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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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The Norwegian Government has presented former government minister Børge Brende to the post as executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The nomination was made in a letter today from Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to UN
Press release No.: 8/2006 Date: 11 January 2006 Norwegian candidate for UNEP The Norwegian Government has presented former government minister Børge Brende to the post as executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The nomination was
The letter from the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs was sent Thursday. (06.01.06) .
Press release No.: 4/2006 Date: 5 January 06 Norway’s Stoltenberg sends regards to Ariel Sharon Today, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg sent the following message to Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: “I was sorry to learn that you have
The Ministry of Finance has excluded seven companies from the Government Pension Fund - Global (previously the Petroleum Fund) because they are involved in production of nuclear weapons.
Norway has previously aligned itself with the EU’s list of persons, organisations and entities set out in the Common Position on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism. Following an overall assessment, the government has
Press release No.: 1/2006 Date: 3 January 2006 Change of political advisor in Ministry of Finance The Office of the Prime Minister has from 4 January appointed Ms. Sylvi Annie Bratten (32), programme coordinator, Oslo, as political advisor to
"Norway is one of the first countries to make a contribution. We are contributing because the past year has shown that humanitarian crises call for an immediate response,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. (04.01.06)
The Government Pension Fund was established 1 January 2006. The Government Pension Fund is comprised of the Government Petroleum Fund and the National Insurance Scheme Fund. (02.01.06)
Norway has been asked by the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers to continue its role as facilitator in the peace process in Sri Lanka. The Minister of International Development is in charge of Norway’s efforts and will travel to Sri
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority continues the dialog with their Russian counterparts to seek a solution.
The Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has set a quota of 1052 animals for the minke whale hunt in 2006. - A unanimous Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) has requested the Government to increase the quota for the minke whale hunt. Thus,
In a meeting in Moscow today the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and Russian veterinary authorities discussed restrictions on imports of Norwegian salmon. Russian veterinary authorities stand firm that high values of lead and cadmium have been
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has today laid down regulations relating to the use of facilities by others in the petroleum sector. 20.12.2005
The Government has decided that the rules regarding gender representation in public limited companies shall be implemented as of January 1, 2006. Public limited companies registered before this time is given 2 years to comply with the requirements
The White Paper describes the state and the development of the environment in Norway . It gives an overview of Norway's key environmental policy goals and priorities to address global, regional and national environmental challenges.
The normprices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set in arrears for every quarter. (20.12.05)
Norway and the EU have put earlier disagreements behind them on several key fisheries issues. This past week a consensus was reached on fishing for herring and blue whiting, transit and an increase in the duty-free quota for Norwegian prawn
The Foreign Ministers met this evening in Hong Kong and held wide ranging discussions on bilateral relations between the two countries including matters related to the Norwegian facilitation in the Sri Lankan peace process. (15.12)
Press release No.: 212/2005 Date: 16 December 2005 Ministry changes from 1 January In today's session of the Council of State the King has made the following changes in the ministries, effective from 1 January 2006: The Ministry of Labour and Social