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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 aquaculture industry is doing well and contributes to development and activity along the coast. In its strategy for a competitive Norwegian aquaculture industry, the government is focusing on the industry’s need for framework conditions which
The Prime Minister expresses sorrow on hearing the news of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
The six month stand-by period for the Nordic Battle Group (NBG) commences at the beginning of the year. The NBG will stand ready to participate in a potential EU-led crisis management operation.
When the environmental toxin mercury is released to the environment it is very harmful, and i.a. the development of children may be damaged as a result. The Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim, has
The Norwegian Government has decided that all information on state-operated web sites should be accessible in the open document formats HTML, PDF or ODF. This means an end to the time when public documents are published in closed formats only.
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (35), study secretary, Oslo, has today been appointed state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from 1 January 2008. At the same time Mr. Morten Wetland has been honourably discharged as of the same date.
BTV is a Regional Cooperation between the County Municipalities of Buskerud, Telemark and Vestfold Counties.
Norway - together with Denmark and Sweden - will hold air services consultations with Singapore on 22 - 23 January 2008. The purpose of these consultation is to further liberalize the existing Air Services Agreements between our countries. Should
Negotiations on replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) were completed on 14 December. Norway is maintaining its contribution in real terms, which means a drop in its relative share of the total funding.
Reference is made to the Authority´s decision (Dec. No 597/07/COL) dated 23 November 2007 to open the formal investigation procedure provided for in Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement against Norway
Climate change is one of the world's major political challenges. Norway, a country that has grown rich from oil and gas production, has a special responsibility to contribute to emission reductions for limiting climate change. The Norwegian
Statement by Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the International Donors’ Conference for the Palestinian State, Paris 17 December 2007.
Norway has pledged to increase its contribution to the African Development Bank’s fund for the poorest countries by 40 per cent. Its commitment of NOK 500 million for each of the next three years makes Norway the ninth-largest donor to the fund.
In 2006, the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion published a circular on the participation and influence of children and young people in municipalities and a manual on youth councils. This brochure is intended to supplement these
”I am glad we have managed to reach an agreement in Bali”, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said after the UN Climate Change Conference ended today.
The Ministry of Finance will January 10, 2008 be hosting an open half-day conference on structural conditionality in IMF-supported programmes. At the conference, Ruben Lamdany, Assistant Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF, will
Political advisor Annelene Svingen in the Ministry of Trade and Industry will be acting state secretary in the same ministry from a date to be decided by the Office of the Prime Minister, in State Secretary Rikke Lind’s leave of absence and for a
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Øyvind Slåke (42), special advisor, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen as of today. He succeeds Mr. Frode Berge, who from today has been
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has condemned the bomb attacks on a UN office and a public building in Algeria in the strongest possible terms.
The Royal Ministry of Transport and Communications has received one bid in the auction over the vacant fourth licence to build and operate a third generation public mobile communication systems (3G) in Norway. The bid of 47 mill. NOK was made by