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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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The Office of the Prime Minister has as of today appointed Ms. Solveig Torsvik as political advisor to Minister of Health and Care Services Sylvia Brustad.
An IMF mission team presented today its preliminary conclusions on the Norwegian economy to the Ministry of Finance. - I am pleased that the IMF broadly supports the government’s economic policy. The reports from the IMF give important contributions
- Yet again it is civilians who are being killed and made to suffer due to military operations. I am extremely disappointed that the parties are not honouring the promises they made in Geneva a week and a half ago to refrain from launching any
Finance Minister Johnsen today sent a letter to the World Economic Forum (WEF) upon the publication of the paper ”Accelerating the Transition towards Sustainable Investing” during the annual meeting in Davos.
Observations by the Norwegian Government in respect of the programme “The Wanted” on NBC.
Norway and the US are joining forces to build a hospital for the victims of sexualised violence in eastern Congo. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the new Norwegian-American initiative when she visited the Democratic Republic of the
The Myanmar Government and the armed group Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have agreed to continue talks with a view to finding a peaceful solution to the violent conflict in Kachin State. “This is encouraging news,” Minister of Foreign
- I am very pleased to see that the European Parliament has chosen to say no to continued discard of fish, says Minister for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.
The Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements presents the preliminary report on the basis for wage settlements in 2010.
In a draft legislation proposal, the Government recently presented changes to the VAT Act in order to prevent VAT fraud in connection with trading of emissions allowances.
The Ministry of Finance has adopted rules for real estate investments in the Government Pension Fund Global.
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is visiting Pakistan today for talks with the Pakistani authorities, including Prime Minister Gilani and Foreign Minister Qureshi.
- Stad Ship Tunnel is an important project on the western coast of Norway, which will provide greater predictability and safety for transport by sea. It will create opportunities for establishing new ferry and shipping routes, and transfer of
The Ministry of Finance has today decided to keep the level of the countercyclical capital buffer for banks unchanged. This is in line with the advice for Q1/17 from Norges Bank.
- Trade is important, but trade alone cannot solve the fundamental challenges regarding increasing world hunger, says the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk.
The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, and Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, reached agreement today on a set of priorities for diplomatic cooperation to fight climate
State Secretary Gry Larsen commented: “I am deeply concerned about the further deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following the presidential election last year.”
The 2015 Fiscal Budget is a further step towards a change of policy direction in Norway. The Government will promote growth in the Norwegian economy through targeted tax reductions, high priority on infrastructure and emphasis on other measures to
The security situation in Europe featured prominently when defence ministers and other representatives from twelve countries met in Oslo 12 - 13 Nov., 2014.