Category: Business News
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy offers 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in the licensing round APA 2021. — The petroleum industry contributes with large revenues, value creation and jobs across the country. I am therefore happy to offer 53 new production licenses in the predefined areas. Further exploration activity and […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Business News
Excerpt from Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s New Year speech: I am deeply impressed by how all of you, the people of Norway, have coped with the pandemic despite all these challenges. We have fought COVID-19 by standing together, and by following the recommendations and rules, including those that have been most intrusive on our […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Government
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The White House announced on Friday that Australia, Denmark and Norway would join it in an effort to curb technology exports to governments that use the products for repression. The White House said last week it was forming the group to address “the misuse of certain dual-use technologies that can […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Accounting / Financial
Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund will ask many of the companies in its portfolio to take more specific action on climate change, its head of governance and compliance said. Companies faced calls at the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland this month to lay out plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions to help […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Business News
USA arrangerer et internasjonalt digitalt toppmøte om demokrati 9. og 10. desember. Styrking av demokratiet og menneskerettighetene, beskyttelse mot autoritær utvikling og kampen mot korrupsjon er blant temaene som blir diskutert. President Joe Biden har invitert 110 land til det digitale toppmøtet om demokrati. Biden har vært tydelig på at han vil bidra til å […]
Source: Regjeringen