romania organized today, at the Law Faculty in Bucharest , a public information event for students and the civil society as part of an international advocacy and awareness raising campaign against the use, stockpiling and production of cluster bombs «  THE BAN BUS TOUR  ». The Ban Bus is an advocacy initiative striving to ... Read more

In the years before 2015, Norway will contribute up to 1 billion US dollar to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. The size of Norway ’s contribution will depend on how successful Brazil will be in reducing deforestation. This makes Norway the first contributor to the Amazon Fund. The agreement will be signed during Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lul... 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

On 22 – 23 February, more than 45 states, UN bodies and agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Cluster Munitions Coalition, will come together in Oslo to discuss realistic and effective measures to for an international ban on cluster munitions that causes unacceptable human suffering. The Conference will be opened by Norway Foreign Minister, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre. Watch th... Read more