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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Due to today’s changes in the Government, the Office of the Prime Minister has made changes among the political advisors
Due to today’s changes in the Government, changes have been made among the state secretaries.
In today’s extraordinary session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Lars Peder Brekk (52), Member of Parliament, Rørvik, as Minister of Agriculture and Food. Minister of Petroleum and Energy Åslaug Haga has been honourably discharged
Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen (40) was today appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, representing the Centre Party in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
The Ministry of Finance has concluded, based on the recommendations of the Council on Ethics, that it would be unfounded to exclude the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) from the investment universe of the Government Pension Fund - Global (GPFG).
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: There is huge interest in visiting the global seed vault on Svalbard. Jimmy Carter, George Soros and Ted Turner are amongst those who will visit the vault this summer. There are heavy restrictions on access to the vault.
Norway and India signed this week a Letter of Intent, a so called Memorandum of Understanding, on cooperation in the field of higher education.
- The Government is now allocating NOK 25 million in humanitarian assistance for people affected by the drought in Ethiopia. The funding is being channelled through our partners in the UN, the Red Cross and other NGOs that are already working in
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London today launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. The two Prime Ministers each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund. The
Prime Ministers Jens Stoltenberg and Gordon Brown in London today launched a major new initiative to preserve the rainforest in the Congo Basin. They each committed GBP 50 million to the Congo Basin Forest Fund.
The Petroleum Price Board (PPB) has set normprices for Norwegian crude oil lifted in the 1st quarter of 2008. The normprices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf and are set
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy hereby launch "Facts 2008 - The Norwegian petroleum sector". The publication provides a general overview of all relevant information regarding the Norwegian continental
"The policies guiding our engagement with Sri Lanka remain firm and will not change", says Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Raymond Johansen.
Helga Pedersen today met with the Scottish minister Michael Russell. They have discussed possibilities for closer cooperation between Scotland and Norway on aquaculture and challenges related to climate change.
- There is a strong commitment among the immigrant community to the fight against poverty, said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. Under Pilot Project Pakistan, the funds raised by immigrant organisations will be
- I would like to congratulate the parties in Somalia on the ceasefire agreement that they reached in Djibouti on Monday, said Raymond Johansen, State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - The agreement is an important step
Commissioned by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Norwegian Hospitality Association has drawn up a proposal for a voluntary, nationwide quality assurance system for businesses providing overnight accommodations in Norway.
In a comment to the proposal for regulations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the Ministry of Finance welcomes the U.S. commitment to an open investment environment.
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad, State Secretary from the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, visited the ongoing International Labour Conference in Geneva, 5 and 6 June.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has today written to the chairpersons of the African Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging all countries in the region to increase their pressure on Zimbabwe to ensure that the