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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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.
Showing 5501-5520 of 7812 results.
Sort by: Date Best results Enter a search term to sort by best results
Due to the shift of minister today, State Secretaries Frode Berge and Karin Yrvin have been honourably discharged from their offices as of today at 2 pm. From the same time Mr. Berge has been appointed as state secretary to the new Minister of
In today's session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Dag Terje Andersen, Member of Storting, as Minister of Trade and Industry.
29 September 2006, Beijing, China - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Government of Norway announced a new partnership today in Beijing to support China in its objectives to promote environmental protection, awareness and
Ministry of education and research is this week hosting an international seminar on higher education together with the Nordic countries and Nordic Council of Ministers. (27.09.06)
The Lebanese authorities have requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to survey the environmental damage caused by the hostilities in Lebanon. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allocated NOK 5 million (about USD 760 000) for
This prestigious prize has previously been awarded to active human rights campaigners such as Rebiya Kadeer, Aung San Suu Kui and Shirin Ebadi. - I am delighted at the committee’s decision to award this year’s prize to Thic Quang Do, Foreign
- The armed forces must step down to allow the return of the democratically elected government. I hope the situation will be resolved peacefully, and that the country returns to democratic order as soon as possible, said Mr Støre. (20.09.06)
Denmark, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Norway signed an Agreement in New York 20 September on the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea. (21.09.06)
Political leaders and health experts gather in New York today to discuss how to prevent the deaths of millions of children before their fifth birthday. The Government of Norway, the Lancet and UNICEF are jointly hosting a Symposium on Child
The Norwegian Government allocates NOK 300 million to help achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goal 4, increasing the Government's total contribution to fight child mortality to a total of NOK 800 million a year.
During their meeting in Brussels today, the EU Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Andris Piebalgs, and the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Odd Roger Enoksen, reaffirmed their mutual interest in close and comprehensive consultations on
State Secretary Anne Stenhammer is travelling to Singapore from 15 to 19 September to participate in the annual meeting of the World Bank and the meeting of the Development Committee. Many NGO representatives have been denied permission to enter
State Secretary Anne Stenhammer is travelling to Singapore from 15 to 19 September to participate in the annual meeting of the World Bank and the meeting of the Development Committee. Norway have submitted a protest against the ban of many
The Defence Minister visited the U.S. 5 - 9 Sept., including Norfolk, Washington DC and New York.
- The Government gives priority to peace and to children. This is an unprecedented global effort to help children affected by war, and it has our full backing, said Minister of International Development Erik Solheim. (13.09.06)
The Co-Chairs welcome the expression of willingness of the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to come to talks unconditionally, and ask the Parties to show maximum flexibility regarding proposals from the Facilitator.
The Ministry of the Environment proposes in a consultation document the introduction by regulation of an environment fee for journeys to Svalbard’s land areas. According to the proposal, all visitors will pay the fee with the exception of
Norwegian authorities received a letter on 7 September from the Russian veterinary authorities, which sets out requirements for seafood exports that may jeopardise all fish exports from Norway to Russia. These requirements apply to both fresh
Under the AMEC programme one of the oldest nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy will be transported from its storage location at the Gremikha Naval Base on the Kola Peninsula in north-west Russia to the dismantlement yard at Murmansk.
In today's session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Per Botolf Maurseth (37), senior research officer, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal.