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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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- Yet again it is civilians who are being killed and made to suffer due to military operations. I am extremely disappointed that the parties are not honouring the promises they made in Geneva a week and a half ago to refrain from launching any
- It is positive that the case against Saddam Hussein has been resolved for the time being through the verdict handed down today. It is important that the defendants from the previous regime are being called to account for their crimes, and that
Implementing measures to stop illegal fishing in the Barents Sea was the main topic at the 35 th> session of the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission. - The Fisheries Commission has decided to give priority to this work this year as
The Norwegian Government today agreed to cancel USD 20 million of a total USD 46 million debt owed by Pakistan to Norway. In return, the Government of Pakistan has agreed to mobilise an equivalent amount of local currency for development and
- Norway is prepared to take a leading role in order to speed up the efforts to achieve an international ban on cluster munitions. Now we must pursue our efforts along another track. We have noted that UN agencies, Norwegian and international
Norway will contribute NOK 30 million for the first three-year phase of a programme to protect and replant mangrove forests. The initiative, which is being launched by former US President Bill Clinton, is intended to reduce the vulnerability of
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working with Tromsø municipality to arrange the 06 Barents Days from 9 to 14 November. The Barents Days will encompass research, business development and cultural events. At this year’s event, special emphasis
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr Odd Roger Enoksen, and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India, H.E. Murli Deora, have signed the minutes of the 3rd. meeting of the Joint Working Group on Hydrocarbons.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has not received bids in the auction of the vacant license to build and operate a 3G-network in Norway. The deadline to submit bids expired at 10 AM local time. Even though four companies in August
Ten ministers from 9 Nordic and Baltic countries have confirmed their participation to the Ministerial meeting to be held November 7-8 2006 at Thorbjørnrud Hotel at Jevnaker, Norway to provide further progress of the co-operation in the
The Norwegian Government has decided to ask for the Parliaments approval to access the International Convention for the Control and Management for Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments. Norway will be among the first countries to join the
The consultations took place in Geneva on 28-29 October 2006 following requests by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to meet to discuss humanitarian issues and political questions. (29.10.06)
- Jeg har vært involvert i fredsprosessen i Sri Lanka i åtte år. Norge har vist tålmodighet, og det skal vi fortsette med. Men jeg tror det lankesiske folk nå er utålmodig. Og det er utålmodighet i det internasjonale samfunn, sa
In today's session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen from 16 November 2006 to 9 April 2007 will be chief also of the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, during Ms. Helga
The Sri Lanka-parties will meet in Geneva on 28-29 October for direct consultations in order to explore the opportunities for further peace talks. (26.10.06)
Norway dismisses allegations that it has violated the principle of solidarity in the Paris Club and is supported by the majority of creditor countries. (06.11.06)
The Sri Lanka-parties will meet in Geneva on 28-29 October for direct consultations in order to explore the opportunities for further peace talks. (24.10.06)
- The Norwegian Government would like to see a political solution to the conflict, so that the hard-hit civilian population in the region does not suffer any further, says State Secretary Raymond Johansen. (25.10.06)
The Nordic-European conference ‘Investing in Research and Innovation - Exchanging European Experiences in a Nordic Context’ was held in Copenhagen 16-18 October. Minister Djupedal, held one of the key note speeches. On behalf of the participants
In September 2004, a Norwegian national was killed in Northern Iraq. She was on a visit with her husband and their three daughters. The husband had attained Norwegian citizenship that year. He is also an Iraqi national. He was imprisoned,