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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Keynote speak by Deputy Minister of Health Rigmor Aasrud – video conference Honorable Mary Robinson, dr Francis Omaswa, Distinguished participants, Let me start by thanking you for the invitation to take part in the opening of this global dialogue
In an OECD meeting today, Secretary General Tore Eriksen of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance delivered an address about the structure of the Government Pension Fund - Global. He informed about the Norwegian point of views in the debate on Sovereign
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a proposal put forward by Norway to renew the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a further three years.
It was decided by the King in Council friday to recognise the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state.
The Government today presented the new long-term plan for the Armed Forces: A Defence for the protection of Norway’s security, interests and values. The Government wishes to give the Armed Forces a substantial financial boost. The Government also
The Office of the Prime Minister appointed Lotte Grepp Knutsen as State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Equality on 27 March 2009. Lotte Grepp Knutsen’s previous position was Political Adviser in the Ministry of Children and Equality.
28.03.2008: The Ministry of Justice has received the report on the loss of the anchor-handling vessel “Bourbon Dolphin”. A special commission of enquiry chaired by appellate court judge Inger Lyng has clarified the course of events and causal
The Ministry of Justice has received the report on the loss of the anchor-handling vessel “Bourbon Dolphin”- A special commission of enquiry chaired by appellate court judge Inger Lyng has clarified the course of events and causal factors in
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2008 to John Griggs Thompson, University of Florida and Jacques Tits, Collège de France. This was announced by the Academy’s President, Ole Didrik Lærum, at a press
- We need to find new ways of portraying health expenditures as more than costs, but also as an investment. And we need to develop a new language and a new mindset that will enable us to reach and communicate with the real circles of power, Foreign
The Conference “Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Saving Seeds for Eternity?” included as speakers representatives from a range of organizations and areas of expertise that contributed to the development of the Seed Vault. Read more in the summary of
Due to recent articles in Norwegian papers about foreign divers in the North Sea, the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Mr. Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, has issued the following statement:
We will do everything we can to maintain the close relations we have today and to develop them further as we look ahead to the future, Foreign Minister Støre said about his ambitions for Norway's relations with the United States in the years to come
The Petroleum Price Board has set final norm prices for offshore-loaded Norwegian crude oil lifted in 2007.
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 4th quarter of 2007. The normprices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
Svalbard Global Seedvault: There is broad agreement amongst experts that access to variety and genetic diversity in plants is essential in a future of great climatic challenges. Diversity is perhaps the most valuable natural resource we are in
On 26 February the eyes of the world was directed towards a mountain cavern on Svalbard. The opening of Svalbard Global Seed Vault - is an important contribution from Norway towards securing the world’s genetic diversity. The permafrost close to the
By Former Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen
According to meteorological and oceanographic data, an ongoing climate change is increasingly evident. For marine policy and fisheries management authorities, changes in fish stock production, distribution and migrations may imply substantial
If the Palestinian Authority collapses - so will the institutional foundations for a final status settlement on the Palestinian side. We cannot allow that to happen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre said in the Working Group meeting.
- Norway has actively supported the establishment of a World Bank trust fund to coordinate donor countries’ budget support to the Palestinian Authority. We are pleased that the fund has been established so quickly. It will make its first