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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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The government today presents the annual white paper on the management of the Government Pension Fund. The paper reports on results in the management of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN), and
In a Government White Paper to the Norwegian parliament submitted today, the Government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The project has been named ‘Longship’, in Norwegian 'Langskip'.
Norway and the United Kingdom have today signed a new framework agreement on fisheries cooperation.
The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, through its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (Doalos), and Norway, have entered into an agreement to provide support to developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States (
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to the regions of Blekinge and Södermanland in Sweden, and the region of Uusimaa in Finland.
Minister of International Development Erik Solheim succeeded this week in getting the Sri Lankan authorities and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) to agree to meet for talks on the implementation of the cease-fire. (26.01.06)
Partner nations involved in the Joint Strike Fighter development programme met on March 7 in Noordwijk to discuss JSF cooperation in a European framework.
The Ministry of Finance has decided to follow the recommendation from the Council to continue exclusion of EADS from the investment universe of the Government Pensions Fund - Global.
Secretary of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, mr. Jan-Erik Støstad, held the speech "Building the bridge safely" at the oil conference ONS 2006 in Stavanger. Mr. Støstad also presented a new HSE award, The PSA Award, to
EFTA Surveillance Authority Rue Belliard 35 B-1040 Brussels, Belgia Deres ref Vår ref Dato 02/2359 SL aee/kala 12 .11.2004 Notification of reduced rates of social security contributions for certain sectors – opening of a formal investigation
Animal: In an effort to raise awareness among children about the impostance of treating farmed animals in a respectful and humane way, the European Commission has launched "Farmland", a website for children on animal welfare. "Farmland" is an
The Office of the Auditor General has presented its report on the effectiveness of Norwegian humanitarian assistance. The report shows that Norway is one of the most important donors, but also has areas that could be improved, particularly with
On 1 May 2006, the Stoltenberg II Government presented an action plan against social dumping. The action plan was presented to the Storting in the Revised National Budget on 12 may. The plan is regularly followed up in relation to the Storting and
Following the resignation tendered by Jens Stoltenberg’s second government 14 October, the King in a Council of State session at 10 am today accepted the resignation as of 12.00 noon today. At the same time, the King appointed Erna Solberg’s
The 2014 national budget proposes significant investments in all areas of education and research. Measures include expanding access to day care institutions, as well as a major push to improve the quality of vocational training and to increase the
“I congratulate this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW has achieved almost universal adherence to the ban on these weapons, which cause terrible human suffering,” said Prime
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has informed the national Internet election committee that there has been an error in the encryption of the Internet votes cast in the advance voting period.
On Norway’s initiative, the eight foreign ministers of the Nordic and Baltic states agreed at a meeting in Gotland today on a joint statement calling on the UN Security Council to respond to reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria by
“Norway will support African countries in the negotiation of fair agreements with international companies that are exploiting their natural resouces,” said Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås. Mr Holmås met the President of