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 You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide met Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian pro-democracy movement, for political talks today.
“Norway has a unique foundation for becoming the world's most attractive data center nation. We have a surplus of renewable energy, low electricity prices, good digital infrastructure and a cool climate. The Government is now strengthening its
Norway will accept the English and Welsh NHS COVID Pass from 12 August at 3 pm, which is when the solution to verify the QR code in the NHS COVID pass will be rolled out at the border.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is extending its global advice against non-essential travel to all countries with the exception of the EU/EEA countries, Switzerland and the UK. In addition, the advice against non-essential travel no longer applies
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against all travel to Afghanistan and urges all Norwegian citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country.
Based on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s weekly assessment of the Covid-19 situation, the Government has decided to change the status of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine from ‘grey’ to ‘purple’ on the map showing the status for quarantine on
Due to uncertainty concerning the Delta variant and the increased infection rates both in Norway and internationally, the Norwegian Government has decided not to implement Step 4 of the reopening plan at this time. In the middle of August a new
Statement (digital) by four Ministers at the pre-summit to the UN Food Systems Summit; Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Bollestad, Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd E. Ingebrigtsen, Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn and
By Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen , Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Vervik Bollestad, Former Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein, Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn 27 July
The Minister of International Development's statement (digital) at the «Ministerial roundtable - transforming food systems for achieving the sustainable development goals: Rising to the challenge», pre-summit to the UN Food Systems Summit.
By Former Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein 27 July
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State Secretary Aksel Jakobsen's statement (digital) at the «End hunger and nourish all people», pre-summit to the UN Food Systems Summit.
By Former State Secretary Aksel Jakobsen 26 July
An increasing proportion of the population have been vaccinated and this means that we are now in a position to ease some of the current travel restrictions. However, while we are further opening the border, we must be prepared for the possibility
The Government’s ambition is for Norway to play a pioneering role in the development of a green, circular economy that makes better, more efficient use of resources. Norway will play this role by further developing policy and policy instruments both
The donor countries and Hungary failed to agree on how the funding for civil society was to be administered. Therefore no funding will be provided to Hungary for the implementation of programmes during the current period, and Hungary loses access to
On 10 March, the Storting (Norwegian parliament) disclosed that its email systems had been compromised. The breach exploited security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange software.
As of Monday 19 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is withdrawing its travel advice for the following countries: Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro and Qatar.
'The Belarus authorities show total disregard of fundamental democratic rights. Norway condemns the crackdown on civil society and the detention of human rights defenders in Vyasna and other organisations. Political prisoners must be released
Partners of people residing in Norway who are themselves resident in the USA and have been granted permission by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration to enter Norway may travel to the country until the next date when any changes to the Norwegian
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched its new strategy for the Sahel region 23 June.