Press Freedom Index: Press freedom at a record low, Norway number...
For the first time in the 25-year history of the Press Freedom Index, more than half of the world's countries are in the “difficult”...
Norway provides NOK 1.7 billion to the World Food Programme
Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust today signed a new four-year agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP), committing NOK 1.72 billion to help...
Renewables rising: Norway is reshaping energy security
The ongoing insecurity in the Middle East, where a large proportion of the world’s oil and gas is extracted, is forcing many countries to...
UN committee: Sweden violated rights of child with severe disabilities
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Sweden violated the right to life and the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading...
Denmark one of only four countries in Europe hitting global flu...
The WHO European Region has made real progress on influenza vaccination over the past 15 years. Since 2008/09, the number of doses distributed across...
UNESCO and Sweden launch emergency action to preserve cultural heritage in...
Sweden will support UNESCO’s efforts to safeguard Ukraine’s Khortytsia National Reserve, through emergency conservation, documentation and capacity building.
Supported by Swedish Ministry of Culture, for...
NRC-report: Sudan war refugees pushed into hunger as livelihoods collapse across...
Families displaced by the war in Sudan are facing extreme hunger, repeated displacement and total loss of livelihoods, according to new research by the...
Record donation to UNICEF Sweden – thousands of children in Gaza...
UNICEF Sweden's partner Akelius Foundation donates 800 million kronor to efforts for children's education in Gaza – the largest single donation to UNICEF Sweden...
Norway and IFAD reaffirm partnership to advance food security and rural...
Norway and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today reaffirmed their strong strategic partnership and commitment to investing in rural people as a...
In Europe only Andorra, Estonia and Iceland meet WHO guidelines on...
In Europe, Andorra, Estonia and Iceland are the only countries that met the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline – 5 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³)...
Norway’s new legislation shields children from marketing of unhealthy foods
Norway has banned the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to children to reduce overweight and obesity and to protect them from cardiovascular diseases,...
Declining birth rates of children with Downs Syndrome in the Nordic...
World Down Syndrome Day is marked on 21 March. The 2026 World Down Syndrome Day theme, “Together Against Loneliness,” focuses on raising awareness of...
Professor Kaveh Madani named 2026 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), has been named the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate....
Tarja Halonen: “As women we must look after our own rights”
Tarja Halonen is the first female Finnish president and so far, the only woman in Finland’s history in this position. She is and has been deeply involved in the United Nations,...
When Icelandic women brought the country to a stand-still
It was UN Day, 24 October, during the United Nations International Women's Year in 1975. Half of Iceland's population decided to celebrate the International...