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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Minister of Defence recommends that the F-16 is replaced by the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
State Secretary for welfare policy matters.
Forests and climate change Deforestation in tropical countries accounts for about 20% of annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions. There is more carbon stored in the world’s forests than in all remaining oil reserves in the world. Combustion converts
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The outermost 5-6 metres of the access tunnel at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was exposed to settling during the summer, which led to undesired deformation of the access tunnel. The plant now appears as it did before
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2009 to the Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (65) for “his revolutionary contributions to geometry”.
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has sent a letter to congratulate Helen Clark on her appointment as Administrator of the UNDP and Chair of the United Nations Development Group.
The main purpose of the scheme is to promote peacebuilding and statebuilding in the Western Balkans.
The red-green coalition government will continue to develop the Norwegian welfare state, through investment in kindergartens, education and research. Amongst other things, the government proposes spending a total of around NOK 2 billion on improving
Today, the Government presented the latest version of its High North strategy. It has a strong focus on business development, both on land and at sea, and announces increased investments in communications, shipping routes and harbours in the north.
Kjell Erik Øie, 45, was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Equality on 21 Oct. 2005. He had previously served as Head of Department at the Church City Mission. From 2000 to 2001 Øie was a political adviser in the Ministry of
The UN Secretary-General today announced his intention to appoint Navanethem Pillay as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Navanethem Pillay is a South African citizen, and takes over the post from Louise Arbour of Canada.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy launches today “Facts 2008 - Energy and Water Resources in Norway”. The English version of the publication is available both on the web site and as booklet.
In this action plan against poverty, the Government is presenting the status of the efforts to reduce poverty and proposing new priority areas and measures for 2009.
‘Women are particularly affected by wars and conflicts. The Government is giving priority to intensifying Norway’s efforts to promote the women, peace and security agenda,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Today the Government presented a new
The EU is close to adopting a trade ban on seal products that may be incompatible with international trade rules. The European Parliament will vote on the proposed trade ban during the plenary session in Strasbourg from 4 to 7 May. Norwegian Foreign
“An equitable distribution policy, full employment and labour rights are goods that are being challenged by increased globalisation. If we are to succeed in enabling others to share these goods, which we ourselves take for granted, Norway must also