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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Climate change is a pressing global security issue, and should be handled as such, Norway’s minister for the Environment, Helen Bjørnøy, stated summing up the NY-Aalesund Symposium ”Climate change - A need for Action”.
During the launch of the Government’s new China strategy on Tuesday 14 August, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that Norway will open a new consulate general in Guangzhou in southern China.
- The aquaculture industry is doing well and contributes to development and activity along the coast. In its strategy for a competitive Norwegian aquaculture industry, the government is focusing on the industry’s need for framework conditions which
International Development Minister Erik Solheim announced 8 August that Norway will contribute NOK 20 million (appr. USD 3,5 million) to a fund to protect girls against genital mutilation in 16 countries. The fund has recently been established by
The Global Seed Vault at Svalbard increases its capasity by 50 percent - within the same budget frame
Minister of Foreign Affairs congratulates Knut Vollebæk with today’s appointment as OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: More than 300 people took the opportunity to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Open Day.
The WTO Panel’s report finds that the EU anti-dumping measure against Norwegian salmon is inconsistent with WTO rules on 22 separate grounds. According to the Norwegian Government, the EU measure contains such fundamental and serious errors that the
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: The construction work is close to completion. On Saturday 17 November the seed vault will close to visitors and commence cooling to -18 degrees Celsius.
The leader of the LTTE negotiating team and head of the LTTE political wing, Mr S.P. Tamilselvan, was killed this morning, in an air strike outside Kilinochchi. - His leadership as head of the political wing and his many important contributions have
The external decoration of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will ensure that the unique structure will shine, both during light summer nights and dark winter days.
The aim of the government’s programme Showcase for Women in Local Politics is gender balance in the local councils - and to enhance the share of women in leading positions.
The Minister of children and Equality seeks to strengthen the rights of consumers, families, children and young people, anti discrimination and full equality between between men and women. The minister of Children and Equality Manuela
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 2nd 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
Films from the South is an annual Norwegian film festival that presents films and filmmakers from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will open the festival, which is supported by the Ministry of
The government proposes a NOK 24.7 billion appropriation to transport and communications via the 2008 fiscal budget. This is an increase of about NOK 1.1 billion or 4.7 per cent over the revised 2007 budget.
At the Clinton Global Initiative in New York today, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway led the launch of a global campaign to save the lives of millions of women and children. On behalf of Norway, Prime Minister Stoltenberg pledged US $ 1
- This award is an international recognition of Norwegian pioneering work, says Minister of Government administration and reform, Ms Heidi Grande Røys.
On behalf of the Kingdom of Norway, the Ministry of Finance is announcing its first tender for credits from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) projects to obtain emission reductions eligible under the Kyoto Protocol.
Back to main page Revisiting the integration agenda The strategic aims of peace operations have changed fundamentally in recent years, and UN Security Council mandates are increasingly multi-dimensional in purpose. This is given added importance by