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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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“A collapse in Libya could create a dangerous power vacuum in North Africa. This is a challenge the international community needs to address, and I have urged the Security Council to consider what interventions could be undertaken to promote
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution imposing targeted sanctions on the Libyan regime and has referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation. “This is an appropriate and important step in
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs commented: “It is important that the international community gives a united response to the authorities’ gross violations of human rights and that the perpetrators are brought to justice.”
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today received Plans for Development and Operation (PDO) on the Ekofisk and Eldfisk fields. The projects (Ekofisk South and Eldfisk II) will entail investments in the region of NOK 65 billion.
Together with representatives from 78 countries, Norwegian State Secretary Per Rune Henriksen attended an Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting in the International Energy Forum (IEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 22, 2011.
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will fund the deployment of a Norwegian Red Cross surgical team in Libya. The team will provide assistance for the many wounded who are in urgent need of medical attention following the unrest in the country
“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 Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements presents the preliminary report on the basis for wage settlements in 2011.
On Monday 21 February, a successful first round of talks between the Philippine authorities and the communist movement was completed in Norway. These were the first formal talks between the parties since 2004.
“The use of military force against the country’s own population is entirely unacceptable. We strongly condemn the Libyan authorities’ ruthless use of violence against the country’s civilian population,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
During her visit to Japan, minister for research and higher education Ms. Tora Aasland launched the NorAlumni Japan - a network aimed to connect Japanese students, reserarchers and scolars with Norwegian industry and academia.
“I condemn the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The new Committee of The International Ibsen Award was announced by the Norwegian Minister of Culture 28th of January.
On the recommendation of the Council on Ethics, the Ministry of Finance has decided to exclude the Malaysian company Lingui Developments Berhad from the Government Pension Fund Global’s (GPFG) investment portfolio. The divestment from the company
The consulting company Mercer today presented a report on long-term consequences of climate change on the global capital markets. The Norwegian Ministry of Finance entered into a contract with Mercer about such a study in 2009, and encouraged other
The Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Norwegian Ministry of Environment cooperate to promote green public procurement and environmental technology. The aim of the cooperation project “Developing Emergent Ecological markets in