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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Norway condemns the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today. ‘The DPRK has once again defied a united international community by carrying out a fifth nuclear test,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge
Aerospace Industrial Maintenance Norway (AIM Norway) was today established as a state-owned limited company. The company will be better suited for commercial activities in the intentional defence market by opening up for a broader ownership
The Government hereby invites oil companies to nominate blocks for the 24th licencing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The numbered licencing rounds cover frontier areas opened for petroleum activities, with the greatest potential for large
‘The arrest of several people with links to the opposition, including Natiq Jafarli of the Republican Alternative movement, gives cause for concern,’ said State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tore Hattrem.
On 12 and 13 August, Prime Minister Erna Solberg will have meetings with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Leader of the Opposition Rajavarothiam Sampanthan from the Tamil National Alliance. These
Delegations from Norway and Iceland met in Reykjavik on 3 September and decided that the Norwegian-Icelandic cooperation on acquiring rescue helicopters will continue.
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Somare and Norway’s Prime Minister Stoltenberg met in Oslo today. The two prime ministers had an interesting discussion on global climate change, the importance of fighting deforestation and on the need for
Animal: In an effort to raise awareness among children about the impostance of treating farmed animals in a respectful and humane way, the European Commission has launched "Farmland", a website for children on animal welfare. "Farmland" is an
The tragic accident at Fjelltun in Ålesund which cost the lives of five people, and endangered the lives of many more, came as a great shock to us all. It was inconceivable that anything like this could happen in the middle of a town and in a new
The Office of the Prime Minister has from 1 January 2009 appointed Ms. Anne Cathrine Berger (36), advisor, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen. Berger will succeed Mr. John Erik Pedersen.
The Government has today decided to offer 34 production licenses in the awards in predefined areas 2008 (APA 2008).
“The results indicate that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won a clear victory in the Russian presidential election and that voter turnout was high. Norway is ready to further develop its close cooperation with Russia. At the same time, despite
Norway is assisting the two West African countries Sierra Leone and Guinea in negotiations on delimitation of the maritime boundary between them. This weekend, Sierra Leone and Guinea signed an agreement on submissions to the Commission on the
Bård Vegar Solhjell was appointed as the new Minister of the Environment today. He takes over the keys to his new office at 14.15 and is officially in place as the Minister at 15:00.
One year after the attacks on Utøya and the Government Quarter, The Government will arrange national commemorations during 22 July.
At a meeting in Berlin today between Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe and Germany’s Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rösler it was made clear that Statnett’s plans for a power cable between Norway and Germany can
Both Mexico and the United States are major producers and exporters of petroleum, and over the years Norway has had regular contact between the countries on petroleum related issues.
Representatives of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs met in Oslo on 12 March to discuss fisheries issues of common interest. Measures against illegal fishing were
Human rights in Vietnam have suffered several setbacks in recent weeks. The Norwegian authorities have made formal protests against the arrest of Father Nguyen Van Ly and the refusal of the Vietnamese authorities to allow the Chairman of the Board
Norway’s Olav Kjørven has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and a Director of UNDP, the UN Development Programme. Minister of International Development Erik Solheim welcomes the appointment.