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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Lars Peder Brekk, the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food held the opening speech at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault First Anniversary Seminar in Longyearbyen today. He emphasized that climate change will affect
“I would like to congratulate Nabil El-Araby on his election as the new Secretary General of the Arab League. The choice of Dr El-Araby bodes well for the organisation, and I look forward to cooperating with him,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr
The Norwegian Government has today decided to guarantee for deposits in the Norwegian branch of Kaupthing Bank up to the amount to be covered by the Icelandic deposit guarantee scheme. The Icelandic deposit guarantee scheme shall cover up to an
The Government is proposing a new teacher education programme for primary and lower secondary education with a stronger emphasis on subject knowledge and teaching skills, quality of studies and research orientation.
State secretary Kristine Gramstad held the opening speech at the annual general meeting of Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) in Oslo 20 may. Gramstad emphasized international cooperation, development of the aquaculture industry,
The 2019 amendments of the Basel Convention, introducing new and stronger, legally binding international control on the transboundary movements of certain types of plastic wastes, are translated into Norwegian law, just in time for the 1.1.2021
The Lombardy region of Italy is in desperate need of health-care personnel due to the coronavirus emergency. Norway is now sending a medical team to the region.
The oil and gas discovery Draupne, located centrally in the North Sea, has today been renamed Ivar Aasen. The name was chosen following proposals from the operator and feedback from the advisory committee on names.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has honourably discharged Mr. Raimo Valle from his office as state secretary to Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud.
During the period from 11 to 13 September 2012, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held an international meeting in Longyearbyen, Svalbard to discuss possible future paths for the management of genetic resources for agriculture and food.
“The humanitarian situation in the world’s newest country gives cause for grave concern. Norway is therefore allocating a further NOK 30 million for humanitarian efforts in South Sudan,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
“The Syrian winter is harsh and cold, and the hard-hit population is in desperate need of assistance to meet basic needs such as shelter. We have therefore disbursed NOK 35 million to Syrian refugees and internally displaced people,” Minister of
“The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces gathers the opposition groups that are fighting for democratic rule in Syria. In the current situation, Norway considers the National Coalition to be the legitimate
For the first time, a broad and overarching strategy has been drawn up for prioritization of future research and development in the marine sector. Today the R&D strategy “Norway - A major marine research and seafood nation” was presented to
Former Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to be the new chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
Many foreign workers who travel from Eastern Europe to work in Norway are unaware of their rights and obligations as employees here. An information campaign to remedy this has now been launched.
- Recent turmoil in international financial markets has been a reminder that the Norwegian economy is vulnerable to developments abroad, International financial markets, and even more so, economic developments in many countries, are still affected
Norway, Iceland and the UK have concluded an Agreement on trade in goods that will come into effect on 1 January 2021 and remain in place until a free trade agreement enters into force.
At the request of ISAF, Norway will end its military engagement in Faryab province in the course of autumn 2012. From then on Norway’s military effort will be concentrated on Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell, Member of Parliament, as Minister of the Environment, Mr. Heikki Holmås, Member of Parliament, as Minister of International Development, and Ms. Inga Marte