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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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English translation of a recent report on pharmaceutical prices in Norway compared to prices in nine reference countries.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Wednesday offered his government’s condolences to China after last week’s earthquake, by signing a protocol of condolences at China’s embassy in Oslo.
Transparency International Norway (TI-N) is an organisation renowned for promoting transparency in public procurement. The project will consult with TI-N from time to time on transparency issues in the project. This will not commit TI-N in any way.
The Ministry of Finance has decided not to follow a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) to exclude the company PetroChina Co. Ltd. from the fund’s investment universe.
A Norwegian frigate will be command ship for one of NATO’s standing naval forces for the second half of 2013. "The frigate will thus be leading the important task of combating pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa", says Defence
Following today’s changes in the Government, state secretaries Lars Erik Bartnes and Erik Lahnstein have been appointed state secretaries to Minister of Transport and Communications Marit Arnstad, and state secretary Harald Buttedahl as state
Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs commented, “The budget for 2012 reflects the fact that the High North is the Government’s most important strategic foreign policy priority. Our focus areas in the High North include petroleum exploration,
The EU Commission is lending its support to the JPI Oceans marine research programme initiated by Norway. This means that the EU Commission has now joined a total of 17 countries that wish to be part of this initiative to develop a joint platform
The Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received today StatoilHydro’s Master Plan for full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Mongstad. The emission permit for the combined heat and power plant (CHP) at
Norway, together with Denmark and Sweden, will participate in ICAN2011 which will take place in Mumbai 17 - 23 October 2011. The ICAN meetings are sponsored by ICAO and is a meeting place for States wishing to conduct Air Services consultations with
“We are seeing the effects of pursuing a policy of responsible, long-term fisheries management. Combined with the prevailing natural conditions, this has now resulted in historically rich marine resources,” says Norway’s Minister for Fisheries and
The King in Council has today appointed the Board of Directors for the Norwegian State Finance Fund.
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 15 April appointed Mr. Jarand Felland (38), head of section, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen.
Today, Norway signed the contract with the EXPO 2010 organisation in Shanghai. State Secretary Øyvind Slåke, Vice Minister of Trade and Industry, attended the ceremony. The site for the pavilion has thereby been officially handed over, and the work
"Up to 20 million tons of fish are discarded in the sea worldwide every year. This is a waste of fish which could have been a valuable food resource. Norway has therefore put forward a proposal on developing international guidelines for by-catch
Minister of Defence Grete Faremo commented: "NATO has already started planning, and we must determine what resources NATO needs in this connection and what Norway can contribute."
It has been reported that the Thai authorities have used cluster munitions in Cambodia. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “If these reports are true, this is a very serious matter.”
The conflict in Libya has escalated over the past few days, with large-scale acts of war now taking place. The fighting is causing great suffering to the civilian population. “The international community is sending a clear message to the regime in
“There can be no military solution to the crisis in Libya. Efforts to find a political solution must start now,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
“There is broad agreement that we swiftly and forcefully need to intensify the fight to save the world’s remaining tropical forests”, says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg following a meeting with broad participation in London today.