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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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"Since the turn of the century the number of children who have received education has increased by around 40 million. However, 75 million children are still not in school. To reach the UN Millennium Development Goal on education it is estimated that
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 1 January 2009 appointed Ms. Anne Cathrine Berger (36), advisor, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen. Berger will succeed Mr. John Erik Pedersen.
"It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to Oslo on this historic occasion. Today we confirm that cluster munitions are banned forever. That we, a partnership of states, international organisations and civil society, have moved the world forward.
"The Norwegian Government strongly condemns the brutal terrorist attacks against several targets in Mumbai in India yesterday, attacks that have claimed the life of more than a hundre persons", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says.
"Our most important task is to combat unemployment and prevent an economic crisis. As we know from experience, the people who are hit hardest by such problems are those who are already in a financially vulnerable situation", writes Poul Nyrup
The Minister of Defence recommends that the F-16 is replaced by the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
”I am happy to congratulate Senator Barack Obama with his victory. It is historic that the USA will now have its first Afro-American president. I look forward to cooperate closely with the new US president and his administration”, says Norway’s
The Nordic prime ministers have decided to help Iceland out of the current financial crisis but have called, in the first instance, for the situation to be studied in greater depth.
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen will be back as political advisor to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from 20 October, after a leave of absence since 18 February 2008. She succeeds Ms. Hadia Tajik, who from 20 October will be political advisor to Minister of
The Government and Norges Bank present two targeted initiatives to enhance confidence in the financial market. Through the issuance of government bonds amounting to 350 billion kroner the Government will provide collateral that may be used in banks’
“Martti Ahtisaari is a peacebuilder who has inspired hope in many people. It is a great pleasure for me to congratulate Mr Ahtisaari on a most well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. “He has worked tirelessly for many
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Somare and Norway’s Prime Minister Stoltenberg met in Oslo today. The two prime ministers had an interesting discussion on global climate change, the importance of fighting deforestation and on the need for
In today’s session of the Council of State the King has as appointed Mr. Geir Pollestad, state secretary, Oslo, as state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, and Mr. Robin Kåss (31), medical doctor, Eidanger, as state secretary
"Over the last three years my Government has doubled the funding for investments in renewable energy. Next year we will double the capital in the Fund for Renewable Energy from 10 billions kroner to 20 billions", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told
Welcome all of you to this press conference. One year ago we launched the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals. We launched the Campaign to make renewed efforts to fulfil the promises we made adopting the Millennium
"I believe we face not only a food crisis, an energy crisis, a climate crisis, a trade talk crisis, but a larger, decision-making crisis. We have great institutional capacity. But we are too often unable to decide", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Today, a group of World Leaders will commit to actions aimed at saving 10 million mothers and newborns in the poorest countries by 2015.
25 September 2008: Today, a group of World Leaders will commit to actions aimed at saving 10 million mothers and newborns in the poorest countries by 2015. Download the report (pdf)
New York: Spain, Norway and the United Kingdom announced a commitment today of at least $290 million over the next two years as part of a new multi-donor funding mechanism to improve United Nations work in development at the country level.
Tropical forested countries are stepping up the fight to combat climate change via a pioneering new initiative called the UN-REDD Programme. The Programme was unveiled by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Prime Minister of Norway Jens