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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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.
Showing 2241-2260 of 14290 results.
Sort by: Date Best results Enter a search term to sort by best results
Saturday 9 January 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan. The agreement put an end to the longest civil war in African history. Now, one year ahead of the referendum on self-determination for Southern Sudan,
Norway is increasing its support for flood victims in Pakistan to NOK 100 million. The flood has affected 14 million people, six million of whom are in need of emergency food assistance. So far, 288.000 homes have been washed away.
On 15 October, the Israeli authorities announced that they had approved plans for the construction of 238 new homes in two Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem. The decision has come at a critical point in the peace talks between Israel and the
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of life during the protests in Egypt,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard is paying a State Visit to Norway 14 - 15 October and met with Prime Minister Stoltenberg today for bilateral talks.
“Norway welcomes ETA’s declaration that it will definitively end its armed activity. This is a historic opportunity to close a European chapter of violence and terror, which has destroyed so many lives", says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Øystein Olsen (58) was today appointed new Governor of the central bank of Norway (Norges Bank). Olsen is appointed for a 6 year period, and will take office on 1 January 2011.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) tops a ranking of 53 sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in 37 countries.
In October 2010, the Council of Europe has published Guidelines on transparency of e-enabled elections.
In November 2010, the Council of Europe has published "E-voting handbook - Key steps in the implementation of e-enabled elections"
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has invited the OSCE to observe pilot electronic voting during the municipal and county council elections this autumn when voters in 10 municipalities will be given an opportunity to vote via
In 2011, allocations to education and knowledge increase with the total of NOK 4.6 billion. -We are pleased that the government, within a tight budget, has chosen to prioritise the most important investment that we can make in our future - the
Several targeted policy measures helped mitigating the effects of the international financial crisis on the Norwegian economy. Following a decline in mainland output of 1.4 per cent in 2009, growth in the Mainland economy is now forecast at 1.7 per
- State secretary Roger Ingebrigtsen in the Ministry of Health and Care Services today announced a commitment to a comprehensive strategy and plan to reduce tobacco use in Norway and to regain the leadership role it once had in fighting Norway’s
In a legislative proposal, the Government presents changes to the VAT Act making suppliers not established in Norway obligated to charge VAT when supplying electronic services to Norwegian consumers (B2C). Today, only suppliers established in Norway
The E-vote 2011-project is in a procurement process utilizing the competitive dialogue procedure. Friday 9 October, the dialogue phase was concluded and five tenderers were invited to deliver a final bid by 26 October at 10:00 a.m. The final tender
CCS forms a central part of the Norwegian government’s policy on energy and the environment. A cornerstone of this target area is the construction of a full scale CCS plant at the Mongstad refinery on the western coast of Norway.
The contract between The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and ErgoGroup for the development of a central election administrative computer system with a solution for remote electronic voting was signed Tuesday 15 December.
The NAWSARH project has the pleasure to invite the potential helicopter market, including the potential equipment manufacturers, integrators and support organizations, to the third Industry Day at the project office in Stavanger the 19th - 20th (
ErgoGroup was nominated today as the supplier and developer of a central election administration computer system with a solution for electronic voting. The contract will be signed on 15 December.