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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Today, a new, independent National Contact Point was established for following up Norwegian companies’ compliance with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The Guidelines cover areas such as sustainable development, respect for human
The Government is working with the Norwegian Red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, by providing tents, blankets and other emergency relief.
Shahbaz Bhatti, who was Minister of Minorities in the Pakistani federal government, was assassinated today in Islamabad. Mr Bhatti was a fearless champion of human rights and the rights of minorities in Pakistan.
Erik Solheim, Minister of International Development, is to visit Nepal from 2 to 5 May. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Norway’s support to Nepal and how the international community can best cooperate with Nepal in connection with its
Åsmund Aukrust has been engaged as Political Adviser in the Ministry of Culture as of 1 November until 31 December 2011.
With effect from 1 June 2011, tankers and ships of 5000 gt will be subject to new traffic separation measures off the coast of southern and western Norway.
On 18 July 2011, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed an agreement on upgrading Palestinian representation in Norway.
“I would like to congratulate Nabil El-Araby on his election as the new Secretary General of the Arab League. The choice of Dr El-Araby bodes well for the organisation, and I look forward to cooperating with him,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr
The Nordic and Baltic countries have today signed a memorandum of understanding on the posting of diplomats at each other's missions abroad.
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ole Borten Moe held a speech for a group of wind energy investors yesterday.
A book of condolences will be open for signing by the Diplomatic Corps, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 July.
Norway condemns the attacks on the diplomatic missions of France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Damascus and other Syrian cities last Saturday.
Today, on the 3rd of February 2012, the King in a session of the Council of State formally awarded 60 production licenses in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2011.
Katrine Gramnæs is Political Adviser for The Minister of Education and Research Kristin Halvorsen.
During Mr. Roger Roger Solheim’s period as acting state secretary in the Ministry of Culture, the Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Siv Larssen Aasvik (32), teacher, Stokmarknes, as acting political adviser in the ministry 15 March 2011
Norway has signed the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the most important global environmental agreement since the turn of the millennium.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will 5-6 April head the first meeing of the UN high-level panel to propose measures to enhance UN work in the poorest countries. The panel meeting will take place in New York. The Prime Minister and some
State secretary Mr. Per Rune Henriksen attends The Second Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in Abu Dhabi today and tomorrow. - The aim of CEM is to contribute in developing and deploying smart and climate friendly technologies and solutions for future
The five Nordic countries have agreed on a Nordic declaration of solidarity. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “This is yet another building block in our Nordic cooperation.”