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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Government agrees that a thorough review of the events surrounding the terrorist attack in Kabul should be conducted. We all have an interest in clarifying what happened and how the dramatic situation was dealt with,” said Foreign Minister
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 4th quarter of 2007. The normprices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2008 to John Griggs Thompson, University of Florida and Jacques Tits, Collège de France. This was announced by the Academy’s President, Ole Didrik Lærum, at a press
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Vice-Chairman (at Minister level) of the National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua monday signed a Framework Agreement on Cooperation and Dialogue on Climate Change between Norway and
Minister of Foreign Affairs congratulates Knut Vollebæk with today’s appointment as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
The Ministry has received the reports from two external R&D-projects being part of the work to improve the performance of the competition policy.
The Global Seed Vault at Svalbard increases its capasity by 50 percent - within the same budget frame
Most of the global ice and snow cover is rapidly declining. This will have large global, regional and local consequences for human beings and nature. This is the main message of the UNEP report “Global Outlook for Ice and Snow” which was presented
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
“I can announce today that Norway is going to recognise Kosovo as an independent state. There are several reasons why we have arrived at this conclusion,” says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: More than 300 people took the opportunity to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Open Day.
Mrs. Åslaug Haga, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has invited oil companies to nominate blocks they think should be included in the 20th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The invitations were sent to all owners of
Norway and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) have signed an agreement on Norwegian assistance for the upgrading of the Karni Terminal. The aim is to increase the terminal’s capacity to handle imports and exports to and from Gaza
The Government is channelling NOK 2 million for emergency relief in Lebanon through Norwegian People’s Aid and the Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC). - It is important that emergency relief reaches those in need quickly. That is why Norway is
Norway is making preparations to reduce its diplomatic presence in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The reason for this is that the Ethiopian authorities have expressed dissatisfaction with Norway's conduct in relation to Ethiopian interests in
Climate change is a pressing global security issue, and should be handled as such, Norway’s minister for the Environment, Helen Bjørnøy, stated summing up the NY-Aalesund Symposium ”Climate change - A need for Action”.
The WTO Panel’s report finds that the EU anti-dumping measure against Norwegian salmon is inconsistent with WTO rules on 22 separate grounds. According to the Norwegian Government, the EU measure contains such fundamental and serious errors that the
Norway is now studying the declaration issued by the authorities in Kosovo. The Government has noted the statement made by EU foreign ministers today and which will form a common platform for how the various EU Member States conduct their relations
Around 100 delegates from about 50 countries are expected in Oslo in mid-September when Norway is to host a major Partnership for Peace conference on the theme of defence policy and strategy. This is the first time such a conference has been held in