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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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- I am disappointed that it was not possible to reach agreement. We were well on the way to achieving a new trade deal. But in critical areas, the distance between key countries was simply too great. What is important now is to preserve what has
"On behalf of the Norwegian people, it is an honour to congratulate you on your 90th birthday. You are a role model for a great many people in the world. Your efforts will never be forgotten", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says, greeting Nelson
The prime minister has had a secretariat with more than one adviser since shortly after Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold and his government returned from exile in London in 1945.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' child abduction web site is now available in English. The address is http://www.government.no/child-abduction.
One of the aims of Norwegian development cooperation is to increase the focus on indigenous peoples, while taking an integrated approach to cooperation on indigenous issues.
Today, Saturday 26 July 2008, the Foreign Minister participated in a mini-ministerial meeting on services at the WTO in Geneva. The meeting was attended by ministers from around 30 countries.
The UN Secretary-General today announced his intention to appoint Navanethem Pillay as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Navanethem Pillay is a South African citizen, and takes over the post from Louise Arbour of Canada.
- I am pleased that Radovan Karadzic has now been arrested. I expect the Serbian authorities to extradite him to The Hague so that he can be called to account for the acts for which he has been indicted, commented Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas
- Norway has come to Geneva to contribute constructively to the process of establishing modalities for agriculture and NAMA as this is an important and necessary step towards a comprehensive Doha deal, Foreign Minister Støre said in his statement in
February 5th 2008, the Government launched the new four-year's Plan for Combating Genital Mutilation. The Plan contains 41 measures. The Plan constitutes a broad initiative against genital mutilation aimed at preventing genital mutilation and secure
On 16 July the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) accepted that the Norwegian State’s partaking in the Test Center Mongstad is compatible with the state aid rules of the EEA Agreement. The test center is the first step towards a full-scale carbon
The Council of the European Union decided today to repeal the anti-dumping measures on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway with effect from 20 July. This means that the measures imposed by the EU on 21 January 2006 have now been
Defence minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen at the Pugwash conference in Canada, July 11.
“Norway will focus particularly on education, private sector development and job creation initiatives, along with measures to safeguard the minority groups in a multi-ethnic Kosovo,” said State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas.
Climate, energy and water will be the focus areas of Europe's key forest co-operation and collaboration process, which Norway is going to chair for the next four years. Norway's Forestry Minister, Lars Peder Brekk, has taken over as Europe's new "
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food will today play host to a number of American politicians, climate experts and representatives from the business community. The group includes former President Jimmy Carter, former