Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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On 31 August, the Ministry of Finance submitted proposed new regulations on the management of the Government Pension Fund - Global to Norges Bank and the Office of the Auditor General for comment. The Ministry’s regulation of Norges Bank’s
Norway has proposed a system for financing climate needs based on international auctioning of allowances within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The donor group for the Palestinian Authority (AHLC) welcomes the political program of the Palestinian government for establishing a Palestinian state within the next two years.
On Thursday 24 September 2009, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre chaired this year's Trygve Lie Symposium in New York. The aim of this year's symposium was to agree on a way forward to increase respect for international humanitarian law and its
The Office of the Prime Minister has as of today appointed several political advisers.
Lubna Jaffery was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture on 23 October 2009. Lubna Jaffery’s previous position was that of Political Adviser to the ministers Bjarne Håkon Hanssen and Dag Terje Andersen in the Ministry of Labour and
Rigmor Aasrud is appointed minister in charge of the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, and of church affairs in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs and the Department of Sami and minority policy in the Ministry of Labour and
The Government is not asking the Storting for new authorisations to reduce the state’s ownership. The framework for the state’s exercise of ownership has remained unchanged since the early 2000s, and will continue to apply.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Inger Klippen as temporarily state secretary to Minister of Health, Mr. Bent Høie, from 1 January to 4 October 2020.
In connection with the Nordic Council’s session in Stockholm, Norway has signed two maritime delimitation agreements, with Iceland and Denmark/the Faroe Islands. State Secretary Jens Frølich Holte signed the agreements on behalf of Norway. An
Norway is deeply concerned about Turkey’s unilateral military operation in northeastern Syria. We call on Turkey to cease this operation immediately and to respect international law. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed these views to the
The Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, NEFCO, to purchase carbon credits in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020). Through this agreement Norway will purchase up to
“I welcome the fact that Iran has decided to release a number of political prisoners including human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh. I hope that the release of these prisoners is the first important step towards improving the human rights situation
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe invited oil companies to nominate blocks they want to have included in the 23rd licencing round on the Norwegian continental shelf Wednesday. The numbered licencing rounds cover frontier areas on
The Netherlands and Norway signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in The Hague on Wednesday 24 April 2013. It was signed by Director of the Defence Materiel Organization, Lex Hendrichs (the Netherlands) and National Armaments Director Morten
Energy is crucial for creating development, and renewable energy is an important way of increasing energy access without increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is today announcing this year’s licensing round for the geologically well know areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf - Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2015. The objective is to award new production licences
Norway has signed an agreement to provide NOK 3.2 billion in funding for the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The Government is doubling Norway’s annual contribution to the Fund, making this the largest funding agreement Norway has ever signed with a
In the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government.