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17/10/2005
Press release
The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release No.: 179/2005 Date: 17 October 2005 New state secretaries Following the change of government at 1 pm today, where Jens Stoltenberg’s second government succeeded Kjell Magne Bondevik’s second government, the King in an extraordinary
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Ministers
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
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Ministers
Ministry of Children and Equality
Karita Bekkemellem (Social Democratic Party) assumed the post of Minister of Children and Family Affairs on 17 Oct. 2005. On 1 Jan. 2006 the name of the ministry was changed to the Ministry of Children and Equality. Karia Bekkemellem was also
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Ministers
Ministry of Education and Research
The Norwegian Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal is responsible for kindergarten, education and research. Djupedal is born in 1960, is married and has three children.
He holds a journeyman certificate in litography. Djupedal has
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Image archive
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Photo: Torbjørn Tandberg Click on the picture for a larger format. Photo: Bjørn Sigurdsøn, SMK Photo: Bjørn Sigurdsøn, SMK
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
-The Government proposes an
increase of about NOK 100 million in the 2006 budget for petroleum
research and development (R&D), says Mrs Thorhild Widvey,
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy. (14.10.05)
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
This commitment from the Government
enables increased mapping, research and environmental monitoring in
the north alongside strengthened co-operation with Russia, says Mrs
Thorhild Widvey, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy.
(14.10.05)
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
-Norway is heavily engaged in
developing technologies for carbon capture and storage.
(14.10.05)
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Compared to the Revised National
Budget (RNB) 2005 this is an upward adjustment of NOK 50 this year
and NOK 65 next year. (14.10.05)
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In the budget proposal for 2006,
the Government proposes increasing development assistance by NOK
1.9 billion. It is proposed that a total of NOK 18.5 billion be
allocated for development assistance in 2006. This brings
development assistance
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In the Foreign Ministry’s budget
areas, Jan Petersen wishes to focus on democracy building through
humanitarian efforts, human rights and peaceful resolution of
conflicts. Provisions have been made for substantial increases in
disarmament and
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The Government has today submitted
a separate legislative proposition on the establishment of the
Government Pension Fund. The Pension Fund will help to make clear
that the Government accumulate assets to finance future pension
payments under
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14/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Finance
The performance of the Norwegian
mainland economy continues to be strong, and growth in the mainland
economy is now well above trend. Employment is picking up and the
unemployment rate is falling. A broadly neutral fiscal policy
stance is
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13/10/2005
News story
Ministry of Finance
New recommendation from the
Advisory Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Petroleum
Fund whether the two weapons systems
Spider and
Intelligent Munition Sysem (IMS) would be considered
illegal under the convention on antipersonnel
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13/10/2005
Speech/statement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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12/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I strongly condemn the killing of
three soldiers and two other members of the African Union
Monitoring Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in Darfur on 8 October. We
also condemn the kidnapping on 9 October of 38 observers from the
AMIS force in Darfur,
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11/10/2005
Speech/statement
The Office of the Prime Minister
By
Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
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11/10/2005
Rules
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norge har sammen med de andre
G10-landene fremlagt et felles forslag i de pågående forhandlingene
i Verdens handelsorganisasjon (WTO) om importvernet for
landbruksvarer. Forslaget ble presentert av den sveitsiske
økonominister Joseph Deiss på
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11/10/2005
Press release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The government will submit a
proposal to the Storting for an additional development assistance
allocation of NOK 300 million for the victims of natural disasters.
According to the proposal, the main share would be earmarked for
those affected by
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08/10/2005
Plans/strategy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Strategy for Norway’s culture and sports co-operation with countries in the South (in pdf)