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Norwegian vessel sails to North Pole

Norway's polar exploration heroes Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen never managed to sail all the the way to the North Pole, but a vessel...

Russia won’t let Hurtigruten sail

Russian authorities have spoiled some exclusive Arctic cruise plans for passengers on board one of the Norwegian shipping line Hurtigruten's newest vessels, the MS...

Russian exercises illustrate tension

Norwegian and NATO forces claim to be keeping a close eye this week on Russian military forces, which launched some of their largest military exercises...

Russia posts missiles near the border

Russian officials have disclosed that they've moved a coastal missile system to a new location on Russia's Sredny Peninsula in the far north. The...

Norway braced for Russian exercises

The Russian Navy is expected to launch "unusually high activity" off the coast of Northern Norway next week, after announcing more military training exercises...

Norway hesitates over Iran response

The Norwegian government is still mulling over a request from the US for a military "contribution" towards boosting security in the waters off Iran....

Norway unlikely to meet NATO goals

It took a complaint from NATO's Norwegian chief Jens Stoltenberg to spur Norway's defense ministry into action this week. It finally announced a bigger...

Ministry confirms frigate scrapping

It's official: Norway's badly damaged frigate KNM Helge Ingstad won't be repaired. The defense ministry has finally determined that it will be better to...

Norway remembers its D-Day heroes

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was among allied government leaders invited to D-Day memorials in Portsmouth this week, because of the role exiled Nowegians played...

Police, military tied to weapon scandal

Norwegian police have revealed a fairly brisk illegal weapons trade, after finding and seizing stashes of more than 2,000 firearms believed to stem from...
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