Tag: foreign aid
Extra funding allocated for foreign aid
Calling 2015 "a dramatic year," Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende said Tuesday that another NOK 180 million (USD 21 million) of state funds would...
Norway hosts new education summit
Foreign Minister Børge Brende has been among members of the Norwegian government promoting education around the world, and was busy welcoming dignitaries to Oslo...
Clinton revved up ministry troops
Former US President Bill Clinton was in Oslo this week and delivered a pep talk of sorts to employees of Norway's foreign ministry, foreign aid...
Norway sending additional aid to Nepal
The Norwegian government sent both its foreign minister, Børge Brende, and promises of an additional NOK 100 million (USD 12.8 million) in financial aid to...
Norwegians help save woman in Nepal
Norwegian, French and Israeli rescue workers were involved Thursday in the dramatic rescue of a woman found under the rubble in Kathmandu, five days...
Norway to send more aid to Nepal
Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Prime Minister Børge Brende met with Norwegian humanitarian organizations on Tuesday afternoon and promised to contribute another NOK 100...
Norway rushes aid to quake victims
As the death toll from Saturday's killer quake in Nepal kept rising, Norway was joining international efforts to help survivors. Foreign Minister Børge Brende, a former...
Norway demands publication of damning Sudan report
Norway's foreign ministry was demanding that the African Union make public a report said to blame Norway, the US and Great Britain for the...
Gavi ‘grateful’ for Norway’s vaccination funding
Norway was being widely praised this week after Prime Minister Erna Solberg committed to increase funding to the international vaccine alliance Gavi by fully 56...
Norway sends more aid for Roma in Romania
The Norwegian government is increasing its aid to Romania by another NOK 176 million (USD 24 million), earmarked to combat poverty among Roma people...
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