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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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The Government is providing NOK 36 million to humanitarian efforts in Sri Lanka. Norway is concerned about the civilian population affected by the conflict.
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs commented, “The humanitarian situation in Côte d’Ivoire is getting worse every day. In response to this, Norway is providing an additional NOK 30 million in emergency assistance.”
“The most important advice we can give Norwegians who travel abroad is that they must always make sure they have valid travel insurance. If you run into difficulties while travelling abroad, you can’t expect the Norwegian authorities to take care of
The Norwegian Government has launched its strategy for Norway’s cooperation with Brazil. Several ministers took part in the launch, demonstrating the importance Norway attaches to its relations with Brazil.
In an extraordinary meeting of the Council of State on Wednesday morning, a Royal Decree was adopted authorising the Minister of Defence to provide a Norwegian military contribution to operations in Libya with a view to implementing UN Security
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “The Security Council’s resolution on the use of force against Libya is historic, and demonstrates the UN’s ability to take action. Norway supports the resolution. A decisive factor for us is that it
Today the Government presented an updated version of the management plan for the Barents Sea-Lofoten area.
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs commented: “It is important that the international community gives a united response to the authorities’ gross violations of human rights and that the perpetrators are brought to justice.”
- I am very disappointed to receive the news that an arrest has been made in Telenor’s shares in VimpelCom. This is in our view currently the most pressing issue in Norway’s bilateral relationship with Russia, Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry
The US has decided to put forward its candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the elections to be held in the UN General Assembly in May 2009. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre welcomes the news of the US candidacy and the country’s
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 20 April appointed Mr. Ketil Raknes (34), senior associate, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Education Bård Vegar Solhjell. He succeeds Mr. Audun Kolsrud Herning.
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set norm prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 4th quarter of 2008.
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Ms. Gry Larsen (33), political advisor, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre. She succeeds Mr. Raymond Johansen, who has been honourably discharged
The Norwegian Government has decided to offer a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to all people over 65. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been tasked with assessing whether healthcare workers should be offered a booster dose.
Thursday 30 September UN Secretary-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway co-host a high-level event on Sudan. You can follow the event on web TV.
The Norwegian Government has decided to introduce downscaled TISK in the municipalities from 27 September. When the time comes to move to ‘Normal everyday life with increased emergency preparedness’, downscaled TISK will be kept for a transitional
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru will visit Brussels on 30th September and 1st October to participate at a CCS seminar, meeting Belgium's Minister of energy Tinne van der Straeten og and participate at the 5th energy conference between
Norway will accept the English and Welsh NHS COVID Pass from 12 August at 3 pm, which is when the solution to verify the QR code in the NHS COVID pass will be rolled out at the border.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is extending its global advice against non-essential travel to all countries with the exception of the EU/EEA countries, Switzerland and the UK. In addition, the advice against non-essential travel no longer applies
The UN General Assembly has called on member states to establish a moratorium on executions as a step towards the abolition of the death penalty. Norway, in cooperation with a group of countries from all parts of the world, led the initiative, which