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Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the historical archive, you can find information from previous governments. Among the documents found here are press releases, news articles and speeches from earlier government periods. The document archive also contains documents which are no longer valid, for instance replaced or expired documents.
Documents which are moved to the archive are not updated, so the information in the archive is mostly of historical value.
“The parliamentary elections in Morocco are an important step in the country’s democratisation process. I am pleased that the elections were conducted in a peaceful and transparent manner,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Why did thousands of Norwegians leave their country 100 years ago when there were oil and gas under the seabed, opportunities for fish farming in the fjords, and promising marine bio prospecting activities? The answer is obvious today: They did not
Although Norway has considerable adaptive capacity, climate change will have high costs, both human and material, if climate change considerations are not taken in planning and decision making.
The Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm discussed the labour market situation and pay and working conditions with European leaders in Brussels.
Norway condemns the attack on the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday in the strongest terms. Violent protesters broke into the embassy compound causing damage to the buildings. Diplomatic personnel were present during the attack.
The Norwegian government has pointed out the High North as a key priority, State Secretary Roger Ingebrigtsen said in his address.
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre commented, “Norway welcomes the important work being done by the Arab League to end the violence in Syria. Sunday’s historic decision to introduce sanctions shows that the region has lost
Foreign Minister Støre's words of welcome in the conference booklet.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to visit South Africa, Australia and Antarctica in December.
Norwegian expertise in areas such as disaster risk management, the rule of law and parliamentary oversight may be world class. But our advice and assistance can be so much richer when partnered with know-how based on experiences that are unique to a
Check against delivery Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Ambassador Ståle Torstein Risa, Dear friends and all of you who are contributing to the good relations between Norway and Vietnam. It gives me great pleasure to be here for this celebration of
Check against delivery Mr Ambassador, Distinguished participants, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great joy and privilege for me to be here today as the representative of the Norwegian Government to open this Symposium to mark 40 years of diplomatic
“Norway has, together with key Arab and European countries, taken the initiative to bring the grave situation in Syria before the UN General Assembly,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Read the State Secretary Heidi Sørensen's speech. (pdf)
Read State Secretary Heidi Sørenesen's speech. (pdf)
The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been visiting the government quarter in Oslo. He placed a bouquet of flowers at the government high-rise building and presented Minister Rigmor Aasrud with a figure in remembrance of the victims of the
- Democracy in Europe requires effective European integration and well-functioning democratic nation states, Foreign Minister Støre said in his opening remarks at the conference at Arena Centre for European Studies, University in Oslo 24 November.
Norway condemns the sentencing of the prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. “There are strong indications that the judgment is politically motivated,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented.
The Ministry of Finance’s advisory panel on macroeconomic models and methods was established in May 2011. The panel shall advise on topics relevant to the Ministry’s work on macroeconomic issues.
UNOFFICOAL TRANSLATION Stockholm 23 November 2011 The introduction of a ban on discards of fish in the Skagerrak Denmark, Norway and Sweden have long traditions of utilizing and managing fisheries resources in the Skagerrak. Sweden,