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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 is prepared to take a leading role in order to speed up the efforts to achieve an international ban on cluster munitions. Now we must pursue our efforts along another track. We have noted that UN agencies, Norwegian and international
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin have signed an offset agreement relating to the procurement of C-130 transport aircraft. The agreement covers offset purchases equivalent to the purchase price of four transport aircraft,
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 12 September appointed Ketil Lindseth (30), communication advisor, as political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. He succeeds Ms. Arnhild Holstad who will leave the
On 14 August, the Government held the first meeting of its newly established China forum. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented the Government’s China strategy, and International Development Minister Erik Solheim gave a briefing on Norway’s
An agreement providing for a provisional practical arrangement to facilitate fishing activities in an area of the Barents Sea adjacent to Norway (“the Grey Zone Agreement”) was concluded between Norway and the former Soviet Union for the first time
The WTO Panel’s report states that the EU anti-dumping measure against Norwegian salmon is inconsistent with WTO rules on 22 points. This is the largest number of infringements in any case of this kind brought before the WTO. The Panel’s report was
The Ministry of Finance has excluded the British company Vedanta Resources Plc. from the investment universe of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global, based on a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Fund.
Ms. Janne Sjelmo Nordås (43), county councillor, Hattfjelldal, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa.
Mr. Raimo Valle (42), deputy chief of staff, Tromsø, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. Mr. Valle succeeds State Secretary Berit Oskal Eira, who at the same time has been
Wednesday 3 October, the UN and the African Union (AU) notified Norway that they gratefully accept the offer by Norway and Sweden to provide an engineer unit for the UN/AU Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The UN and the AU will now notify the
La Norvège augmente de NOK 40 millions son aide budgétaire en faveur du Burundi, le montant total de l’aide en 2008 passant ainsi à NOK 100 millions.
"The policies guiding our engagement with Sri Lanka remain firm and will not change", says Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Raymond Johansen.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre will open the international conference Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, which will be held in Oslo on 26-27 February. The aim of the conference is to explore how states can
The awards for APA 2007 - Awards in Predefined Areas - have been decided by the Cabinet. The offers being sent out to the companies include a total of 52 production licenses. These areas are already open to petroleum activities and where conditions
“Women’s participation and gender equality are absolutely essential for development. We cannot combat poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals if half of the world’s population is excluded from political and economic processes,” Erik
The Ministry of Finance has excluded Hanwha Corporation (a South Korean company), Serco Group Plc (a British company) and GenCorp Inc (an American company) from the Government Pension Fund - Global, pursuant to the Ethical Guidelines for the Fund.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ global advice against non-essential travel to all countries has been extended and will now apply until 1 October.
The Royal Ministry of Transport and Communications has received one bid in the auction over the vacant fourth licence to build and operate a third generation public mobile communication systems (3G) in Norway. The bid of 47 mill. NOK was made by
Mr. Torbjørn Urfjell has as of 1 December resigned from the post as political advisor to Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. He has held the post since 20 October 2005.
Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen and Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein launches a UN-led project on Wednesday 16 September to combat fishing crime.