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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Foreign Affairs has recently received a number of questions about Norway’s position with regard to Hamas. A short summary of the facts is given below.
Today the European Commission presented an action plan for the EU’s integrated maritime policy. Marine and maritime issues are of key importance to Norway. This is an area where, thanks to our long coastline and maritime history, we have world-class
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Ole Morten Geving (33), communication advisor, Hølen, to the office as state secretary to Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen. Mr. Bjørn Arild Gram has been honourably
Minister of Children and Equality Karita Bekkemellem today presented the new Norwegian Equal Pay Commission. One task of the Commission will be to consider ways of narrowing the wage gap between women and men.
Twelve years after the war in Georgia, Russian troops are still on Georgian soil and the conflict remains unresolved. ‘Once again we call on Russia to comply with the 2008 ceasefire agreement and pull its forces out of Georgia,’ said Minister of
- I would like to congratulate the parties in Somalia on the ceasefire agreement that they reached in Djibouti on Monday, said Raymond Johansen, State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - The agreement is an important step
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today had video contact from the Troll research station in the Antarctic with the international scientific expedition which has been traversing from Troll towards the South Pole.
The Thorium Report Committee was appointed in March 2007 by the Norwegian Research Council on behalf of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Committee was commisioned in order to arrive at a solid knowledge base concerning opportunities and
“We note that the authorities in Kosovo have issued a declaration of independence today. Kosovo has entered the final, decisive phase of the future status process. The declaration will now be studied carefully by the Norwegian authorities,” says
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has presented a proposition to the Storting (parliament) which assesses the effects of the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s petroleum business on the oil and gas activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS
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
The UN fears that the floods, which have destroyed crops and agricultural land, could create an acute food crisis for more than 2 million people.
President Putin’s United Russia party appears to have won over 63 per cent of the vote in the Russian Duma elections held on 2 December. This is enough to secure United Russia a constitutional majority. Objections have been raised in various
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim are to meet Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Sunday 9 December.
Forestry: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has published an updated version of the brochure Norwegian Forests. Norway has long traditions in forestry and forest management, and for using wood in construction and as a source of energy. Sawn wood
Today the Norwegian government presented the new Long Term Plan for the Norwegian Armed Forces. A continued increase in defence spending will strengthen the readiness and endurance of the Norwegian Armed Forces and reduce operational gaps.
Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein is taking part in the meeting of the Development Committee (the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the IMF) on Friday 17 April. Meetings of the
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security has today proposed a new statutory authority governing the requirement for a negative Covid-19 test in order to be admitted to Norway. This will also make it easier to deport foreign citizens in the event