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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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 Ministry of Finance is authorized by the Storting (Parliament) to contract delivery of carbon credits (Certified Emission Reductions, CER, and Emission Reduction Units, ERU) from the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM, and Joint Implementation, JI
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today begins his visit to India and Nepal. Main topics will be climate challenges, the fight against maternal and child mortality and Norwegian industrial opportunities in India.
Norway is one of the largest contributors to civilian reconstruction in Afghanistan. The Government has decided to increase the funding for civilian efforts in 2008 to NOK 750 million. “This increase makes Norway one of the donors with the best
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, will give introductory addresses at this year’s Conference on Europe.
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has expressed his congratulations after Serbia's presidential election on Sunday.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice has decided that a Croatian national charged with war crimes is to be extradited to Serbia. Requests for extradition of the Croatian national have been made by both Serbia and Croatia.
The Norwegian government has taken responsibility for the pioneer divers at a moral and political basis, but has not acknowledged any legal responsibilities for the damage that has been inflicted upon the pioneer divers. Whether or not one is
EU will increase its share of renewable energy to 20 % by 2020. The proposal from the Commission makes concrete demands to each member state.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Dyveke Sanne’s spectacular artwork is now in place at the entrance to Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The art will identify the building from a distance, in both daylight and darkness.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Vice-Chairman (at Minister level) of the National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua monday signed a Framework Agreement on Cooperation and Dialogue on Climate Change between Norway and
“The Government agrees that a thorough review of the events surrounding the terrorist attack in Kabul should be conducted. We all have an interest in clarifying what happened and how the dramatic situation was dealt with,” said Foreign Minister
The Ministry has received the reports from two external R&D-projects being part of the work to improve the performance of the competition policy.
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is concerned about developments in Gaza.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today had video contact from the Troll research station in the Antarctic with the international scientific expedition which has been traversing from Troll towards the South Pole.
”The Norwegian satellite station TrollSat is a milestone in satellite surveillance of the environment”, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in the Antarctic.
”The future of Africa depends on the continent’s ability to adapt to climate change. Climate change has already hit the continent hard", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in Cape Town.
“Women’s participation and gender equality are absolutely essential for development. We cannot combat poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals if half of the world’s population is excluded from political and economic processes,” Erik
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy have received nominations from 46 companies for blocks for the 20th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. In the 19th licensing round, 19 companies participated in the nomination process. 301 blocks
"The agreement on climate policy means that Norway can pursue a long-term climate policy that is not affected by changes of government", said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Africa’s adapting to climate change and new climate research in the Antarctic were topics Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg stressed as he left Oslo today for his climate journey to South Africa and the Antarctic Continent.