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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The outermost 5-6 metres of the access tunnel at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was exposed to settling during the summer, which led to undesired deformation of the access tunnel. The plant now appears as it did before
Norway has reinforced its international policing capability by giving its national law enforcement entities instant, automated access to INTERPOL’s global databases. "This new tool will make the Norwegian police service, and its international
On Friday December 5, the Government launched Norway's first White Paper on innovation policy.
The seminar was organised by the Turkish Ministry of Energy and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in cooperation with Innovation Norway and the Norwegian Embassy.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion recently instructed the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration to change its practice concerning asylum seekers from Southern Somalia. The new practice is effective immediately.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg met with Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo in Oslo today, to discuss climate change and forest issues. The two leaders agreed to establish a partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has sent a letter to congratulate Helen Clark on her appointment as Administrator of the UNDP and Chair of the United Nations Development Group.
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The Minister of the Environment and International Development is responsible for the policy on development cooperation, climate change and international environmental cooperation, pollution, biodiversity and cultural heritage.
“Climate change and the economic downturn threaten to undermine what we have achieved in the fight against poverty. We must be more strategic in our development policy in order to achieve more,” said Minister of the Environment and International
The Ministry of Finance has decided to exclude the company Rio Tinto from the Government Pension Fund - Global due to a risk of contributing to severe environmental damage. There are no indications to the effect that the company's practises will be
The Ministry of Finance laid down regulations relating to Folketrygdfondet’s management of the Government Bond Fund today. The Fund has been established with a ceiling of NOK 50 billion.
The Government has decided to allocate NOK 1 billion to promote education for girls through UNICEF’s work on supporting Education for All in developing countries. The announcement was made by Minister of the Environment and International
In November 2008, the Norwegian Parliament voted for changes in the legislation on prostitution, in effect criminalizing the purchase of sexual activity or a sexual act, by introducing a new section 202a in the General Civil Penal Code