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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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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.
The Minister of Finance, who has the main responsibility for national economic policy, co-ordinates the preparation of the national budget. Finance minister Kristin Halvorsen was born in Horten on 2 September 1960. Kristin Halvorsen was appointed
In this action plan against poverty, the Government is presenting the status of the efforts to reduce poverty and proposing new priority areas and measures for 2009.
Today, a group of World Leaders will commit to actions aimed at saving 10 million mothers and newborns in the poorest countries by 2015.
Forests and climate change Deforestation in tropical countries accounts for about 20% of annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions. There is more carbon stored in the world’s forests than in all remaining oil reserves in the world. Combustion converts
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
“The financial crisis has meant that the return on the Government Pension Fund’s investments in 2008 was very poor. However, we have a robust and long-term investment strategy that we have chosen because it will serve us well over time,” says the
On 29 January the Norwegian Government decided that the wreck of German submarine U 864 is to be raised and the polluted seabed covered by a layer of clean sand and gravel. In 2007 and 2008, the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA), assisted by
“We take climate change seriously. Today the Government presented a Report to the Storting detailing its plan to establish a new investment programme pertaining to environmental issues and initiating a broad climate-change study. We also want to
Today, the Government presented the latest version of its High North strategy. It has a strong focus on business development, both on land and at sea, and announces increased investments in communications, shipping routes and harbours in the north.
State Secretary for welfare policy matters.
In consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Research Council of Norway will provide up to NOK 100 million in support for measures to fight coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The funding will be allocated, among other things, to the World
The government has proposed two new loan measures, providing support of a total of NOK 100 billion. The package will improve Norwegian businesses’ access to the necessary liquidity in the challenging situation they are now facing.
The World Health Organization has initiated a large clinial trial to assess promising treatments for covid-19. The first patient included will be a Norwegian patient. The international study is coordinated by John-Arne Røttingen, Chief Executive at
Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein was present today as the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) signed a new five-year agreement with Norwegian People’s Aid to support the organisation’s efforts to fight poverty
Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein spoke on the phone today with Malawi’s Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango. Norway is to contribute NOK 13.4 million for the procurement of urgently needed equipment, including
Norwegian Church Aid today signed an agreement of record size with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The agreement provides a total of NOK 1.75 billion over five years to support Norwegian Church Aid’s sustainable development
‘The European Commission has today decided that restrictions introduced under a week ago upon exports of personal protective equipment will not apply to Norway and the other EFTA countries. This is good news, and it means that Norway will be treated
The Coronavirus situation has changed. To provide new answers, the Norwegian government, held a second press conference for children.