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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Norwegian Government proposes to allocate NOK 1 125 million to research, technology development and work with carbon capture, transport and storage in 2008.
State Secretary Raymond Johansen held Norway's statement during the Fourth Session of the UN Council on Human Rights. In the statement he focused on Darfur, Nepal, Afghanistan and the Palestinian Territory.
- The Oslo Conference has been very successful, and has surpassed our expectations. We are now ready to move ahead towards an international ban on cluster munitions, says Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre.
As a follow-up to the integrated management plan for the Barents Sea and Lofoten, the Government allocated NOK 70 million in 2007 to seismic surveys in the Nordland VII and Troms II areas, outside Lofoten and Vesterålen. In 2008, a further 140
Norway is providing NOK 7 million (USD 1,1 million) in emergency assistance to Mozambique in response to several weeks of flooding and a cyclone that has made an estimated 40 000 people homeless. The funds will be channelled through the Norwegian
Norway has donated NOK10 million (CHF2 million) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for 2007. Norway is today the second biggest contributor to the DDAGTF. Read the WTO Press Release 21 February 2007.
Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy and Environment Ministers of Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Latvia and Luxembourg met in Vienna today to warn against the promotion of nuclear power as a solution to the climate crisis.
The NOTCH - NOrdic + CHinese festival fuses the cutting-edge Nordic music, art and cultural scene with the vibrant grassroots cultural scene in China.
Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys presents the Norwegian government's new portal on Monday February 12 at 10.30 am. Government.no is a portal with innovative technology and an architecture that makes it considerably
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Following the inaugural meeting of the NEFAB Council on 6 February 2013, the second meeting of the NEFAB Council took place in Oslo on 21 May 2013. The council continued deliberations over its work plan for 2013 as well as the strategic plan for
Today Norway signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces on continued cooperation. “Having a strong and unified opposition is crucial if we are to find a political solution to the
- Long-term environmental cooperation with South Africa can have a significant effect because South Africa plays an important role in the region in terms of environmental policy, and acts a driving force among developing countries in the
In Brunei, Norway acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in a ceremony attended by Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and the ten ASEAN foreign ministers.
- The Government is pleased that Norway and the EU have reached an agreement on Norwegian spring-spawning herring, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. - In addition to providing a framework for sustainable catches of this stock in the long
“The local elections in Kosovo on Sunday were an important step forward for Kosovo, for the region, and for European cooperation on bringing about progress and development in the Western Balkans,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
Women fighting for human rights are particularly vulnerable. Their efforts should be encouraged, not curtailed or stigmatised. This week, Norway presents a new resolution to the UN General Assembly, aimed at protecting women human rights defenders.
“I am deeply concerned about the deadlocked political situation in Egypt. If the parties fail to find a political solution in the next few hours, the government could collapse, throwing the country into a serious crisis,” said Minister of Foreign
"The global fight against trafficking in human beings requires our urgent attention,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in his statement at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Ljubljana on 6 December. He underscored that this is one of the most