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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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In the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government.
The Philippine Government and the Communist Party of the Philippines have declared humanitarian ceasefires to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Together with Shell and Total, Equinor has completed drilling a test well for CO2 storage in the North Sea. The objective is to investigate whether the reservoar in the area is suited for storage of CO2. The preliminary results are promising.
Following the Government’s announcement on 12 March of new, far-reaching measures to combat COVID-19, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has received a number of enquiries about food supply.
The Ministry of Finance has made temporary changes in the mortgage regulation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 26 April, the IMF's delegation to Norway submitted its assessment of the Norwegian economy and Norwegian economic policy to the government. The full report has now been finalized by the IMF Board.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Program (WFP) for its efforts in the fight against hunger, and for creating the conditions for peace in areas with a high risk of conflict. WFP is the world's largest humanitarian
On 16 March, the Government introduced new regional measures in all Viken county’s municipalities and in Gran municipality of Innlandet county. All 52 municipalities were assigned response level A, the most restrictive level. As recommended by the
Starting 15 July, the Government plans to allow the entry of foreign nationals from countries outside the EU/EEA (referred to as third-country nationals) who have family or an established romantic relationship in Norway. However, no exemptions are
The UN Security Council today unanimously adopted Resolution 2585 on humanitarian access in Syria, extending the mandate for cross-border aid delivery for 12 months. This will enable the UN and humanitarian organisations to continue to send
The Defence Minister visited the U.S. 5 - 9 Sept., including Norfolk, Washington DC and New York.
The Norwegian Government is planning to offer a vaccine against COVID-19 to 16 and 17-year-olds after the over-18s have been fully vaccinated. The final decision will be made in September.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is introducing new exceptions to the travel advice against non-essential travel to all countries. The new exceptions apply to individual countries in the Schengen area/EEA from 15 July.
The Norwegian Chair to the Council of Ministers for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MR-FJLS) has invited the Nordic and Baltic Ministers responsible for agriculture, forestry, food related issues and fisheries to a
Norway and Denmark have agreed to reopen their borders to allow travel between the two countries. This means that means that quarantine on arrival and entry restrictions no longer apply, and Denmark is excepted from the advice against non-essential
A number of countries have now announced or will shortly announce their participation in the Covax Facility, including members of the Friends of the Covax Facility. Norway has already confirmed full participation in all stages of the Covax Facility.
Based on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s weekly assessment of the Covid-19 situation, the Government has decided to change the status of the Länsi-Pohja Hospital District in Finland from ‘yellow’ to ‘red’ on the map showing the status for
‘According to the UN, Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is proving extremely difficult. There are reports of increased infection rates and there is probably a very large number of unregistered
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement of 1 percent for banks.