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01/09/2017
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Iris Aunvik Tveten as political adviser to Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Jan Tore Sanner, in political adviser Ms. Rikke Høistad Sjøberg’s leave of absence (from 8 September 2017 to
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16/04/2003
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway and the Netherlands are
holding an international conference on trade in small arms in Oslo
on 23-24 April. Norway and the Netherlands are among the few
countries that have separate legislation on brokering in small arms
and light weapons.
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17/01/2003
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government is proposing to
extend the breadth of Norway’s territorial sea from 4 to 12
nautical miles and to establish a contiguous zone outside the
territorial sea for certain control purposes. These proposals were
submitted to the Storting
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07/02/2003
Press release
Ministry of Transport and Communications
- The Government has decided to
ease the license conditions for establishing and operating the
third generation mobile telephony, UMTS. I want more independent
operators to enter the Norwegian mobile market. Increased
competition will give
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16/08/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
According to the new protocol, the
ban on the death penalty is absolute. (18.08)
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11/05/2001
Press release
Ministry of Finance
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27/12/2001
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Norway and Romania has signed a
bilateral Climate Change Agreement on project co-operation for
reduction of greenhouse gases. This is the first bilateral Joint
Implementation project under the Kyoto Protocol that Norway takes
part in, allowing
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12/10/2001
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Anne Kristin Sydnes congratulated the United Nations
and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan on a well-deserved Nobel Peace
Prize.
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13/05/1998
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press Release No: 81/1998 13 May 1998 Prime Minister congratulates WHO’s Gro Harlem Brundtland Following today’s election by the World Health Assembly of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland as director-general of the World Health
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26/04/2006
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg's statement after receiving Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas in Oslo today.
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26/07/2006
Press release
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The media are welcome to follow the
round table discussions and will be given an opportunity to ask
questions of the ministers at a subsequent press conference.
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10/04/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
City Auditor of the city of Oslo
Frits Arne Eriksen has been appointed as Director of the Office of
Internal Oversight Services of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), which is a UN agency. (12.04.06)
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29/09/2006
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
At the deadline for application to
the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2006 on the Norwegian
Continental Shelf, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has
received applications from 43 companies. (29.09.06)
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05/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The emblem (picture)
has the same
status as the red cross and red crescent of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement. (11.05.05)
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24/05/2006
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of International
Development Erik Solheim and Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer will
among other things have talks with the Government of Sri Lanka and
the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (26.05.06)
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19/03/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press Release No: 47/1999 Date: 19 March 1999 Political advisors The Government changes on 15 and 16 March caused the resignation of the political advisors in the following ministries: the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the
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24/03/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
No. 51/1999 Date: 24 March 1999 Norway's Prime Minister says NATO's action against Yugoslavia is deeply tragic, but necessary “It is deeply tragic that in the heart of Europe a situation has arisen making it necessary for NATO to use military means
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26/03/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press Release No: 52/1999 Date: 26 March 1999 State secretaries In today’s session of the Council of State, state secretaries Jarle Skjørestad, Office of the Prime Minister, and Åslaug Haga, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (foreign affairs), have been
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27/03/1999
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press Release No: 57/1999 Date: 27 March 1999 Norway's Prime Minister sends his condolences to Aung San Suu Kyi The Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, on Saturday sent the following message of condolences to Burmese Nobel Laureate Aung
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27/10/1999
Press release
Ministry of Finance
Press Release No.: 82/1999 Date: 27. October 1999 IMF: Positive development in the Norwegian economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has presented a report with preliminary conclusions on the Norwegian economy after its annual visit to Norway.