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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Following a tender announced in September The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has received offers from about 10 different CDM projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The volume offered totals about 4 million CERs.
Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (38), first embassy secretary, Pretoria, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. He will succeed Ms. Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer, who has
- I am pleased that we will now have an international secretariat for the Barents Cooperation. Norway has been working to secure this agreement for a long time, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: “We are launching a brand new seed portal and also inviting all of the world’s seed banks to collaborate in a joint effort to secure genetic diversity in agriculture,” says Operation Manager Ola Westengen with the Nordic
The Royal Ministry of Transport and Communications has received an application for the vacant fourth licence to build and operate a third generation public mobile communication system (3G) in Norway, and announces today that the licence will be
Today, the Governement presented to the storting (parliament) a proposal on development, installation and operation for Skarv. The Skarv field will produce gas, oil and condensate. The field is situated north in the Norwegian Sea. The partners in
The Ministry of Finance presents today a proposition to the Storting (Parliament) concerning authorisations for central government borrowing in 2008.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The construction work is close to completion. On Saturday 17 November the seed vault will close to visitors and commence cooling to -18 degrees Celsius.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has today sent a letter of condolences to Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, after yesterday’s suicide attack in the Baghlan Province.
Follwing the very good relations between Romania and Norway, national authorities responsible for police services agree to further improve their close bilaterale cooperation aiming at preventing and combatting serious crime.
The Ministry of Finance has excluded the British company Vedanta Resources Plc. from the investment universe of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global, based on a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Fund.
The Government has decided to maintain the presence of Norwegian forces in the Faryab province in Northern Afghanistan through 2008, and will also strengthen the stabilization force (PRT) in Maymaneh with 2-3 helicopters, as well as an infantry unit
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will be held in Oslo City Hall on Monday 10 December at 13:00. A press conference with Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri and Al Gore Jr will be held on Sunday 9 December at 13:00 at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik
President Putin’s United Russia party appears to have won over 63 per cent of the vote in the Russian Duma elections held on 2 December. This is enough to secure United Russia a constitutional majority. Objections have been raised in various
“Norway regrets the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan, and we are concerned about further developments in the country,” says Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre. The Ministry has so far not changed its travel advice for
The leader of the LTTE negotiating team and head of the LTTE political wing, Mr S.P. Tamilselvan, was killed this morning, in an air strike outside Kilinochchi. - His leadership as head of the political wing and his many important contributions have
Ms. Janne Sjelmo Nordås (43), county councillor, Hattfjelldal, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa.
Climate change and environmental issues were the main agenda items at an open meeting of Nordic ministers in Oslo on 31 October. The ministers discussed how the Nordic countries, both individually and together, can tackle the challenges and exploit
South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology, Mosibudi Mangena, visited his Norwegian colleague Tora Aasland from the 30th of October - 1st of November to celebrate 10 years academic relation between South Africa and Norway.
The external decoration of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will ensure that the unique structure will shine, both during light summer nights and dark winter days.