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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Egypt and Norway have agreed to initiate cultural cooperation in some specific fields, including the intangible cultural heritage, creativity, arts and culture for children and youth and literary translation.
- The results of the Pension Fund - Global, which were presented by Norges Bank today, show that the Fund in 2008 was strongly influenced by the global financial crisis, says the Norwegian Minister of Finance, Ms Kristin Halvorsen.
"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
The King in Council has today appointed the Board of Directors for the Norwegian State Finance Fund.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy hereby announces Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2009. With this announcement prospective blocks for exploration activities in mature areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are being made available to
Ms. Åsa Elvik (39), Member of Storting, Bø in Vesterålen, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland from 13 March. Elvik will succeed Mr. Jens Revold, who from the same date has been
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: - As years go by farmers everywhere will bless the visionaries of Svalbard for their invaluable contributions to food for all and for ever, says Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, named as one of the 20 Most Influential Asians of the
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has today issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President, Omer Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, for atrocities against the population in Darfur. The arrest warrant is based on five counts of crime against
Norway and the EU - partners for Europe is an information brochure produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The brochure in targeted at foreign readers and explains Norway’s relations with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic
At the end of June 2009, Norway, with Denmark and Sweden, will have air services negotiations with Turkey.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: 25 national and international institutions have deposited more than 400 000 unique seed samples for long-term back up security storage in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. - The Svalbard Seed Vault has proven to be great
The Norwegian Government has decided to send a new Nansen-Class Frigate to the EU anti-piracy naval operation ATALANTA outside Somalia.
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske shall also be acting Minister of Justice and the Police during Knut Storberget’s sick leave.
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has as appointed Mr. Ketil Lindseth, political advisor, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Health and Care Services Bjarne Håkon Hanssen.
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
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: On 26 February it is one year since the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was completed. This was the run-up to one of the world's most ambitious projects to secure the food supply in the future. The day will be celebrated
“Palestinian reconciliation and a unity government are needed to get the peace process back on track”, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Oslo today.
Here is the Norwegian position on the International Criminal Court and Darfur.
- It is encouraging that the Government in Khartoum and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) signed a declaration of intent in Qatar on Tuesday, said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set norm prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 3rd quarter of 2008. The norm prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are