Historical archive

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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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.

  • White Paper on Adult Education

    22/12/2014 Article Ministry of Education and Research

    Fact sheet: White Paper Meld. St. 16 (2015-2016) Report to the Storting Social inclusion and a second chance - Coordinated efforts for adult learning

  • Cyberattack on Sony Pictures ‘unacceptable’

    20/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘I am concerned by the unacceptable cyberattack on Sony Pictures’, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.

  • Three Wishes for Cinderella goes digital

    19/12/2014 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The digital revolution within film and television has now caught up with Three Wishes for Cinderella. Cinderella, the prince, Jurášek and Rozárka goes digital from 2015. Even her stepmother and stepsister will come in brighter colours and better

  • No results in negotiations on Norwegian spring sprawning herring and blue whiting

    19/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Parties will meet again 19 January.

  • Countercyclical buffer unchanged

    19/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Finance

    The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer requirement for banks unchanged at 1 percent from 30 June 2015, in line with advice from Norges Bank. The Financial Supervisory Authority has stated

  • The responsible investment management framework of the Government Pension Fund Global

    18/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Finance

    Today, the Ministry of Finance has issued new guidelines for observation and exclusion from the Fund. Some amendments have also been made in the mandate given to Norges Bank on the management of the Fund. The changes come into effect 1 January 2015.

  • Standardization of personal connected health with Continua

    18/12/2014 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services

    New technology can help to improve health and care services and give people the opportunity to manage their own lives. To ensure that different solutions work together, the Norwegian Government introduces the standardization framework Continua on

  • Norway gives NOK 410 million to UN’s emergency response fund

    17/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Seldom has the world witnessed so many major humanitarian crises as it did in 2014, and the UN estimates that the need for humanitarian relief will continue to increase next year,’ said Foreign Minister Børge Brende. Norway will increase its

  • Public hearing – investments in coal and petroleum companies

    17/12/2014 News story Ministry of Finance

    Today, the Ministry of Finance has circulated the report from the Expert Group on the Government Pension Fund Global’s investments in coal and petroleum companies for a public hearing amongst Norwegian stakeholders.

  • The EU establishes dialogue to promote the rule of law

    16/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    On 16 December, the Council of the European Union agreed to establish an internal dialogue to follow up EU member states’ compliance with their commitments to the rule of law under EU treaties. The dialogue will be held on a yearly basis.

  • Quality in higher education

    16/12/2014 News story Ministry of Education and Research

    Universities and university colleges are to provide higher education of a high international standard on the basis of the foremost within research, academic and artistic development work and empirical knowledge.

  • Norway condemns terrorist attack on school in Pakistan

    16/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘I condemn today’s terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar in the strongest possible terms. Targeting children and teachers in this manner is despicable,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.

  • Important step towards global trade agreement

    16/12/2014 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘I am delighted that the WTO members have adopted the necessary decisions on food security issues and aspects of the Trade Facilitation Agreement so that the decisions made at last year’s Ministerial Conference can now be implemented. This is very

  • One year on, and still no solution to conflict in South Sudan

    15/12/2014 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘It is unacceptable that millions of people in South Sudan continue to suffer while the parties to the conflict show no real willingness to find a solution. The humanitarian disaster in the country is man-made, and President Salva Kiir and former

  • Call for proposals from Civil Society

    15/12/2014 News story Ministry of Climate and Environment

    Norad’s Department for Civil Society under the Norwegian Forest and Climate Initiative (NICFI) announces a call for proposals from civil society organisations working on Climate and Forest issues. The new grant scheme will run over a period of five

  • Annual status report 2013-14

    14/12/2014 News story Europaportalen

    Education for Roma children in Bulgaria. Improved air quality in Polish cities. Many projects and programmes are underway, several in cooperation with Norwegian partners. Read the report online or order a copy by mail.

  • Security in the Arctic – a Norwegian perspective

    13/12/2014 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    "Arctic security is about maintaining the Arctic as an area of stability, predictability and international co-operation" sa statssekretær Bård Glad Pedersen bl.a. i sitt innlegg på Arctic Circle-konferansen i Reykjavik 2. november.

  • Norway and the EU

    13/12/2014 Article

    Norway is part of Europe, not just geographically, but also in historical, financial and cultural terms. What happens in Europe is of great importance to us. The EU is Norway’s most important trading partner, and EU policy has an impact on many

  • Norway intensifies efforts to promote human rights

    12/12/2014 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    ‘Human rights are under pressure internationally. Norway will therefore step up its efforts to promote and protect human rights,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende. A white paper on human rights in Norway’s foreign and development policy

  • Declaration on voluntary work

    12/12/2014 Article Ministry of Culture

    Declaration on the government’s interaction with the voluntary sector

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