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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs will increase its diplomatic presence in a number of countries in 2011, for example in Brazil, India, Indonesia, China and Russia. In order to free resources for these new missions, five missions will be closed, and
“The drought in the Horn of Africa is critical and gives cause for serious concern. The extent of the crisis will be worse than first assumed. We have therefore decided to increase Norway’s contribution by NOK 30 million, bringing the total up to
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Ministers Grete Faremo and Tora Aasland will be acting when Ministers Knut Storberget and Audun Lysbakken will be away on parental leave.
On 15 October, the Israeli authorities announced that they had approved plans for the construction of 238 new homes in two Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem. The decision has come at a critical point in the peace talks between Israel and the
The Norwegian Ministry of Equality, Children and Social Inclusion has participated in parts of UN’s 65. General Assembly in N.Y, at the meetings in the Third Committee. Read the presentations here.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against all travel to Afghanistan and urges all Norwegian citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country.
Today, St Olav’s day, flags will be flown at half mast.
Five million people in South Sudan are in acute need of humanitarian assistance. ‘The crisis is expected to escalate significantly in the months ahead. The Norwegian Government is therefore allocating a further USD 63 million to humanitarian efforts
In December 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favour of seven North Sea divers, finding that the Norwegian State has violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the right to respect for private and
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to expand the list of persons targeted by restrictive measures for actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. A further twelve persons have been
The Ministry of Finance is to ask the Strategy Council to assess whether the Government Pension Fund Global should invest in infrastructure.
In Geneva, Foreign Minister Børge Brende and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay signed an agreement under which Norway will provide NOK 250 million to support the UN’s human rights efforts over the next three years.
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer for banks unchanged. This is in line with the advice from Norges Bank. The Financial Supervisory Authority has stated that it concurs with the advice.
‘It is worrying that the military have seized power in Thailand. It is now vital that the military show restraint, that human rights are respected and the use of violence is avoided,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
Liberia and Norway today entered into a partnership to improve forest governance, strengthen law enforcement, and support efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions fromdeforestation and forest degradation in Liberia. The partnership aims at
Driven by demand from domestic sectors, including the petroleum sector, growth in the Mainland Norway economy is strong, in line with the average for the past 40 years. Nearly 75,000 more people are employed now than at the peak before the financial
A new set of global sustainable development goals for the period up to 2030 are to be adopted at the UN General Assembly in 2015.
“I am pleased that six new countries and the EU have been granted observer status in the Arctic Council. This confirms the Arctic Council’s key position as an international forum for discussing Arctic issues,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen
“More than 70 % of women and children in Bolivia are victims of violence, most of them in their own homes. Norway is stepping up its efforts to respond to this extensive problem,” said State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arvinn Gadgil
The Government proposes to allocate between NOK 6 and 6.5 billion in real income growth over the next year. “Every krone will help provide better services for citizens,” says Minister of Local Government Liv Signe Navarsete.