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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Ministry of Finance has asked the Securities Law Commission (“Verdipapirlovutvalget”) to provide a report on how expected EEA rules on corporate sustainability reporting can be implemented in Norwegian law.
“Over 4.4 million people in South Sudan are in need of emergency assistance. The conflict that broke out in December has made a difficult situation even worse. We are therefore doubling Norway’s funding for humanitarian assistance, from NOK 50
- Norway is satisfied with NATO’s new Strategic Concept. The Concept charts a new course in meeting the challenges of the 21st Century, said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Bodø University College will change its name from 1 January 2011 to become The University of Nordland.- I am very pleased that the county of Nordland has now got its university and that the University College has been rewarded for its long-term
He Guoqiang is in Norway. He is one of nine members of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo. He Guoqiang arrived in Norway with a delegation of over one hundred people, of whom about half are from the Chinese business
Professor Per Christiansen has been appointed by the three EEA EFTA States as the new Norwegian judge on the EFTA Court in Luxembourg.
By the deadline for applications in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2010 on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 41 companies. The Ministry aims at award of new production
Norway is establishing an embassy in Yangon in Myanmar. This was announced by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg when he met the President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, in Oslo on Tuesday. The President is in Norway on an official visit.
“I am pleased that we have now extended the grant scheme for studies in the High North to include students from Japan and South Korea in the 2013-16 period,” commented Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. Students from Canada, Russia and the US have
Elisabeth Rasmusson has been appointed Assistant Executive Director in the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Ms Rasmusson is currently Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. In her new position she will be one of four top
Minister of Health and Care Services Jonas Gahr Støre wants to allow smoking of heroin in drug consumption rooms. This is not a legalisation or decriminalisation of heroin smoking. The proposal will require an amendment of the Drug Injection Rooms
Statoil has today announced its development concept for oil from the Skrugard field in the Barents Sea. The concept involves constructing an onshore terminal at Veidnes outside Honningsvåg in Finnmark.
On Tuesday 31 August, four Israeli citizens were shot dead close to the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba on the West Bank. Hamas has taken responsibility for this outrage, which took place on the day before the start of negotiations between Israel
Norway and Russia signed the treaty on maritime delimitation and cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean in Murmansk today. It was signed by Foreign Ministers Jonas Gahr Støre and Sergei Lavrov in the presence of Prime Minister Jens
- Over the last years, the Norwegian petroleum sector has shown a high level of activity, a high exploration rate, and good market conditions for the supply industry. We expect sustained activity on a very high level in 2009, but the outlook is less
The Government proposes the establishment of 3 800 new student places at universities and university colleges as of fall 2009. In addition, the Government also increases the funding for the higher education institutions with 80 million kroner. The
Norway has decided to align itself with the EU’s further sanctions against Iran. “The decision is an expression of Norway’s support for the efforts of the international community to engage Iran in a binding dialogue on its nuclear programme,” State
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa shall also be acting Minister of Transport and Communications during Liv Signe Navarsete’s sick
The Norwegian Government is concerned about reports that Aung San Suu Kyi has been imprisoned, and demands that she is released immediately. Norway has repeatedly insisted that the regime in Burma must release Aung San Suu Kyi and all other
The Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice takes place in Tromsø on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June. The Council of Europe will be streaming parts of the conference on the web.