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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Twenty years have passed since former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and the World Commission on Environment and Development published Our Common Future in 1987. Ms Brundtland will be participating in events organised by the Norwegian
Yesterday, 01 March, saw the kick-off of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009. The Norwegian government has granted NOK 80 million for polar research under the IPY in 2007 alone. - The IPY will boost international research on the Arctic and
Marketing and business transaction techniques have evolved greatly in recent decades, and are increasingly international in character. That is the background for a proposed new marketing law for which the Ministry of Children and Equality began
Tthe Norwegian Government have pledged NOK 30 million (USD 5 Million) over a period of three years to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership. Specific projects include water pumps run on solar power technology and insulation of homes
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Norway to provide NOK 68 million (USD 11 million) for an international debt cancellation initiative for Liberia. Minister of International Development Erik Solheim met Liberia’s Minister of Finance Dr. Antoinette Sayeh in Berlin today.
- The Oslo Conference has been very successful, and has surpassed our expectations. We are now ready to move ahead towards an international ban on cluster munitions, says Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre.
Norway is providing NOK 7 million (USD 1,1 million) in emergency assistance to Mozambique in response to several weeks of flooding and a cyclone that has made an estimated 40 000 people homeless. The funds will be channelled through the Norwegian
State Secretary Espen Barth Eide participated in the US-Norwegian congressional roundtable in Oslo on 21 February. The main issues on the agenda included energy, security cooperation and international shipping.
Norway has donated NOK10 million (CHF2 million) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for 2007. Norway is today the second biggest contributor to the DDAGTF. Read the WTO Press Release 21 February 2007.
22 February marks five years since the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) entered into the mutual Ceasefire Agreement. On this occasion, Norwegian Minister of Development Cooperation Erik Solheim commented that
Both the opening statement from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, and the following press conference can be watched on web tv.
Minister of International Development Erik Solheim and Auditor General Jørgen Kosmo signed tuesday an agreement related to the efforts of the Office of the Auditor General to strengthen supreme audit institutions in developing countries and new
The APA 2007 and the expansion of the APA-area in the Barents Sea with 13 blocks/parts of blocks, was announced on 29 January 2007.
Information for the media attending the Oslo Conference on cluster munitions.
Mr. Odd Roger Enoksen, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, will visit Qatar during the period between the 19th and the 21st of February.
Following discussions by the Government, the Acting Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Dag Terje Andersen, has decided that the submarine wreck and the contaminated areas around it are to be entombed. A sarcophagus will isolate the mercury
Beginning on Monday, 12 February, the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs will staff a media contact line during working hours. The press must exclusively use the telephone number +47 22 24 66 99 between 8.00 and 15.45 on weekdays.
Norway’s Olav Kjørven has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and a Director of UNDP, the UN Development Programme. Minister of International Development Erik Solheim welcomes the appointment.
The Government has decided to respond positively with a request from NATO to increase Norway’s special forces contingent in the Kabul area. NATO has been informed via the Norwegian Permanent Delegation to NATO that the forces are being provided