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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Government has proposed that Norway should provide a short-term bridging loan of NOK 3.135 billion to Somalia in 2020 to clear Somalia’s debt arrears to the World Bank’s International Development Association. Technically, this is a loan to
The first UK F-35B test aircraft was handed over in July 2013. Norway and the UK will now look for opportunities for collaboration on operating the future F-35 fleet in Europe. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) Norway and the UK will look for opportunities
“Norway condemns the appalling terrorist attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 22 September. The attack must be investigated and those responsible brought to justice,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
Norway pledges 40 million NOK or about 6,7 million USD to the Benefit Sharing Fund of the International Treaty and in addition also donates 100 million NOK equal to about 16,7 million USD to the endowment fund of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Press release No.: 212/2005 Date: 16 December 2005 Ministry changes from 1 January In today's session of the Council of State the King has made the following changes in the ministries, effective from 1 January 2006: The Ministry of Labour and Social
‘The members of the donor group for Palestine (AHLC) met today to address the critical situation of the Palestinian economy and discussed the way forward on how to resolve the conflict. The donors welcomed that progress had been made, despite the
The Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs will in June this year invite to a renewed tender for a licence to operate and build a digital terrestrial television network in Norway. (13.05.05)
The Foreign Ministers met this evening in Hong Kong and held wide ranging discussions on bilateral relations between the two countries including matters related to the Norwegian facilitation in the Sri Lankan peace process. (15.12)
Press release No.: 4/2006 Date: 5 January 06 Norway’s Stoltenberg sends regards to Ariel Sharon Today, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg sent the following message to Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: “I was sorry to learn that you have
Press release Unr./05 Date: 15.12.2005 Meeting between Norwegian and Sri Lankan Ministers of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, who is attending the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, will this afternoon meet the
China and Norway agree to renegotiate the tax treaty between the two countries. This became clear during a meeting between China's tax minister Wang Jun and Finance Minister Siv Jensen on Wednesday.
British authorities today gave permission for the introduction of a new cleansing method that will reduce the discharge of Technetium 99 from the Sellafield nuclear plant by over 90 per cent. The new method will be introduced with immediate
Norway intends to spend up to USD 50 million USD to purchase high-resolution images of tropical forests. The images will be made freely available for governments, researchers and NGOs all over the world. They will enable the monitoring of
The conflict in Sri Lanka is going through its most turbulent phase since the ceasefire agreement was concluded. The Co-Chairs of the Sri Lanka peace process (USA, EU, Japan and Norway) held an extraordinary meeting in New York 19 September,
Miljøvernminister Thorbjørn Berntsen The sustainable paper cycle Executive briefing - Opening address World business council for sustainable development Bedriftsøkonomisk institutt - Oslo 15.11.1996 Ladies and Gentlemen. As you know, I take a strong
A one-week seminar in Norway for politicians from Haiti came to an end 29 August. The Haitian representatives have agreed on what they have called the Svolvær Declaration, which includes several concrete measures designed to strengthen
Press release No.: 50/04 Date: 03.06.04 Contact: Sissel Edvardsen, +47 901 97 382 Bonn: Increased effort on renewable energy Mr. Einar Steensnæs, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, is attending the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Bonn
‘Some 37 million of the children who are currently out of school live in areas affected by crisis and conflict. The fact that these children are deprived of their right to education means that they are doubly affected by crises. In times of crisis,
I strongly condemn the killing of three soldiers and two other members of the African Union Monitoring Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in Darfur on 8 October. We also condemn the kidnapping on 9 October of 38 observers from the AMIS force in Darfur,
Norfund’s general meeting has today elected Ms Olaug Svarva to be the new chair of its board of directors.