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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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Foreign Minister Støre considers the allegations made in the UN report concerning violations of human rights and international humanitarian law during the Gaza conflict to be very serious. He said that Norway will actively follow up the report in
On 3 September, Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, Mr Trond Giske announced the 6 selected contestants to be invited to participate in a separate Phase 2 programme.
The Norwegian Government has decided to allocate NOK 4 million over a three-year period to support the work of the UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children. Norway has been actively involved in moving violence against children higher
President Barack Obama today congratulated Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on the renewal of Stoltenberg's mandate as Prime Minister and his party's success in Norway's recent elections.
The Government presented in July 2009 a White Paper on climate challenges and agriculture to the Storting. The Government’s proposal enlarges on and supplements the White Paper on Norway’s ambitious climate policy in relation to agriculture.
The President of the Norwegian Storting (Norwegian parliament) and the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly. Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
- The latest reports that Iran has built a new enrichment plant give cause for grave concern,” said Foreign Minister Støre after it was revealed today that Iran has concealed the existence of an uranium enrichment plant from international nuclear
In today’s session of the Council of State four state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their offices as of 1 October, as they have been elected Members of the Storting.
Two political advisors will leave their posts as of 1 October, as they have been elected Members of the Storting.
At a meeting at the UN in New York on 23 September, rich and poor countries pledged a total of USD 5.3 billion to improve the health of mothers and children in the world’s 49 poorest countries.
The Norwegian and Romanian Ministries of the Environment has launched a joint project on Environmental Technology and Green Public Procurement. The aim of the project is to strengthen the national infrastructure in Romania in order to support
The Rafto Prize was today awarded to Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Malahat Nasibova from Naxçivan in Azerbaijan. “I congratulate Malahat Nasibova on being awarded this prestigious prize for her longstanding and determined efforts
-No progress will be made without the industrial strength and know-how represented by the industries and research institutions, State Secretary Robin Martin Kåss said addressing the NEREC Conference at Lillestrøm today.
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set Norm Prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 2nd 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
As Ministers Dag Terje Andersen and Helga Pedersen in today’s session of the Council of State have been honourably discharged from their posts, changes have been made among the political advisors.
Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim has pledged 20 NOK million in emergency relief to Indonesia and the Philippines. These densely populated countries have been struck by two major natural disasters in the space of
5. October Telenor Group and Altimo (the telecom branch of Russian Alfa-Group) announced an agreement to combine their equity in VimpelCom and Kyivstar G.S.M. to create a new leading mobile operator in important growth markets.
Norway condemns the execution of 21-year-old Iranian Behnoud Shojaee, who was sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was a minor. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires has been called in to a meeting at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
- Nora Sveaass has done an excellent job in the UN Committee Against Torture, and she has demonstrated a high level of integrity and strong personal commitment, commented Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on hearing that the Norwegian psychologist