News and events


24. Sep 2019

Parliamentary Visit

16-17 September, a delegation from the Norwegian Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence visited Ethiopia.

26. Aug 2019

Forest Sector Development Workshop

A workshop on catalysing forest sector development program for Ethiopia was organized by Environment, Forest and Climate Change (EFCCC) in collaboration with UNDP on August 23, 2019 ILRI, Addis Ababa.

26. Jul 2019

Norway to lead UN’s central platform for development policy

Mona Juul, Norway’s Ambassador to the UN, was today elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a one-year period.

19. Jun 2019

Press Release - Government presents white paper on Norway’s role and interests in multilateral cooperation

‘The world is facing a number of challenges that are too great and complex for any one country to tackle alone, and must therefore be addressed through joint efforts.

21. May 2019

Team Norway meeting focusing on Innovation Norway

The Embassy hosted a Team Norway meeting focusing on Innovation Norway and other topics. Around 15 companies and business organizations participated in the meeting.

13. May 2019

Press Release - Norway supports Ebola response in DR Congo

2 May 2019: The Government is providing NOK 7.8 million to the efforts to tackle the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

13. May 2019

Amendments to the Children Act and the Citizenship Act on parentage and citizenship for children born outside Norway

On 1 April, the new amendments came into force.

07. May 2019 | Invitasjon til 17.mai feiring

Invitasjon til 17.mai feiring

Ambassaden inviterer alle nordmenn i Etiopia til nasjonaldagsfeiring på ambassadørens residens i Addis Abeba

10. Apr 2019

Press Release - Norway increases contribution to Green Climate Fund

Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein is giving priority to the Green Climate Fund as a channel for funding Norway’s climate-related efforts in developing countries in the coming years.

09. Apr 2019

Påskedagsgudstjeneste i regi av Sjømannskirken (Norsk Kirke i utlandet)

Alle er hjertelig velkommen!

14. Mar 2019

The Holberg Prize Names Scholar of Cultural History Paul Gilroy as 2019 Laureate

Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology—named British cultural historian and postcolonial scholar Paul Gilroy its

18. Feb 2019

Embassy hosts Team Norway meeting on health and digitalization

The Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa hosted a Team Norway meeting focusing on health and digitalization on 11 February 2019. The meeting was organized as a side event to the AU Summit organized in Ethiopia from Feb 9-10, 2019.