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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Government is proposing to extend the breadth of Norway’s territorial sea from 4 to 12 nautical miles and to establish a contiguous zone outside the territorial sea for certain control purposes. These proposals were submitted to the Storting
- The Government has decided to ease the license conditions for establishing and operating the third generation mobile telephony, UMTS. I want more independent operators to enter the Norwegian mobile market. Increased competition will give
According to the new protocol, the ban on the death penalty is absolute. (18.08)
Norway and Romania has signed a bilateral Climate Change Agreement on project co-operation for reduction of greenhouse gases. This is the first bilateral Joint Implementation project under the Kyoto Protocol that Norway takes part in, allowing
Minister of International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes congratulated the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan on a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize.
Press Release No: 81/1998 13 May 1998 Prime Minister congratulates WHO’s Gro Harlem Brundtland Following today’s election by the World Health Assembly of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland as director-general of the World Health
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's statement after receiving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Oslo today.
The media are welcome to follow the round table discussions and will be given an opportunity to ask questions of the ministers at a subsequent press conference.
City Auditor of the city of Oslo Frits Arne Eriksen has been appointed as Director of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is a UN agency. (12.04.06)
At the deadline for application to the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2006 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 43 companies. (29.09.06)
The emblem (picture) has the same status as the red cross and red crescent of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. (11.05.05)
Minister of International Development Erik Solheim and Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer will among other things have talks with the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (26.05.06)
Press Release No: 47/1999 Date: 19 March 1999 Political advisors The Government changes on 15 and 16 March caused the resignation of the political advisors in the following ministries: the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the
No. 51/1999 Date: 24 March 1999 Norway's Prime Minister says NATO's action against Yugoslavia is deeply tragic, but necessary “It is deeply tragic that in the heart of Europe a situation has arisen making it necessary for NATO to use military means
Press Release No: 52/1999 Date: 26 March 1999 State secretaries In today’s session of the Council of State, state secretaries Jarle Skjørestad, Office of the Prime Minister, and Åslaug Haga, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (foreign affairs), have been
Press Release No: 57/1999 Date: 27 March 1999 Norway's Prime Minister sends his condolences to Aung San Suu Kyi The Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, on Saturday sent the following message of condolences to Burmese Nobel Laureate Aung
Press Release No.: 82/1999 Date: 27. October 1999 IMF: Positive development in the Norwegian economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has presented a report with preliminary conclusions on the Norwegian economy after its annual visit to Norway.
Press Release No.: 21/1999 Date: 26. March 1999 Government proposal to remove the emission tax on air fuel in international air traffic The Norwegian Government has to day passed a formal proposal on air traffic taxes to the Storting (National
Press Release No: 128/1999 Date: 17 September 1999 Political advisors Mr. Steinar Ness will resign from his post as political advisor in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on 19 September, after having been on leave since 29