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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Press Release No.: 91/1999 Date: 19 November 1999 Authorisations to borrow in 2000 The Ministry of Finance presents today a proposition to the Storting (Parliament) concerning authorisations for domestic and international borrowing in 2000. The
Norway stands by our Climate and Forest Agreement with Brazil. From Norway's point of view, the Amazon fund has worked well until now. It would be a setback if the fund, which has been an important inspiration to other tropical forest countries, is
The Government has proposed to increase the total aid budget from NOK 37.8 billion to NOK 39.2 billion. The Government will intensify Norway’s work to promote achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its climate-related efforts,
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Mr. Gjermund Øystese as political adviser to Minister of International Development, Mr. Dag-Inge Ulstein.
- MINUGUA, the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala, will conclude its operations in December. One of the UN’s most successful peace-building missions has now come to an end after 10 years, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan
‘The Government has proposed an increase of NOK 115 million in the overall humanitarian budget for 2020, bringing the total to NOK 5.5 billion. This is Norway’s largest humanitarian budget ever,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide.
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Mr. Odd Hoen-Sevje as political adviser to Prime Minister Erna Solberg as of today 12 May 2017. He succeeds Mr. Hans Christian Kaurin Hansson, who will leave his post today.
In the meeting Lunde will present the Norwegian initiative to establish a High-level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. (04.03)
An agreement provides for improved access for Norwegian goods and services to the Vietnamese market once the country has completed its accession process with the WTO member states. (20.09)
Three new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 7 March 2019.
The white paper Fighting Poverty Together is the first report to the Storting on development policy to be submitted for eight years. The report takes the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as its starting point. (30.04.04)
Meeting between Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Mr. Einar Steensnæs and the Vice President of the European Commission Ms. Loyola de Palacio in Amsterdam. (23.05.04.)
The Foreign Ministry is pleased and proud to be granted the Award for Design Excellence 2004 together with the APT. This award is an important recognition, said among other things State Secretary Sylvi Graham. (29.11)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende met his seven Nordic and Baltic colleagues in Oslo today.
Norway is facilitating a new meeting 23-30 August in the process of national dialogue on peaceful development and democratic governance in Haiti, and the meeting will be attended by key representatives of the Haitian political parties and civil
The Foreign Minister will attend former American President Ronald Reagan’s funeral. The funeral will take place in Washington, D.C., Friday, June 11. (11.06)
Press release No.: 72/01 Date: 13.06.2001 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 22 24 61 09 Not for distribution in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan Norwegian Government opposes Statement of Objections The Norwegian Government opposes the
State Secretary Espen Barth Eide of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very pleased that it has been possible to reach this arrangement.
In September 2004, a Norwegian national was killed in Northern Iraq. She was on a visit with her husband and their three daughters. The husband had attained Norwegian citizenship that year. He is also an Iraqi national. He was imprisoned,
The Government’s involvement and political efforts in the Middle East will be continued, and development assistance will be increased considerably in 2007. (09.10.06)