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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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The Ministry of Finance has excluded the Chinese company Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. from the investment portfolio of the Government Pension Fund Global on account of its tobacco production. The Ministry has also decided to revoke its decision
Date Activity/event Organiser Location 19–20 January Power and opportunities in the European Year 2010. Motivation and inspiration Collaboration Forum against Poverty/Batteriet Oslo Oslo 18 February Meeting in Bodø of people experiencing poverty
Mexico´s Minister of the Environment, Mr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, and Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the margins of the Oslo Climate and Forest
Mr. Bernt Sverre Mehammer (39), finance policy advisor, Oslo, has been appointed acting state secretary to Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen for the period 18 May-31 July 2009.
Norway has decided to increase its assistance for the flood victims in Pakistan to USD 66 million. The situation is critical, and the number of victims keeps rising. The floods are the worst ever in the history of Pakistan.
Norway is linked to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme - ETS. The allocation plan for Phase II of ETS (2008-2012) was adopted in March 2009. The total volume to be added to ETS by Norway is about 75 million EUAs (tons of C02), which is about 15 million
More than half of the adult Norwegian population has acquired the eID called "MinID", and the number of users and the extent of on-loggings are still rising. - MinID has developed into a formidable success; the use has doubled over the last year.
Today, Norway’s Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete and Indian minister Dr. C. P. Joshi signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation on local governance in the two countries.
The 2nd NAWSARH Industry day will be held the 23rd and the 24th June 2009 in NAWSARH project office in Stavanger, Flyplassveien 190, Stavanger Lufthavn, Norway. The industry day will mainly focus on Helicopter manufacturers, who have received a
Acting for political adviser Sindre Fossum Beyer.
State State Secretary Espen Barth Eide has been transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while State Secretary Roger Ingebrigtsen has been transferred from the Ministry of Health and Care to the Ministry of
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set Norm Prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 1st quarter of 2010. The Norm Prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
The Office of the Prime Minister has for the period 1 June-1 October 2009 appointed Mr. Rune Bakervik (38), region secretary, Bergen, as acting political advisor to Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, during Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen’s leave
The Government has introduced new measures in the immigration policy that will ensure that the Norwegian practice in areas of importance differs as little as possible from other European countries. This is a continuation of the tightening measures
- Norway urges the immediate cessation of hostilities on both sides in order to pave the way for negotiations aimed at resolving the water dispute. The LTTE must reopen the water supply to prevent further civilian suffering and damage to crops,
Animal welfare: The Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mr Lars Peder Brekk, keep on working against the European Union in the question of animal slaughter anestetics. Brekk wants the union to acknowledge the countries' supremacy in deciding
- It is most regrettable that the negotiations on a new WTO agreement appear to have stranded, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, commenting on the news that the negotiations would be suspended indefinitely following last weekend’s
As part of Norway’s contribution to the EEA Financial Mechanisms, the Government will earmark EUR 140 million over five years for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in selected EU member states. This is part of the already allocated Norwegian
In the UN Human Rights Council today, Norway criticised the human rights situation in Iran on behalf of more than 50 countries. The joint statement was timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the controversial presidential election in