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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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The Council of the European Union decided today to repeal the anti-dumping measures on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway with effect from 20 July. This means that the measures imposed by the EU on 21 January 2006 have now been
Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim signed an agreement Friday with ILO Director General Juan Somavia pledging NOK 100 million to the International Labour Organisation’s campaign to promote decent work.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food will today play host to a number of American politicians, climate experts and representatives from the business community. The group includes former President Jimmy Carter, former
Norway today concludes a tax information exchange agreement with Bermuda. The agreement will enable the Norwegian and Bermudian tax authorities to exchange tax information for the purposes of preventing international tax evasion.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion recently instructed the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration to change its practice concerning asylum seekers from Southern Somalia. The new practice is effective immediately.
Promoting sustainable development and poverty reduction is an important objective of Norwegian foreign policy and development cooperation. Consequently these issues are also significant objectives of the Climate and Forest Initiative, in addition to
EEA funding schemesThe purpose of EEA funding is to contribute towards social and economic equalisation within the expanded EU area and the EEA. In addition, funding is provided to strengthen contact between Norway and the recipient countries via
Press release from the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements: The Basis for Wage Settlements in 2015. Preliminary Report.
- The OECD’s assessment of the Norwegian economy serves to stimulate the debate on important economic policy issues. The Norwegian authorities are in broad agreement with the OECD regarding the main challenges for the Norwegian economy says State
On Monday 27 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre formally opened the annual human rights dialogue meeting between Norway and Indonesia. The human rights dialogue has been ongoing since 2002, and this is the eighth annual meeting.
“It is unacceptable that hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded in the latest stages of the fighting in Sri Lanka. This could have been avoided,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr Erik Solheim.
- Knowledge of maritime transport and logistics is the key to value creation in the High North. Now we will have the opportunity to be a frontrunner internationally, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
In the course of April 2009 the Minister of Health and Social Affairs Bjarne Håkon Hanssen will present a new health reform, a coordination reform, for the health service. The minister’s own team of experts will help him to find the economic and
“My hope is that in December next year the following clear message will be sent from the climate conference in Copenhagen to the business world, consumers and entrepreneurs all over the world: “The era of free polluting is over!””, Norway’s Prime
The Ministry of Finance has decided to place the German company Siemens AG under observation due to the gross and systematic corruption the group has been involved in over many years. Gross corruption can be grounds for exclusion from the Government
Political Adviser (Labour Party)
Animal: The Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk is kept informed on the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's follow-up on the current fur industry situation. Yesterday the 12th of November, the Minister was presented with documentation
The Norwegian Government have agreed to cancel USD 35 million of Liberia’s debt to Norway. This constitutes 90 per cent of Liberia’s debt to Norway.