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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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Reference is made to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (hereinafter “Authority”) reasoned opinion dated 16 April 2008 June concerning the Norwegian base tax on non-refillable beverage packaging.
Due to today’s changes in the Government, changes have been made among the state secretaries.
Austria's president, Heinz Fischer, is on a three days state visit to Norway. Climate change and climate friendly technologies were on the agenda when Prime Minister Stoltenberg met with President Fischer today.
In response to a humanitarian appeal by the UN, Norway has decided to provide NOK 75 million for the UN’s humanitarian effort in the Palestinian Territory.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao yesterday, where he initiated an agreement between Norway and China to meet the climate challenges and reduce emissions. In his speech at the Tsinghua University, the Norwegian Prime
In today's session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Per Botolf Maurseth (37), senior research officer, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal.
- Norway is prepared to take a leading role in order to speed up the efforts to achieve an international ban on cluster munitions. Now we must pursue our efforts along another track. We have noted that UN agencies, Norwegian and international
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin have signed an offset agreement relating to the procurement of C-130 transport aircraft. The agreement covers offset purchases equivalent to the purchase price of four transport aircraft,
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 12 September appointed Ketil Lindseth (30), communication advisor, as political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. He succeeds Ms. Arnhild Holstad who will leave the
On 14 August, the Government held the first meeting of its newly established China forum. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented the Government’s China strategy, and International Development Minister Erik Solheim gave a briefing on Norway’s
An agreement providing for a provisional practical arrangement to facilitate fishing activities in an area of the Barents Sea adjacent to Norway (“the Grey Zone Agreement”) was concluded between Norway and the former Soviet Union for the first time
The WTO Panel’s report states that the EU anti-dumping measure against Norwegian salmon is inconsistent with WTO rules on 22 points. This is the largest number of infringements in any case of this kind brought before the WTO. The Panel’s report was
The Ministry of Finance has excluded the British company Vedanta Resources Plc. from the investment universe of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global, based on a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Fund.
Ms. Janne Sjelmo Nordås (43), county councillor, Hattfjelldal, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa.
Mr. Raimo Valle (42), deputy chief of staff, Tromsø, has today been appointed state secretary to Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen. Mr. Valle succeeds State Secretary Berit Oskal Eira, who at the same time has been
Wednesday 3 October, the UN and the African Union (AU) notified Norway that they gratefully accept the offer by Norway and Sweden to provide an engineer unit for the UN/AU Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The UN and the AU will now notify the
La Norvège augmente de NOK 40 millions son aide budgétaire en faveur du Burundi, le montant total de l’aide en 2008 passant ainsi à NOK 100 millions.
"The policies guiding our engagement with Sri Lanka remain firm and will not change", says Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Raymond Johansen.