Norwegian scientists discover 'the missing link'

Last updated: 03/09/2009 //

Say hello to Ida! A fossil so well preserved that it is possible to distinguish the imprint of fur, and even the remains of gut contents.

Bill Gates: Norway has become our best partner

Last updated: 03/09/2009 //

Norway is cooperating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide the world’s children with life-saving vaccinations.

Carbon capture and storage – a part of the solution

Last updated: 03/09/2009 //

Norway's PM will be hosting the High-Level Conference on Climate Change and Technology in Bergen on 27-28 May 2009. The agenda will focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS), a technology that could prove crucial if the world is to achieve necessary cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Al Gore hosts melting ice conference

Nobel Laureate Al Gore and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre now host a conference on melting ice in the Arctic city of Tromsø. The aim is to produce a joint statement that can provide input for the climate conference in Copenhagen this December.

Former PM up for Europe job

Norway has nominated former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thorbjørn Jagland for the position of Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Norway's Foreign Minister in Edinburgh and London

Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian Foreign Minister gave a public lecture in Edinburgh on the environment and resource management in the High North on 4 June, before heading to London on 5 June to attend a meeting with Foreign Secretary David Milliband, and a lecture at LSE.

New economic zones agreement between Norway and UK

Last updated: 03/09/2009 //

Norway and the UK has entered into an agreement on the boundary between the countries’ economic zones in the North Sea. In a separate case, Norway has now also documented continental shelf off the Antarctic Bouvet Island and Dronning Maud Land to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

Norwegian Chairmanship of the Holocaust Task Force

Norway has assumed chairmanship of the Holocaust Task Force, and is approaching the task with humility: “We all have a duty to prevent anti-Semitism from ever regaining a foothold, either here or in any other country,” commented Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Norway's measures to combat the credit crunch

The Norwegian Government proposes to establish two new funds with a total capital of NOK 100 billion (approximately £10billion). “The funds will ease the access to loans for companies and households, and contribute to stabilise the financial market", says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Royal Norwegian Embassy in London