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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Poland and Norway launch a joint research fund to encourage bilateral Polish-Norwegian research co-operation. The Polish-Norwegian research fund specifically earmarks the fields of environment and health.
"Norway is extremely concerned about the use of violence against peaceful demonstrators in Burma," says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, and also says the regime immediately have to initiate a dialogue with those who won the elections in 1990 and
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today opened ”Little Norway Memorial Building” in Muskoka, Canada. “This is to commemorate the Norwegian airmen and women who trained here during the Second World War, and it is a proof and appreciation of
The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) chaired by Norway met at UN Headquarters today. - I am pleased that the meeting confirmed commitment by the international community to supporting the Palestinian Authority to build strong and viable institutions
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the UN High-Level Event on Climate Change, in New York today, that new efforts will be needed to secure increased cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. He underlined that rich countries have an obligation
The Rafto Prize was today awarded to the Indian organisation The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). The board of the Rafto Foundation praised the NCDHR’s fight for the rights of Dalits (the casteless) and the organisation’s efforts to
Due to today’s changes in the Government, the Office of the Prime Minister has honourably discharged the following political advisors from their posts in the ministries, as of today at 1 pm: Mr. Geir Pollestad - Ministry of Local Government and
As Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen has wanted to leave the Government, the Crown Prince Regent has in today’s session of the Council of State appointed Ms. Åslaug Haga - until now Minister of Local Government and Regional
Due to today’s changes in the Government, the following state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their posts, as of today at 1pm: Mr. Inge Bartnes - Ministry of Local government and Regional Development Ms. Guri Størvold - Ministry of
- This award is an international recognition of Norwegian pioneering work, says Minister of Government administration and reform, Ms Heidi Grande Røys.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites tenders to an open tender procedure for regional scheduled air services on the routes Andenes - Bodø v.v. and Andenes - Tromsø v.v. during the period 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2009.
On behalf of the Kingdom of Norway, the Ministry of Finance is announcing its first tender for credits from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) projects to obtain emission reductions eligible under the Kyoto Protocol.
- There is a need to shorten the time it takes to issue work permits. Therefore, we have proposed several measures to make it easier for foreign workers to take up employment in Norway. At the same time, we have strengthened the capacity in the
The Norwegian Government agreed today to cancel NOK 2.5 million of The Gambia’s debt to Norway
Nobel Peace Prize winners Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi will be among those attending the programme of events in Oslo organised by the Norwegian Government to mark the 10th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty.
- This is a historic day for the Sami population and other indigenous peoples across the world, says the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Mr. Bjarne Håkon Hanssen.
State Secretary Geir Axelsen introduced the web site CarbonNeutralNorway.no Wednesday 12 September at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. The web site will be the Government's tool in acquiring and selling carbon credits. For 2007 NOK 100 million is
On Friday 14 September, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will meet his Brazilian colleague, Celso Amorim, for political talks in Oslo.
Faculty of European Languages at Beijing Foreign Studies University together with the Norwegian Embassy have been working for a long time to make it possible for Chinese students to study Norwegian. Starting this year BFSU will for the first time
Today, the Norwegian Government has announced that it will propose a new tax regime for Norwegian shipping companies in the National Budget for 2008. The proposed tax regime will be similar to the tax regimes available for the industry in the