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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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In today’s extraordinary session of the Council of State the King has made the changes in the Government.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The construction work is close to completion. On Saturday 17 November the seed vault will close to visitors and commence cooling to -18 degrees Celsius.
- Social inequalities in health are a public health concern and an expression of unacceptable systematic injustices, says Sylvia Brustad, Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs. The Ministry of Health and Care Services has in Report No. 20
“We note that the authorities in Kosovo have issued a declaration of independence today. Kosovo has entered the final, decisive phase of the future status process. The declaration will now be studied carefully by the Norwegian authorities,” says
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has today sent a letter of condolences to Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, after yesterday’s suicide attack in the Baghlan Province.
Follwing the very good relations between Romania and Norway, national authorities responsible for police services agree to further improve their close bilaterale cooperation aiming at preventing and combatting serious crime.
Norway has been selected by the United Nations to host World Environment Day. The topic this year is “ Melting ice- a hot topic?” The Ministry of Environment has picked Tromsø to be the host city for a number of profiled events during three days,
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 2nd quarter of 2007. The normprices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
The Government has decided that when Norway joins the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), its total allocation of allowances will be considerably lower than the projected emissions from the Norwegian installations included in the scheme.
International Development Minister Erik Solheim announced 8 August that Norway will contribute NOK 20 million (appr. USD 3,5 million) to a fund to protect girls against genital mutilation in 16 countries. The fund has recently been established by
“It is only seven years until we are to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But we will not succeed unless we act urgently and with new strength”, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says. Together with other world leaders Prime Minister
The Norwegian State currently holds 62,5 per cent of the shares in StatoilHydro. The Parliament has authorised the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to increase this to a 67 per cent ownership stake. The share purchase will be financed through the
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will be held in Oslo City Hall on Monday 10 December at 13:00. A press conference with Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri and Al Gore Jr will be held on Sunday 9 December at 13:00 at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik
Agreements were signed between Norway and Ukraine in Oslo on 13 February 2008, regarding the facilitation of the issuance of visas and the readmission of persons. The agreements will simplify travel and contact between Norway and Ukraine, while
The Norwegian economy is experiencing its strongest expansion in thirty years, with annual growth in Mainland-GDP averaging more than 4½ per cent over the past four years. Employment has increased substantially and the unemployment rate has fallen
Responsible fiscal policy, high petroleum revenues and good financial returns helped the Government Pension Fund grow to NOK 2 057 billion (about USD 375 billion) as of 30 June 2007.
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“In its programme, the Unity Government is taking important steps towards complying with the international community’s demands. Norway will thus on this basis re-establish political and economic relations with the Palestinian Government,” said said