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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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The Norwegian Government agreed today to cancel the Democratic Republic of Congo’s remaining debt of NOK 143 million (approximately USD 23.8 million) to Norway in follow-up to international agreement on debt cancellation.
The purpose of the grant funds is to encourage activities designed to promote discussion, knowledge and a common understanding of capital flows into and out of developing countries, and of the impact of such flows on development and the fight
The following overview shows how Norwegian funds will help flood victims in Pakistan.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. HansKristian Amundsen (51), editor-in-chief and managing director, Tromsø, as state secretary to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen. Amundsen succeeds
“The referendum on independence for South Sudan is a historic watershed for Sudan. It is also of great importance to the region and to Africa as a whole,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
The Norwegian ministry for Petroleum and Energy has today sent the report ’Offshore Wind in Norway - Suggested Areas for SEA’ out for public consultation. The report considers technical, economic, environmental, and geographical aspects of offshore
The International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) has developed an international guiding standard for organisations’ social responsibility, ISO 26000.
The Government proposes to assist households receiving state housing allowance by providing an extra payment towards the high electricity bills that will be arriving. This is a helping hand for people who struggle financially, says Minister of Local
Several tens of people have been killed and many injured in demonstrations and social unrest in Tunisia in recent weeks. State Secretary Espen Barth Eide commented: “Norway is concerned about the situation in Tunisia.”
“Norway will follow closely the trial of lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh, which is due to begin in Teheran today,” said State Secretary Espen Barth Eide.
13 September Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hosted an international conference in Oslo on the challenges of growth, employment and social cohesion, bringing together heads of state and government, the heads of the ILO and the IMF, trade union
- The response is overwhelming. This shows that the Norwegian web community is characterized by innovative power and will, creativity and knowledge, minister Rigmor Aasrud says.
The E-vote 2011-project will procure and trial a platform for electronic voting in ten municipalities during the municipal og county elections in 2011. The project will also procure and pilot a complete elections administrative support system in the
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.
Rental regulation for pre-war housing was phased out in the New Year. In a revised national budget, the Government issues a bill on new housing rental funding for occupants who are unable to pay current rents for such housing in Trondheim. This
The E-vote 2011-project is in a procurement process utilizing the competitive dialogue procedure. Friday 9 October, the dialogue phase was concluded and five tenderers were invited to deliver a final bid by 26 October at 10:00 a.m. The final tender
Norway is getting a pioneering system for quality assurance of hotels. - The best news regarding the Norwegian system is that customers themselves measure the level of service and that hotels must be environmentally friendly to get the most stars,
NorAlumni China - a network for helping former students from China to stay connected with Norway and the Norwegian business sector is now in place.
13 September Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hosted an international conference in Oslo on the challenges of growth, employment and social cohesion, bringing together heads of state and government, the heads of the ILO and the IMF, trade union