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25/10/2007
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Mrs. Åslaug Haga, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has invited oil companies to nominate blocks they think should be included in the 20th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The invitations were sent to all owners of
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Administrative staff
Office of the Prime Minister
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16/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Finance
- Socially responsible investments used to be a marginal issue for most investors. I believe we are now seeing the beginning of responsible investment becoming mainstream in the investor community, says the Norwegian Minister of Finance Mrs Kristin
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21/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
The Norwegian Government has decided that all information on state-operated web sites should be accessible in the open document formats HTML, PDF or ODF. This means an end to the time when public documents are published in closed formats only.
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Ministers
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy’s primary objective of is to ensure high value creation through efficient and environment-friendly management of our energy resources. Minister Åslaug Haga was born in Akershus in 1959. Appointed Minister of
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17/01/2008
News story
Office of the Prime Minister
Africa’s adapting to climate change and new climate research in the Antarctic were topics Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg stressed as he left Oslo today for his climate journey to South Africa and the Antarctic Continent.
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01/02/2008
Press release
Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice has decided that a Croatian national charged with war crimes is to be extradited to Serbia. Requests for extradition of the Croatian national have been made by both Serbia and Croatia.
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21/09/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Due to today’s changes in the Government, the Office of the Prime Minister has honourably discharged the following political advisors from their posts in the ministries, as of today at 1 pm: Mr. Geir Pollestad - Ministry of Local Government and
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12/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Tokyo Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, US and EU) jointly express their strong concerns about the termination of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement by the Government of Sri Lanka. These concerns have already been expressed in individual statements.
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15/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“When I talked to President Karzai today, I stressed that Norway will stand firmly by its commitment in Afghanistan, which is based on a UN Security Council mandate,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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20/12/2007
News story
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norway - together with Denmark and Sweden - will hold air services consultations with Singapore on 22 - 23 January 2008. The purpose of these consultation is to further liberalize the existing Air Services Agreements between our countries. Should
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Political staff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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04/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Nordic countries are deeply concerned about the worsening situation in Sri Lanka, an overall development which now have reached the point where one party terminates the Agreement.
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21/09/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
Due to today’s changes in the Government, the following state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their posts, as of today at 1pm: Mr. Inge Bartnes - Ministry of Local government and Regional Development Ms. Guri Størvold - Ministry of
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08/01/2008
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 3rd 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
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21/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
When the environmental toxin mercury is released to the environment it is very harmful, and i.a. the development of children may be damaged as a result. The Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim, has
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21/09/2007
Press release
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
- This award is an international recognition of Norwegian pioneering work, says Minister of Government administration and reform, Ms Heidi Grande Røys.
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21/09/2007
Press release
Office of the Prime Minister
As Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen has wanted to leave the Government, the Crown Prince Regent has in today’s session of the Council of State appointed Ms. Åslaug Haga - until now Minister of Local Government and Regional
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01/04/2008
News story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- There is a striking lack of openness in the international financial and business sector. This facilitates illicit financial flows that drain developing countries of enormous sums of money, says Minister of the Environment and International
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07/12/2007
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Norwegian funds are to support the ongoing efforts to stabilise the central African country following many years of civil war.