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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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“Today’s conviction of opposition politician and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is unacceptable. This is a political judgment and an attempt on the part of the regime to prevent her from taking part in the forthcoming elections,” said
- Scotland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Undersanding (MoU) on aquaculture today. - We can learn from each other, and develop our industries even further, says the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen.
The issues raised in the programme are of high priority for the Norwegian Government. However, there is very little new information in the programme, except for a document allegedly providing a solution to the issues. The programme deals with a
Norway has decided to increase its assistance for the flood victims in Pakistan to USD 66 million. The situation is critical, and the number of victims keeps rising. The floods are the worst ever in the history of Pakistan.
Norway will provide assistance totalling NOK 800 million (USD 135 million) to Haiti over the next four years. The announcement was made by State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa in New York today.
Today, Norway’s Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete and Indian minister Dr. C. P. Joshi signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation on local governance in the two countries.
Today, Norsk Hydro ASA announced that it has signed an agreement with Vale S.A. to acquire Vale’s aluminium assets. The transaction is planned to be supported by a rights issue of about NOK 10 billion. The Norwegian Government is, under certain
A High Level Policy Forum on Jobs for Youth: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD countries will be held in Oslo 20-21 September. The forum is jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and the OECD.
A High Level Policy Forum on Jobs for Youth: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD countries will be held in Oslo 20-21 September. The forum is jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and the OECD.
On June 25th, the Norwegian Pavilion at EXPO in Shanghai welcomed visitor number one million.
Norway congratulates Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet on her appointment as head of the UN’s new entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women (UN Women).
Innovation Norway has decided to spend 4 million Norwegian kroner extra on marketing campaigns in Norway, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. - I am happy to hear that Innovation Norway takes this initiative when we are facing an important summer
Foreign Minister Støre and his Russian colleague, Foreign Minister Lavrov, signed a joint statement today announcing that agreement has been reached on the delimitation line in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
The Norwegian Government has decided to halt the procurement process for the assignment of contracts to construct the CO2 capture and storage (CCS) facility at Kårstø, until the gas-fired power plant’s operational pattern becomes clearer or other
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has received instructions to request stronger demands on documented identity in asylum cases. If an asylum seeker refuses to do what is practically possible to document his or her identity, then the
Norway is to increase its humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe in 2010 by NOK 10 million, to NOK 30 million. This increase is due to the situation in Zimbabwe, which is cause for grave concern.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will lead the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing in developing countries. He succeeds former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The group shall mobilise the resources promised at the
The international Young Leaders Summit 2009 on Aids will take place at Losby Manor outside Oslo on 23-25 June 2009.
More than one million people in northwest Pakistan have fled their homes due to hostilities between the Pakistani Taliban and the Pakistani army. The need for humanitarian assistance is huge, and Norway is therefore increasing its support to
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen, spoke today on a conference concerning the Integrated Management plan of the Marine Environment of the Barents Sea and the Sea Areas off the Lofoten Islands. In light of the Deepwater