Tag: defense
Military exercises begin in Oslo area
Military troops attached to Norway's Home Guard launched a series of exercises in the Oslo area this week. The goal is to ensure defense...
Support soars for Ukraine
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre suddenly turned up at Ukraine's Independence Day ceremonies in Kyiv on Thursday, and came bearing many gifts. While...
NATO’s Stoltenberg: ‘No room for compromise’ over Ukraine
NEWS ANALYSIS: There's been a lot of damage control going on in Norway and, presumably, at NATO since the Norwegian chief of staff for...
Norway pondered F16s for Ukraine
Norway claims it's ready to finally help train Ukrainian pilots on how to fly F16s, after the US approved donations of fighter jets it...
Russia upsets Norwegian fishing boats
A sudden Russian naval exercise in the Norwegian economic zone of the Barents Sea has upset scores of Norwegian fishing boats already in the...
Ministries hit by cyber attack
A total of 12 Norwegian government ministries have been hit by a cyber attack that prompted formation of a crisis staff nearly two weeks...
Blunder shut NATO’s new ‘eye’ in Norway
Last week's NATO summit was just getting underway when Norway's defense department had to admit to a big blunder: After spending millions and scarring...
Norway welcomes Sweden into NATO
Norwegian leaders were jubilant after NATO could finally confirm on Monday that Sweden would be joining the military alliance along with Finland. Prime Minister...
Jens just couldn’t say ‘no’
NATO finally confirmed on Tuesday that Norway's own Jens Stoltenberg will spend another year, his 10th, as secretary general of the defense alliance. The...
Norway keeps border to Russia open
UPDATED: Norwegian officials confirm they have no plans to close Norway's border to Russia in the far north, despite ongoing uncertainty over the dramatic...
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