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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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In today’s session of the Council of State the Crown Prince Regent has made changes among the state secretaries.
In today’s session of the Council of State the Crown Prince Regent has appointed Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt (38), Member of Storting, Jessheim, as Minister of Children and Equality as of today at 12.30 pm.
- I am delighted that the parties in Kenya have finally reached an agreement on power-sharing and a coalition government, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre.
“Climate change is altering the face of disaster risk. In order to take global challenges of disaster risk reduction seriously, we need to integrate disaster and climate risk management with foreign policy and development cooperation,” said Minister
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Looking toward the future, the newly appointed International Advisory Council held its first meeting within hours of the official opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Within hours of the conclusion of the official opening ceremony of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Vault was already in business.
- Norway welcomes the recent communication on a common European approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds from the European Commission. The announcement contributes to the ongoing work in the IMF on establishing a voluntary code of conduct for SWFs, says
“Norway will join efforts to create a low enriched uranium reserve, controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre announced today. This reserve will offer an alternative to the
Foreign Minister Støre will host the conference, which is part of the follow-up to the Bali Action Plan and the preparations for Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009.
Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales, is coming to Norway for an official visit from 1 to 4 March this year. Minister of the Environment and International Cooperation Erik Solheim will be the host for the visit.
”A global seed vault is necessary to provide a safe haven in the permafrost of Svalbard for the world’s biological diversity. It is a Noah’s Ark for our biological heritage”, Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg said at the opening of the Global
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: At the opening ceremony today, the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, unlocked the vault, and together with the African Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai he placed the first seeds in the
From 2009 Norway is going to give an annual contribution to the International Treaty’s benefit-sharing fund for financing plant breeding in developing countries and challenge other OECD-members to contribute likewise. If all the challenged countries
Norwegians are more advanced users of the Internet than most other Europeans. Even though digital divisions still exist in Norway, according to new EU statistics the generation gap is smaller in Norway than in the European Union.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre will open the international conference Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, which will be held in Oslo on 26-27 February. The aim of the conference is to explore how states can
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre has taken the initiative for a conference entitled The Oslo Policy Forum on Changing the Way We Develop: Dealing with Disasters and Climate Change, which will be held in Oslo from 28 to 29 February. Mr
The initiative for an international ban on cluster munitions taken by the Norwegian Government last year (the Oslo Process) has now entered its decisive final stage.
The Norwegian State currently holds 62,5 per cent of the shares in StatoilHydro. The Parliament has authorised the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to increase this to a 67 per cent ownership stake. The share purchase will be financed through the
The Office of the Prime Minister has appointed Ms. Hadia Tajik as acting political advisor to the Prime Minister during Ms. Mina Gerhardsen’s leave of absence.
A press release from the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements (TBU) reveals that the average annual pay growth from 2006 to 2007 for all groups is estimated at 5.4 per cent.