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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
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‘By working together, we have got the virus under control, and can start to lift restrictions little by little. We will do this together, cautiously, and taking our time,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has implemented measures and is continuously assessing the need for new measures to support the national defence industry.
The Government is seeking to boost life-saving assistance and humanitarian efforts in high-priority areas such protection of civilians and innovation by entering new multi-year partnership agreements with the Norwegian Refugee Council (including
The Government is proposing central government compensation for enterprises that experience a revenue fall of at least 30 % due to the coronavirus outbreak. The compensation amount will depend on how much revenue has dropped, the size of unavoidable
The outbreak of Covid-19 is serious for life and health. To counter the outbreak, strong measures have been taken in Norway as well as in other parts of the world. The outbreak will have a major impact on the economy and significantly weigh on
The Lombardy region of Italy is in desperate need of health-care personnel due to the coronavirus emergency. Norway is now sending a medical team to the region.
The Government today proposed additional financial measures to soften the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak in Norway. The newly submitted measures are directed at industries, companies and certain groups that have been particularly hard hit
The annual spring meeting of the international donor group for Palestine, the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), was due to be held in Brussels on 1 April, hosted by the EU. The meeting has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In its
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is maintaining the travel advice it issued on 14 March cautioning against non-essential travel to all countries. The reason is the increased spread of the coronavirus internationally and the unpredictable and
Norwegian Church Aid today signed an agreement of record size with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The agreement provides a total of NOK 1.75 billion over five years to support Norwegian Church Aid’s sustainable development
In consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Research Council of Norway will provide up to NOK 100 million in support for measures to fight coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The funding will be allocated, among other things, to the World
Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein was present today as the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) signed a new five-year agreement with Norwegian People’s Aid to support the organisation’s efforts to fight poverty
Norway is opening its borders for seasonal workers from EEA countries in the agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors and the food industry.
‘We are pleased that the UN acted so quickly on our proposal to establish a global fund to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Norway is providing a first contribution of NOK 150 million to enable the work of the fund to get under way as soon as
The Norwegian companies Laerdal Medical and Servi have developed an emergency ventilator in collaboration with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment that could help to double the number of breathing machines at Norwegian hospitals by the end
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy proposes to include 36 new blocks in this year's licensing round in the well-known parts of the Norwegian Continental Shelf - Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020. The proposal is now sent on a public
The Act relating to the Government Bond Fund and Folketrygdfondet’s mandate for managing the fund both enter into force Friday 27 March. Folketrygdfondet, a state-owned asset manager, can begin making investments immediately. The bond fund was
Friday 27 March, the Government put forward additional financial measures to address the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Government will allocate more than NOK 2 billion to the development of vaccines to protect us against pandemics. New digital solutions are being developed to make COVID-19 contact tracing easier.
Norway is to increase its support for the work to develop vaccines against the virus that has caused the current Covid-19 pandemic and against future epidemics by NOK 2.2 billion.