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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Karita Bekkemellem (Social Democratic Party) assumed the post of Minister of Children and Family Affairs on 17 Oct. 2005. On 1 Jan. 2006 the name of the ministry was changed to the Ministry of Children and Equality. Karia Bekkemellem was also
The main purpose of the scheme is to promote peacebuilding and statebuilding in the Western Balkans.
Discard is currently one of the most serious threats against sustainable management. This is in particular the case for those fish stocks we co-manage with the EU in the North Sea. We therefore want a further tightening of the rules governing
Families that agree to provide family or emergency homes on assignment for the state will now be given new rights. New standard contracts provide these families with increased economic security, including rights to occupational pensions, paid sick
By the deadline for applications in the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2008 on the Norwegian continental shelf, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 47 companies. The Ministry aims to award new production licenses
The IMF Executive Board has today approved a financial package for Latvia. The package is linked to an extraordinary strong economic reform programme that includes a fiscal consolidation of around 7 percent of GDP already in 2009. The Nordic
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
Norway and the EU - partners for Europe is an information brochure produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The brochure in targeted at foreign readers and explains Norway’s relations with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic
The Iranian authorities have closed the Centre for Defence of Human Rights in Tehran. The centre was established and is headed by Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
The Norwegian Armed Forces will shortly begin deployment of the first part of its military contribution to the international coalition established to counter ISIL. The decision to provide a Norwegian contribution to capability development for the
In today’s session of the Council of State Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård, politcial advisor, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen, and Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen, political advisor, as state secretary to
“An equitable distribution policy, full employment and labour rights are goods that are being challenged by increased globalisation. If we are to succeed in enabling others to share these goods, which we ourselves take for granted, Norway must also
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.
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 Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2009 to the Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (65) for “his revolutionary contributions to geometry”.
The red-green coalition government will continue to develop the Norwegian welfare state, through investment in kindergartens, education and research. Amongst other things, the government proposes spending a total of around NOK 2 billion on improving
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Just beaten by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and ahead of a new generation of hybrid engines from Chevrolet, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault sneaks onto the list of the world's best inventions in 2007 -
The Government decided today to provide NOK 30 million in immediate humanitarian relief in connection with the assaults in Gaza. “We are extremely concerned about the precarious humanitarian situation in Gaza,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Minister of Government administration and reform Heidi Grande Røys coordinates the Government's reform work in the public sector and is responsible for ICT policy, administration policy, competition policy and the state sector's employer policy. She
Norway supports the proposal that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) should increase its presence in Georgia by 100 military monitoring officers.