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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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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Users of public electronic services may look forward to a better future. The Norwegian government has decided to establish a public infrastructure - a common hub - for electronic ID (eID). This decision means that in the future citizens may use the
The response at the first deadline for submissions, 31 March 2008, is very good. A total of 80 projects, with volumes of 90 million CERs, of which more than 40 million CERs for delivery during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, are
- Women must be given more power. It makes economic sense. We will simply not be able to eradicate poverty if half the population is barred from political and economic participation, said Minister of the Environment and International Development
- We deplore the death threats against Shirin Ebadi and her family, said State Secretary Raymond Johansen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“The meeting confirms that Russian and Norwegian fisheries authorities still are in a position to cooperate well. We have discussed the positive developments in the illegal fishing in the Barents Sea, Norwegian-Russian cooperation on research, and
The British Minister of Energy Mr. Malcolm Wicks and the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ms. Åslaug Haga have taken a joint initiative to gather colleagues to an informal discussion on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) on Sunday 20 April.
The Norwegian Minister of Higher Education and Research Tora Aasland has signed agreements on research collaboration and higher education with her colleagues in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The agreements lay the basis for closer collaboration in
It is a great pleasure for me to address you on the occasion of the opening of the French Norwegian Space Forum here in Oslo.
Document no. 15 (2007-2008), Question no. 806, dated 12 March 2008. From Ivar Kristiansen (Conservative Party) to the Minister of Justice. Answered on 14 March 2008 by Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Labour Party).
Political talks and Norwegian culture will be on the agenda when German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Oslo on Saturday 12 April.
- The building won’t be any obstacle, Minister of government administration and renewal, Ms Heidi Grande Røys, said as she last Friday handed over the key to Norway’s new opera house to Minister of culture and church affairs, Mr Trond Giske. She was
- Despite financial turmoil in the second half of 2007, this was a satisfactory year for the Government Pension Fund, says Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen.
In response to the considerable recent media focus on Norway’s policy in Somalia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to clarify the following points.
Director General Vegard Ellefsen has been appointed Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with effect from 7 April 2008.
- There is a striking lack of openness in the international financial and business sector. This facilitates illicit financial flows that drain developing countries of enormous sums of money, says Minister of the Environment and International
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a proposal put forward by Norway to renew the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a further three years.
It was decided by the King in Council friday to recognise the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state.
The Government today presented the new long-term plan for the Armed Forces: A Defence for the protection of Norway’s security, interests and values. The Government wishes to give the Armed Forces a substantial financial boost. The Government also
The Ministry of Justice has received the report on the loss of the anchor-handling vessel “Bourbon Dolphin”- A special commission of enquiry chaired by appellate court judge Inger Lyng has clarified the course of events and causal factors in
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2008 to John Griggs Thompson, University of Florida and Jacques Tits, Collège de France. This was announced by the Academy’s President, Ole Didrik Lærum, at a press