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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 new and independent Norwegian complaint mechanism for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) was established on March 1st, 2011.
On Thursday 23 March, Minister of International Development Erik Solheim and UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna K. Tibaijuka, will open a workshop on the new High Level Commission for strengthening the poor’s rights of use and property rights. (
Under Norwegian chairmanship CCAMLR has agreed upon a framework for the establishment of marine protected areas in the Antarctic. The agreement also secures the interests of fisheries. Norway is a leading fisheries nation in the Antarctic.
“The Norwegian Government condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on a UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, in which a Norwegian UN worker was among those who were killed,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Compulsory Arbitration in the dispute between the Finance Sector Union of Norway and the Norwegian Employers' Association for the Financial Sector.
The Norwegian Government has presented the criteria for a new support system for renewable electricity. (05.10.06)
Today State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa launched the new Taxation for Development programme, which is aimed at helping poor countries to increase their own tax revenues.
“I look forward to the Nordic World Ski Championships and the atmosphere in the Holmenkollen arenas here in Oslo, and to sharing the events with my colleagues from Finland, Poland and Sweden", says Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced an extension of a special transitional rule for Eksportfinans ASA by one year. - The Ministry of Finance is working together with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to ensure a continued good export
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov visited Norway for three days at the end of February. The occasion was the fourteenth meeting of the Norwegian-Russian Government Commission. During his visit Zubkov had several meetings with
Minister of International Development Erik Solheim has decided to provide up to NOK 20 million to the relief efforts following the earthquake. The support will be channelled through the UN system, the Red Cross and NGOs. (29.05.06)
The first stop for the Ibsen exhibition is the German city Dresden. (31.05.06)
“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.
“I am glad to see that so many UN members and organisations have pledged funding today to save women and children. The pledges now total more than USD 40 billion over the next five years. This is the greatest effort the world has seen to reduce
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set Norm Prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 4rd quarter of 2009.
The government has decided that voters in Bodø, Bremanger, Drammen, Hammerfest, Mandal, Radøy, Re, Tynset, Vefsn, Ålesund and a district in Oslo can take part in an electronic voting trial for the municipal and county council elections in 2011.
A public electronic post journal for the civil service (OEP) is launched as the first of its kind in the world. - From this day on everyone is able to get access to the documents of the central civil service. Until now, only journalists had the
As of today, the South African company Sasol joined as partner in CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). According to the agreement between The Norwegian State, represented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Sasol, the Norwegian State has
Yesterday, the UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a Norwegian proposal on strengthening protection of human rights defenders all over the world.
16 Ministers of Defence with armed forces in the North of Afghanistan met in Berlin on May 11, 2010 to discuss the transfer of security to Afghan Security Forces. Emphasis was put on the international community's continued engagement in Afghanistan.