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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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There are 12 million people in Africa who are forcibly displaced within their own countries by armed conflict and war. This is more than on any other continent. African countries have now agreed to strengthen the rights of the internally displaced.
Inger-Anne Ravlum today was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. The Ministry’s name will from 01.01.2010 be Ministry of Reform and Church Affairs.
The Office of the Prime Minister has as of today appointed several political advisers.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed several state secretaries.
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan announced today that there will be a second round of voting in the presidential election, in accordance with Afghan electoral law, as no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote in the first
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 22 October appointed Mr. Trond Blattmann, adviser, Kristiansand, as political adviser to Minister of Reform and Church Affairs and Minister of Labour Rigmor Aasrud.
The EEA and Norway Grants are making a difference and contributing to a better environment in the beneficiary states. About one quarter of the funding provided by Norway for the period 2004-2009 is spent on environmental projects.
Norway condemns the suicide attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province, in south-eastern Iran, in which 57 people lost their lives. “This is a very tragic situation,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Every day, armed violence kills more than 2000 people. The vast majority are civilians. Backed by Norway, UNDP is stepping up to support affected governments in their efforts to reduce the demand for arms by developing comprehensive Armed Violence
Rigmor Aasrud is appointed minister in charge of the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, and of church affairs in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs and the Department of Sami and minority policy in the Ministry of Labour and
Due to today’s changes in the Government, changes have been made among the political advisers.
Ms Grete Faremo is Norway’s new Minister of Defence. She received the keys for her new office from her predecessor, Ms Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, who as of today is Minister of Health.
County Governor Sigbjørn Johnsen was today appointed to Minister of Finance. He succeeds Kristin Halvorsen, who has been appointed to Minister of Education.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today presented a number of changes in the Government. Seven ministers have been given new fields of responsibility while six new ministers have been appointed.
The music cooperation with India includes concert activities within jazz, rock and school concerts. The projects are funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Due to today’s changes in the Government, a number of state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their posts and many have been appointed.
In today’s session of the Council of State, several changes in the Government were made. New ministers are Grete Faremo, Sigbjørn Johnsen, Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen, Rigmor Aasrud, Hanne Bjurstrøm, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen and Audun Lysbakken. Other
Norway and Russia have today entered into an agreement on management of the joint stocks in the Barents Sea for 2010. The stock situation is very good and quotas for both cod and haddock have been increased. The long term collaboration on
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably dismissed Mr. Jan-Erik Larsen and Mr. Per J. Jordal from their posts as state secretaries to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
- The report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict is thorough and well prepared. A substantial amount of documentation is included in the Report. The report deserves to be treated in a serious manner by the Human Rights Council,