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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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Most of the global ice and snow cover is rapidly declining. This will have large global, regional and local consequences for human beings and nature. This is the main message of the UNEP report “Global Outlook for Ice and Snow” which was presented
On 1. June the Norwegian Government imposed a ban on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil onboard ships inside the two large nature reserves covering most of the territorial waters of eastern Svalbard. The Government also decided that ships sailing in these
New research shows an alarming decrease in the population of ivory gull in the Arctic. This is a conspicuous example of two main environmental challenges: climate change and hazardous chemicals.
Climate change and environmentally hazardous substances are the most important threats to polar bears. Climate change may reduce the extent of sea-ice significantly, and thus reduce the habitat available for polar bears for feeding and reproduction.
Drawings made by children and a great show opened the World Environment Day in Tromsø Sunday.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen, acting state secretary, as state secretary to Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske from 4 June. He succeeds Ms. Mette Gundersen, who has been
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 4 June appointed Ms. Trine Synøve Lie Larsen, acting political advisor, as political advisor in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. She has been acting in the post since 23 October 2006, for Mr.
Markos Kyprianou, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, will visit Vesterålen on June 4 and 5. Hosts to the Commissioner will be Terje Riis-Johansen, Minister of Agriculture and Food, Sylvia Brustad, Minister of Health and Care
Ministers of Finance of the Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries - Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Denmark - and the Russian Federation met for their 12th Conference on 31 May 2007 in Oslo, Norway.
- We hope our contribution will help to alleviate the current social crisis in the Palestinian Territory, particularly for the many extended families with only one breadwinner, said Foreign Minister Støre.
This week, Peru will host the second meeting in the process to establish an international ban against certain types of cluster munitions. The meeting in Lima is a follow-up to the meeting in Oslo this February, at which 46 countries committed
Today was the occation for the first tunnelling blast for the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The Norwegian Public Diplomacy Forum set up by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will have its first meeting 22 May. The forum is a concrete follow-up on the strategies for enhancing Norway’s image abroad proposed by the Public Diplomacy Committee.
“Israel has the right to defend itself, but we call for restraint,” said Foreign Minister Støre. “The continual rocket attacks against Israel are unacceptable, but an Israeli escalation of the situation will strengthen the position of the
Last night the World Bank announced that Paul Wolfowitz would resign as head of the organisation. International Development Minister Erik Solheim is of the view that Mr Wolfowitz’s decision was right and necessary.
The Ministry of Children and Equality is sending out for review a proposal for a comprehensive marriage act. The proposal is for a single marriage law covering both same-sex and male-female couples.
Reference is made to the Authority´s decision (Dec. No 597/07/COL) dated 23 November 2007 to open the formal investigation procedure provided for in Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement against Norway
-Norway is prepared to increase its support for efforts to prevent deforestation in developing countries to about three billion kroner a year. This is a way of achieving large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions quickly and at low cost, said Prime
The fight against climate change is a top priority in the white paper on Norway’s policy for preventing humanitarian crises that was presented today.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre met Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elmar Mammadyarov, in Oslo on 4 December. During the meeting, the ministers signed a joint declaration on continued cooperation between their two countries.