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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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“The Government will take advantage of more of the opportunities in the High North. Our efforts will create jobs, ensure better protection of the environment, safeguard Norwegian sovereignty and maintain good neighbourly relations,” said Prime
Good transport and telecommunication services are necessary for trade and economic development,” said Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete.
Brochure about the Ministry
The State-Church Committee was appointed by Royal Decree on 14 March 2003. The committee consisted of a wide range of representatives from all the political parties in the Norwegian parliament, church bodies, the Sami population, the Norwegian
The Wihte Paper is now available in english and russian.
Norway submitted documentation on the extent of its continental shelf in the High North in New York today. - This is a historic day for Norwegian High North policy. We are laying the foundation for establishing finally the extent of the coastal
The Tariff Board has on 21 November 2006 adopted a regulation on general application of wage agreements at construction sites in Norway.
- The Norwegian Government condemns the assassination of Lebanon’s Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel. We are very concerned about what might happen next in such a tense situation, said State Secretary Raymond Johansen. (22.11.06)
- History is being made in Nepal today. The country has definitively put an end to the brutal conflict that has ravaged the country for the past decade. The agreement shows that all parties have political courage and a will for peace, said
- Norway will organise an international conference in Oslo to start a process towards an international ban on cluster munitions that have unacceptable humanitarian consequences, says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (17.11.06)
In today's session of the Council of State Mr. Kjetil Skogrand has been honourably discharged from the office as state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Aaffairs.
“This is an important milestone for the Norwegian Government’s international efforts to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing,” says State Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Vidar Ulriksen. In the
- We must do what we can to ensure that the civilian population in Darfur receives humanitarian assistance and is protected from assault. The international community has concluded that it will be difficult to deploy a pure UN force in Darfur. We
The revision of the regulations concerning air pollution from ships is mostly welcomed, said the Norwegian minister of Environment, Ms Helen Bjørnøy, when opening an Intersessional Meeting on air pollution in Oslo today.
Nobel Peace Prize 2006 will be awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Sunday 10 December at 1300 hours. Application for press accreditation should be sent before 4 December 2006. (13.11.06)
The Ministry of Finance presents today a proposition to the Storting (Parliament) concerning authorisations for central government borrowing in 2007.
Recommendations for substantial rerforms of the UN system were presented in New York today by the Prime Ministers of Norway and Pakistan - Jens Stoltenberg and Shaukat Aziz. With Prime Minister Luisa Diogo of Mocambique they have been
The UN fund assists developing countries in documenting the outer limits of their continental shelves beyond 200 nautical miles.Many coastal states have documentation submission deadlines in 2009, and many developing countries have a lot of work
The ministers discussed in their meeting issues such as participation in international operations, SHIRBRIG, Nordic-Baltic support to security sector reform in Ukraine, and also topical NATO and EU questions, in particular related to the
The way forward after the agreement between the Government and the Maoists presents many challenges. The Norwegian Government promises to continue its support for peaceful and democratic development in Nepal in close dialogue with the Nepalese