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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Tuesday 4 February the Norwegian Minister of Finance, Mr. Per-Kristian Foss, will meet with his Greek colleague, Minister of Economy and Finance Mr. Nikos Christodoulakis. (03.02.003)
With the entry into force on 1 January 2004 of the Act relating to Norway’s territorial sea and contiguous zone, the breadth of Norway’s territorial sea will be extended from four to 12 nautical miles. (30.12.03)
During the visit there will be amongst other a concert by Nils Petter Molvær and his band, several exhibitions and the presentation of a digital music archive. (19.05.03)
The head of the Tax Committee, Mr. Arne Skauge, today presented the Committee’s proposal to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Per-Kristian Foss. The Committee proposes that tax reductions of NOK 10 billion should be used for reducing the tax on
Press release No.: 168/03 Date: 08.10.2003 Government Budget The Foreign Ministry’s Budget for 2004 Humanitarian assistance and peace efforts The Government submitted a budget to the Storting today proposing that allocations for humanitarian
Press release No.: 192/2002 Date: 08 November 2002 Foreign Minister Petersen expresses satisfaction with the Security Council’s Iraq resolution The Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution on Iraq today. "I am pleased that the Security
"The humanitarian challenges are at the top of our list and must be met if we are to succeed in building a better future for Afghanistan.", said State Secretary Vidar Helgesen (Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) at the opening of today’s
The drastic cuts in tariffs and domestic support proposed by Chairman Stuart Harbinson will effectively wipe out Norwegian agriculture, with devastating effects on our rural communities, agricultural landscapes and bio-diversity, as well as the
Press release No.: 3/2003 Date: 3 January 2003 Prime Ministers of Norway and Russia to open new Russian border post As an introduction to the celebrations marking the 10 th> anniversary of the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation, in Kirkenes in Northern
Today the Government proposed a defence budget for 2004 amounting to NOK 29.4 billion. This represents the same budget level as the 2003 budget. The Government is thus, in their third year in office, advancing on a continuing high budget level
The Norwegian government decided today that the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act shall enter into force July 1 2002. For the first time, all environmental regulation for one area is collected in one act. This makes a better survey of
Ms. Johnson will participate in a joint Norwegian-French seminar on HIV/AIDS and security issues in Paris on 25 January
The Norwegian Government today submitted a proposal for a new Act on the Right to Environmental Information. It provides all citizens with a legal right to obtain environmental information, both from public authorities and from public and
Press release No.: 163/2002 Date: 15 October 2002 Norwegian Prime Minister offers condolences to Indonesia and Australia Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway has yesterday and today sent letters of condolences to President Megawati
Press release No.: 40/2001 Date: 26.04.01 Contacts: Nina Bjerkedal, phone + 47 22 24 45 07/Stig Sollund, phone +47 22 24 44 74 PROPOSAL FOR PETROLEUM TAXATION AMENDMENT The Ministry of Finance will tomorrow, Friday, present a proposal on amendments
Press release No.: 3/2002 Date: 2 January 2002 Political advisors following ministry changes on 1 January 2002 Following ministry changes effective as of 1 January 2002, the list of political advisors in the ministries looks as below. The Government
Foreign Minister Jan Petersen has invited the most important donor countries that are providing development assistance to the Palestinian Territory to a meeting in Oslo on 25 April to discuss how the international community can best help the
Press release for NTC-IV Ministerial Meeting Rome, 14 th> June 2002 Further commitments in the WTO need to address non-trade concerns The Doha Ministerial Declaration includes the provision that non-trade concerns will be duly covered in the WTO
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was informed in December 2000 that the World Bank Consultant Trust Funds (CTFs) of six countries had been used in a way that was not consistent with the provisions of the trust fund agreement.
Some news media have indicated that Norway will be reluctant to provide support to the United States in accordance with Article 5 in the NATO-treaty. In that connection the Norwegian Minister of Defence, Mr Bjørn Tore Godal, gives the following