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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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The Government will introduce a new criterion to exclude companies whose conduct to an unacceptable degree entail greenhouse gas emissions. Together with a strengthening of active ownership, this represents a responsible investment practice that
The Government is today submitting its report to the Storting on the management of the Government Pension Fund in 2014.
The Ministry of Finance has appointed an expert group to review real estate and infrastructure investments in the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). - We are continuously looking at how changes to the investment strategy may improve the return
The Ministry of Finance is today appointing a committee to review the Central Bank Act and the governance of Norges Bank. The committee will be chaired by Svein Gjedrem, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance and former Governor of
The members of the Troika (the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway) have issued a joint statement where they express disappointment that a genuine National Dialogue in Sudan has not begun and concerns for the upcoming elections.
'The situation for thousands of Palestinians and Syrians in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria is critical. Norway has provided NOK 10 million to support the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (
‘I welcome the political agreement reached in the nuclear negotiations between the UK, France, Germany, the US, Russia, China and Iran. This is an important step towards a final agreement that will ensure that Iran’s nuclear programme is only used
‘I would like to congratulate the Nigerian people on the election, and Muhammadu Buhari on his victory. This is a historic election for Nigeria. For the first time, an elected president has relinquished power to his successor after losing a free and
‘After more than 60 years of armed conflict, the Myanmar authorities and the armed ethnic groups agreed today on the text for a national ceasefire agreement. This is a historic milestone, and an important step towards a peaceful solution to the
Norway has confirmed its intention to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a prospective founding member. ‘Norway is a substantial contributor to global development efforts, and wishes to join countries from Asia and other parts
The UN Human Rights Council has decided to create the mandate of a new Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. ‘All people must be able to use the internet and new technology without running the risk of being persecuted or suffering reprisals,’
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer requirement for banks unchanged at 1 percent from 30 June 2015, in line with the quarterly advice from Norges Bank. In a separate letter, the Financial
Today, Norway submitted its 2030 climate target to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In December this year, a new global climate agreement is to be concluded at the UN Climate Conference in Paris. All countries are invited to submit
Norway has provided more than NOK 500 million to the efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa. The infection rate is now greatly reduced. Norway is therefore scaling down its efforts in cooperation with the authorities in the countries concerned and
Norway is providing NOK 90 million to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. This is an increase of NOK 10 million compared with last year. ‘Strengthening the UN’s human rights work is vital, particularly at a time when these rights
The UK and Norway have worked in partnership for many decades to create a strong North Sea oil and gas sector, which continues to provide many thousands of jobs and shared infrastructure that delivers safe and secure energy supplies.
The members of the Troika (the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway) have issued a joint statement where they continue to support a process of National Dialogue in Sudan.
Globally, illegal and unregulated fishing is worth more than 20 billion US dollars. A new international cooperation against fisheries crime is founded today.
‘A year ago today, President Putin tried to legitimise the annexation of Crimea and change the Ukrainian and Russian borders with the stroke of a pen. This was the first time since the Second World War that an attempt has been made to move borders
On 19. March, Minister Widvey met with the Latvian Minister of Culture, Dace Melbārde. Melbārde was in Oslo on the occasion of the Latvian state visit to Norway.