Norway should significantly increase its financial aid to Ukraine, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told parliament on Thursday. Parliament last year agreed to spend 35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.22 billion) on military and civilian support for Ukraine in 2025,

Norway's parliamentary leaders agreed on March 6 to increase aid for Ukraine by 50 billion Norwegian krone ($4.6 billion) to a total of 85 billion Norwegian krone ($7.8 billion) in 2025. "We are increasing support because there is a need for it,

Norway will increase its Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine funding to $7.7 billion this year. This was reported by Ukrinform citing the Ukrainian Parliament's Facebook page. The decision was made during a meeting between Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and political parties in the Storting (Norwegian Parliament).

Nansen is Norway's cross-party, bilateral aid programme for Ukraine, named after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen

Norway will more than double its aid to Ukraine in 2025 to bring the annual total to 7.8 billion US dollars, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced Thursday, expressing concern that Russia was "heavily arming".

Norway has announced a massive increase in financial aid to Ukraine, more than doubling its planned support for 2024 in response to what Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called the most serious security threat Norway has faced in 80 years.