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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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A Norwegian emergency medical team (EMT) travelled to Greece on 14 September to provide assistance following the fire in the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos. Its assignment is now being extended by three weeks, until 26 October. Norway is also
Today, the Ministry of Finance has decided to follow Norges Bank’s advice not to change the countercyclical capital buffer requirement of 1 percent for banks.
‘According to the UN, Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is proving extremely difficult. There are reports of increased infection rates and there is probably a very large number of unregistered
In a Government White Paper to the Norwegian parliament submitted today, the Government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The project has been named ‘Longship’, in Norwegian 'Langskip'.
The government today presents the annual white paper on the management of the Government Pension Fund. The paper reports on results in the management of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN), and
A number of countries have now announced or will shortly announce their participation in the Covax Facility, including members of the Friends of the Covax Facility. Norway has already confirmed full participation in all stages of the Covax Facility.
It is estimated that as much as 31 % of the global seafood harvest is from illegal catch. Norway have now provided 3,4 million Norwegian kroner to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP to the project “Blue Resilience” to strenghten the
It is estimated that as much as 31 % of the global seafood harvest is from illegal catch. Norway have now provided 3,4 million Norwegian kroer to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP to the project “Blue Resilience” to strenghten the fight
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to Estonia, as well as to the region of Etelä-Savo in Finland, and to North Jutland and the region of Zealand in Denmark. Consequently, the entire country of Denmark will
The Foreign Ministers of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark (N5) met today at the Danish island of Bornholm. Situated in the Baltic Sea, they discussed matters of international security and foreign policy.
Norway's Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen, Sweden’s Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist and Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will meet in Lakselv, Norway, on Wednesday 23 September 2020.
'The normalisation of Israel’s bilateral relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will increase the space for dialogue and cooperation between Israel and the Arab world. It is positive if this can contribute to increased political
Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen and Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein launches a UN-led project on Wednesday 16 September to combat fishing crime.
‘We are appaled by Iran’s execution of Navid Afkari. Norway opposes the use of death penalty under all circumstances and as a matter of principle’, says Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a statement.
After the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) Foreign Ministers’ annual meeting in Estonia 9 September they released the following joint statement.
Political adviser, Ms. Marte Ziolkowski, has been appointed as acting state secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, in the period that state secretary, Mr. Jens Frølich Holte, settles parental leave from 1 October 2020 to
Student, Mr. Vetle Langedahl, has been appointed as political adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, in the period political adviser Marte Ziolowski is appointed as state secretary, from 21 September 2020 to 20 January 2021.
Norway is providing assistance to Greece after the devastating fire in the migrant camp Moria on Lesvos. An emergency medical team from Norway will now be sent to the region.
Based on advice from the Financial Supervisory Authority, the Ministry of Finance has decided not to extend the temporary changes in the mortgage regulation beyond 30 September 2020.
Conditions for asylum seekers in the migrant camp Moria have deteriorated as a result of the devastating fire on Lesbos. This has also created an extremely difficult situation for the Greek authorities. The Norwegian Government has therefore started