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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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‘Human rights are under pressure internationally. Norway will therefore step up its efforts to promote and protect human rights,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende. A white paper on human rights in Norway’s foreign and development policy
“What’s happening now is a milestone for our military involvement in Afghanistan. We no longer have operational forces in northern Afghanistan, and we’re transferring Camp Nidaros to German forces in May,” says Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen
A project led by the Ministry of Defence has since 2007 studied Norway’s future submarine capability. Several options have been looked at in the process. The Government has now decided that the project will enter a definition phase and evaluate an
1-4 July Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will visit Africa as a follow-up of her post on the UN Secretary-General’s Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group. Solberg is co-chair of the group with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The Prime
On 9 December 2014, Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey was presented with a report entitled ”Grenselause pengespel - krev ny teknologi ny regulering?” (“Borderless gaming - does new technology require new regulations?”). In this report, an expert
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr Gordon Brown met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende this week in Oslo
‘I congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on Thursday’s presidential election and the country’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, on his victory,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
The Government has entered into a partnership with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and Norwegian companies with a view to strengthening vocational training in developing countries.
“I welcome the formation of an interim government in Ukraine. It is vital for the country to re-establish a properly functioning government apparatus as quickly as possible after the recent turmoil, and to start essential reform processes,” said
“The situation in the Central African Republic is critical. More than half of the population is in urgent need of protection and humanitarian assistance. The Government has therefore decided to provide a further NOK 60 million in humanitarian
The Office of the Prime Minister has made changes among the political advisers at the Office of the Prime Minister and in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Fisheries Affairs).
The Government has decided that the responsibility for organising elections in Norway will be moved out of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation to an election directorate. The election directorate will be located in Tønsberg. “We want
‘I am deeply concerned about the trials that are taking place in Egypt and the sentences that are being imposed. Monday’s judgment against three journalists is shocking and unacceptable. In addition, 183 death sentences that were pronounced earlier
‘The only viable way to bring the civilian losses and the enormous suffering in Gaza to an end is an early ceasefire. More than 180 people have been reported killed and some 1400 have been wounded during the attacks of the past week. Most of them
The Norwegian economy is affected by the international financial crisis, but the downturn is not expected to be as severe in Norway as in many other industrial countries. To curb growth in unemployment, the Government proposes to increase the
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre received Josef Begun at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 April. Mr Begun spent most of the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union in a labour camp in Siberia for promoting Jewish culture and the Hebrew
'If the dialogue is to have a genuine impact and promote the development of a more just and democratic society in Sudan, it must include a representative selection of all segments of the society, including the groups that have taken up arms against
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The Minerals Act and regulations issued pursuant to the act are available in English.
The Norwegian Government proposes that NOK 27.4 billion should be allocated to development assistance in 2010. This is an increase of NOK 1.2 billion from 2009.