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Press Release: White House Announces Intent to Nominate J. Mark Burkhalter Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway

Category: Business News

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: J. Mark Burkhalter, of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway. Mr. Burkhalter is a Senior Advisor in the Public Policy and Regulation practice at […]

Source: The White House

Pressemelding: Generalmajor Eirik Kristoffersen ny forsvarssjef

Category: Business News

Generalmajor Eirik Kristoffersen (51) er i dag utnevnt til ny forsvarssjef. Han vil etterfølge admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen som går av med pensjon i august i år. – Eirik Kristoffersen er en forsvarssjef for vår tid. Han har de rette egenskapene for å lede Forsvaret fremover, sier forsvarsminister Frank Bakke-Jensen. Les hele pressemeldingen HER. 

Source: Regjeringen.no

Published: May 12, 2020

Press Release: Norway endorses joint ministerial statement on Covid-19 and the multilateral trading system

Category: Business News

On 5 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and 41 other ministers responsible for the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a ministerial statement on Covid-19 and the multilateral trading system. The statement is an important supplement to a joint statement issued by the Alliance for Multilateralism in April, and endorsed by Norway, on […]

Source: Regjeringen.no

Published: May 5, 2020

Reuters: Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases

Category: Business News

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will give $1 billion to support the distribution worldwide of any vaccine developed against COVID-19 as well as for vaccines against other diseases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday. Oslo made the pledge as part of a donor conference held on Monday by the European Union to raise 7.5 billion […]

Source: Reuters

Published: May 4, 2020

Regjeringen: Koronapandemien hovedtema i samtale med Pompeo

Category: Business News

Utenriksminister Ine Eriksen Søreide skulle denne uken ha besøkt Washington, D.C. for samtaler med blant andre utenriksminister Mike Pompeo. I stedet møtte hun i dag sin amerikanske kollega til en telefonsamtale. Håndteringen av Covid-19 var en av hovedsakene i utenriksministerens samtale med Pompeo. – USA er spesielt hardt rammet av pandemien, men Covid-19 har store […]

Source: Regjeringen.no