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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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Families that agree to provide family or emergency homes on assignment for the state will now be given new rights. New standard contracts provide these families with increased economic security, including rights to occupational pensions, paid sick
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Just beaten by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and ahead of a new generation of hybrid engines from Chevrolet, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault sneaks onto the list of the world's best inventions in 2007 -
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in the Oslo City Hall on Wednesday 10 December at 1300 hours. Here is guidance for the press.
- Petroleum exploration and extraction are very important activities for the Norwegian economy. The petroleum wealth on the Norwegian continental shelf is substantial. As the petroleum is produced and sold, the resource wealth is transformed into
The Norwegian Government is, under certain conditions, willing to participate in the rights issue in Telenor ASA and to put forward a parliamentary bill on the issue to the Norwegian Storting.
Norway handed over the final report on Multidimensional and Integrated Peace Operations to Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro on 27 October 2008.
The Nordic prime ministers have decided to help Iceland out of the current financial crisis but have called, in the first instance, for the situation to be studied in greater depth.
Statssekretær Jens Revold, Kunnskapsdepartementet, Gender Equality in Higher Education and Research. Swiss - Norwegian Dialogue on Policies and Measures, 22.10.2008, Bern.
The Storting (Norwegian parliament) has today authorised the Ministry of Finance to exchange government securities with collateral in or in return for Norwegian covered bonds in amounts up to a total of NOK 350 billion.
Six officials from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and four officials from Kazakh embassies in Europe recently attended a two-week course on preparations for Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of the OSCE at Voksenåsen in Oslo.
As Executive Director you will be responsible for a wide range of key issues, in particular the development of the Centre’s profile on the basis of its mission and statutes, the management of the Centre’s financial and human resources including the
Statement by the Head of the Norwegian Delegation, Mr. Dagfinn Sørli, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Geneva, 24 October 2008.
Trained teacher with social science and Norwegian language and litterature. Politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party, member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 2001-2009, member of the Church, Education and Research Parliament
As Europe is the focus of my address here today, I will begin with a few words about the situation of our Nordic neighbour and EEA partner, Iceland. In the light of the gravity of the situation, the Norwegian Government is assessing all possible
- Norway’s total civil support of NOK 235 million for the period 2008-2010 will be of great help to Georgia in the difficult situation that has arisen in the wake of the conflict in August, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
Opening Statement by the Head of the Norwegian Delegation, Mr. Dagfinn Sørli, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour and a pleasure to address you all at the opening of the European Forest Week in Rome. The forest sector plays an important role providing welfare in societies throughout Europe. Historically,
My hope is that we will arrive to a world where state debt can be handled through a transparent and fair multilateral mechanism, where debtors and creditors take joint responsibility for debts incurred, where blatantly odious debts are cancelled
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set norm prices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 2nd quarter of 2008. The norm prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
According to the OSCE’s preliminary assessment of the presidential election in Azerbaijan on 15 October, considerable progress was made with regard to procedures on election day itself. However, there were clear shortcomings during the period