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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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“Norway deplores Israel’s plans to increase building activity in East Jerusalem,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Over the last few days, a number of opposition figures and demonstrators have been arrested in Iran in connection with the Ashura commemorations. The brutal treatment of the demonstrators has led to several deaths. “Norway is concerned about the
Was Copenhagen a fiasco or a new start? I prefer to think of it as a new start, but not an easy one, Minister of Foreign Affairs, writes in an article in the Norwegian national daily Dagsavisen, 24 December 2009.
In the 18 December session of the Council of State some changes were undertaken in the structure of ministries as of 1 January 2010. The changes were announced when Government changes were made on 20 October this year.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in Oslo today that he will initiate a climate group consisting of the most important forest countries.
“It is now important that the parties to the conflict in Sudan do their utmost to resolve the remaining problems and ensure implementation of all parts of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” said Minister of the Environment and International
Norway has formed readmission agreements with Montenegro and Serbia. An exemption from the visa requirement will also be made effective for these countries and for Macedonia starting on 19 December.
Any pictures used must be credited to the photographer. Click on photo for print version. Photo: Ilja C. Hendel. Photo: Berit Roald/Scanpix. After being appointed Minister of Labour 20 October 2009. Photo: Ministry of Labour.
The Minister of Labour is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions and welfare policy.
Today, the EEA/EFTA countries signed an agreement with the EU on new financial contributions. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “The new EEA Financial Mechanism gives Norway a historic opportunity to strengthen cooperation with
The Ministry of Finance has made public reports that have been received in connection with the work of evaluating active management of the Government Pension Fund Global.
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has made two changes among the state secretaries from 4 January 2010
"We are now at a critical stage in the conference. We must now all take the responsibility for reaching a successful agreement here in Copenhagen. If we don’t succeed, the most vulnerable countries will suffer the most", Prime Minister Stoltenber
Former Vice President Al Gore and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented their global report on melting snow and ice at a side event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) 14 December.
There has been a lof of talk on the goals for mitigation and adaptation, but little has been said about the means of reaching those goals, especially on how to promote climate change actions in developing countries. It is vital that we find
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set Norm Prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 3rd quarter of 2009. The Norm Prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
“Our financing of the fund is resultsbased and given the reduction, we will increase our contribution to the Amazon Fund to USD 150 million for 2010. It’s very encouraging that deforestation continues to decline in the Amazon,” says Prime Minister
Norway is one of the biggest contributors to the WTO development programmes. Overall, Norway's contribution the various WTO trust funds has reached 16.1 million.
This is a section of pictures of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete.
Together with Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Yaacob Ibrahim, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to head consultations on trade, shipping and aviation during the climate