Tag: defense

Fewer eager to serve in military

Fully 90 percent of all Norwegians agree that the nation must have its own defense forces, but fewer are willing take part themselves. Results...

Survey reflects confidence in defense

Some of the most important vessels in the British Navy attracted lots of attention when they berthed for a three-day show of strength in...

‘Queen Elizabeth’ sails into Oslo

One of the world's largest aircraft carriers squeezed through the Oslo Fjord on Monday to spend the next few days in the Norwegian capital....

Billions needed to revive bomb shelters

Norway's bomb shelters have been branded as outdated and suffering from a chronic lack of maintenance. In some cases, local officials don't even have...

Broken promises hurt the government more than the war

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has lurched from crisis to crisis during his minority government's first year in office, and found himself...

Norway stumbles into a ‘new phase’ of military preparedness

The Norwegian government announced more plans on Monday to strengthen defense preparedness, after another rash of criticism over a lack thereof. Prime Minister Jonas...

Police want to keep Russian drone operators in custody

Courts in both northern and western Norway are being asked to extend the custody of Russians arrested recently for flying drones and using them...

Defense chief to oil industry: ‘Keep calm and carry on’

The commander in chief of Norway's armed forces was called upon by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority on Tuesday to address leaders of the Norwegian oil...

Another Russian arrested, PST to coordinate probes

Norway's state prosecutor has asked police intelligence agency PST to take on  "centralized responsibility" for the investigations into a rash of illegal drone activity...

Police lack equipment to ground illegal drones

Norwegian police set up a project three years ago to address the threats drones can pose. They were put off, though, over ever-changing technology...
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