Historical archive

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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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  • Norway protests against unfounded attack

    16/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have summoned representatives from a number of embassies to refute the erroneous allegations some countries have made against Norway for its management of the Northeast Atlantic minke whale stocks. (18.05.06)

  • WHO Director General passes away

    22/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    With the death of Lee Jong-wook, the world has lost a champion of health, development and poverty eradication, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (22.05.06)

  • Minister of International Development visits Sri Lanka and Japan

    24/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Minister of International Development Erik Solheim and Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer will among other things have talks with the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (26.05.06)

  • Foreign Affairs Minister congratulates Iraq on its new government

    26/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    I am pleased that Iraq’s national assembly has approved a new government of national unity. The Iraqi people deserve a broad and inclusive government that can tackle all of the difficult challenges the country currently faces, said Minister of

  • Partnering to Build Up Environmental Awareness in China

    29/09/2006 Press release Ministry of the Environment

    29 September 2006, Beijing, China - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Government of Norway announced a new partnership today in Beijing to support China in its objectives to promote environmental protection, awareness and

  • The Co-Chairs met to discuss the critical situation in Sri Lanka

    30/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    The Co-Chairs, who met in Tokyo, appealed to both parties in Sri Lanka to pull back from the current crisis. (30.05.06)

  • Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest extended

    29/05/2006 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    We most strongly urge the State Peace and Development Council to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi and the more one thousand political prisoners in Myanmar, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (30.05.06)

  • Jotun with the final coat on the world's tallest building

    30/04/2010 Press release Ministry of Trade and Industry

    With 160 floors and 828 meters above the ground, Burj Khalifa is a well-known landmark in Dubai. Right before its sopening in January 2010, the spire was painted with paint supplied by Jotun.

  • Deeply saddened by news of President Kaczynski’s death

    10/04/2010 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    “I was deeply saddened to hear of the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski. My thoughts are with the Polish people,” Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented.

  • Trond Giske to Qatar and the Emirates

    07/04/2010 News story Ministry of Trade and Industry

    Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Trond Giske will next week visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with HRH Crown Prince Haakon and 60 industry representatives. During the visit the minister will attend the official opening of Hydro's project

  • Norway welcomes new nuclear arms treaty

    08/04/2010 Press release Office of the Prime Minister

    ”The signing of a new nuclear arms treaty between the USA and Russia is an important step on the road towards a world without nuclear arms”, says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

  • Former State Secretary Espen Barth Eide (Labour Party)

    Political staff Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Former State Secretary Robin Martin Kåss (Labour Party)

    Political staff Ministry of Health and Care Services

  • The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs given responsibility for setting up BarentsWatch

    29/06/2010 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    The Norwegian Government has decided to give the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs the responsibility for setting up a new, full-spectrum monitoring and information system for the Northern sea and coastal areas (“BarentsWatch”). The work

  • Joint press release on the second review of Iceland’s IMF program and the Nordic loans to Iceland

    20/04/2010 News story Ministry of Finance

    The Nordic countries - Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark - support Iceland’s efforts for economic recovery by providing bilateral loans totalling 1.775 billion euro for disbursement in four equal tranches in the context of Iceland’s economic

  • Foreign Minister meets former Jewish Soviet prisoner of conscience

    23/04/2010 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre received Josef Begun at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 April. Mr Begun spent most of the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union in a labour camp in Siberia for promoting Jewish culture and the Hebrew

  • Congratulations to President Jagdeo of Guyana

    23/04/2010 News story Ministry of the Environment

    Minister Erik Solheim congratulates President Jagdeo of Guyana as The 2010 Champion of the Earth. This is the United Nations’ highest awards for environmental leadership.

  • Norway's Stoltenberg receives Russian President: Trade and industry central in Norwegian-Russian relations

    26/04/2010 News story Office of the Prime Minister

    Bilateral trade relations are central when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Norway. On 26 April the President participates with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at a major Norwegian-Russian trade and industry conference in Oslo.

  • Agreements on cooperation with Russia

    27/04/2010 Press release Ministry of Education and Research

    The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and representatives of the Russian Federation has signed agreements on cooperation in higher education and meteorology.

  • - No agreement with Indonesia

    18/05/2010 News story Ministry of the Environment

    Monday 17th of May, Bloomberg news agency reported that Norway has entered into an agreement with Indonesia to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in the country. Minister of Development and Environment, Mr. Erik Solheim, has the following

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