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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs commented, “The budget for 2012 reflects the fact that the High North is the Government’s most important strategic foreign policy priority. Our focus areas in the High North include petroleum exploration,
The EU Commission is lending its support to the JPI Oceans marine research programme initiated by Norway. This means that the EU Commission has now joined a total of 17 countries that wish to be part of this initiative to develop a joint platform
The Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received today StatoilHydro’s Master Plan for full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Mongstad. The emission permit for the combined heat and power plant (CHP) at
Norway, together with Denmark and Sweden, will participate in ICAN2011 which will take place in Mumbai 17 - 23 October 2011. The ICAN meetings are sponsored by ICAO and is a meeting place for States wishing to conduct Air Services consultations with
“We are seeing the effects of pursuing a policy of responsible, long-term fisheries management. Combined with the prevailing natural conditions, this has now resulted in historically rich marine resources,” says Norway’s Minister for Fisheries and
The King in Council has today appointed the Board of Directors for the Norwegian State Finance Fund.
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 15 April appointed Mr. Jarand Felland (38), head of section, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen.
Today, Norway signed the contract with the EXPO 2010 organisation in Shanghai. State Secretary Øyvind Slåke, Vice Minister of Trade and Industry, attended the ceremony. The site for the pavilion has thereby been officially handed over, and the work
"Up to 20 million tons of fish are discarded in the sea worldwide every year. This is a waste of fish which could have been a valuable food resource. Norway has therefore put forward a proposal on developing international guidelines for by-catch
Minister of Defence Grete Faremo commented: "NATO has already started planning, and we must determine what resources NATO needs in this connection and what Norway can contribute."
It has been reported that the Thai authorities have used cluster munitions in Cambodia. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “If these reports are true, this is a very serious matter.”
The conflict in Libya has escalated over the past few days, with large-scale acts of war now taking place. The fighting is causing great suffering to the civilian population. “The international community is sending a clear message to the regime in
“There can be no military solution to the crisis in Libya. Efforts to find a political solution must start now,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
“There is broad agreement that we swiftly and forcefully need to intensify the fight to save the world’s remaining tropical forests”, says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg following a meeting with broad participation in London today.
The US Department of Defence today confirmed that future European engine maintenance for the F-35 will be performed by three partner nations, Turkey, Norway and the Netherlands. This means that the Norwegian state owned enterprise, AIM Norway, has
Norway will provide NOK 1.6 billion (USD 258 mill) to the Green Climate Fund over the next four years. With this announcement, the total amount pledged to the Fund has now reached the equivalent of USD 9.95 billion. Thanks to this increase in Norway
‘I am deeply concerned about the actions of the Hungarian authorities in relation to civil society and their attempts to limit freedom of expression. The EEA and Norway Grants are designed to strengthen fundamental European values. The Hungarian
‘I deplore the fact that the punishment of Saudi human rights defender Raif Badawi by public flogging has begun, and call for this to be halted and for Mr Badawi to be released,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende. Mr Brende raised the
‘I am saddened by the recent loss of lives in Mamasapano in the Philippines and would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. It is now more important than ever to put every effort into the peace process,’ said
Norway suspends bilateral military activities with Russia until the end of 2015.