Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
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Nobel Peace Prize winners Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi will be among those attending the programme of events in Oslo organised by the Norwegian Government to mark the 10th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty.
On Friday 14 September, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will meet his Brazilian colleague, Celso Amorim, for political talks in Oslo.
Faculty of European Languages at Beijing Foreign Studies University together with the Norwegian Embassy have been working for a long time to make it possible for Chinese students to study Norwegian. Starting this year BFSU will for the first time
- A new offensive to meet the health millennium goals, is how Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg describes the International Health Partnership launched today in London together with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The Seed Vault’s website is now available in six languages in addition to Norwegian: Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is to take the lead in efforts to harmonise health, safety and environment standards for industrial activities in the Barents Sea.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin have signed an offset agreement relating to the procurement of C-130 transport aircraft. The agreement covers offset purchases equivalent to the purchase price of four transport aircraft,
Summary The strategy aims at fulfilling the objectives of the Norwegian agriculture policy which is to preserve the districts communities, increase profitability in agriculture, increase quality of life and ensure sustainable management of nature
Long-term storage of GMO seeds in the SGSV will not be approved. Import and storage of GMO seeds according to Norwegian legislation will require advance approval.
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 12 September appointed Ketil Lindseth (30), communication advisor, as political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. He succeeds Ms. Arnhild Holstad who will leave the
Summary Female representation in the Norwegian agriculture sector has increased since 1970 and has remained stabile in recent years. The share of female farmers increased from 7,3 percent in 1979 to 13,1 percent in 2001 and has been stabile the last
Norway and Sweden will contribute a joint engineer force to the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Sudan.
On 14 August, the Government held the first meeting of its newly established China forum. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented the Government’s China strategy, and International Development Minister Erik Solheim gave a briefing on Norway’s
The Centre for the Biology of Memory at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim was proclaimed one of the world’s 15 Kavli Institutes. The Kavli Foundation, founded by Norwegian-American Fred Kavli, has previously established
- Today, a provisional decree has been passed in the King’s Council with instant effect which is considered to bring the right of reversion in accordance with the ruling of the EFTA Court and the EEA agreement.
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Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård, political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, has been appointed acting state secretary in the Ministry of Finance for the period 6 August-3 September 2007.
Ms. Kari-Anne Opsal, political advisor in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, has been honourably discharged from her post from 3 August. Her successor, Mr. John Erik Pedersen, was appointed on 18 June.
- We are very pleased that the Security Council unanimously has agreed on a peace operation in Darfur, says Norwegian Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. - Norway and Sweden have been planning a joint contribution of military engineers to a
“It is a welcome development that North Korea has shut down its nuclear facilities and that this has been verified by the IAEA. This is an important step on the road towards a nuclear-weapon-free Korean Peninsula,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr