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Once-proud frigate set to be scrapped

It will cost more to repair the ill-fated frigate KNM Helge Ingstad than to build a new one, Norwegian defense officials have confirmed. Both...

Norway celebrates veterans, freedom

It was perhaps ironic that a large German cruiseship would sail into Oslo early Wednesday morning, just as an historic US military vessel was...

Spy chief candid to the bitter end

In his unusual but typically candid manner, Lt General Kjell Grandhagen told newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) last December that he didn't know how long...

Norwegian defense ‘has been weakened’

Only their smiles were perhaps surprising when Norway's defense chief, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, presented his annual report to Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen this week....

Probe launched into frigate’s salvage

The Norwegian Navy's ill-fated frigate KNM Helge Ingstad was refloated this week, just six weeks after the sunken vessel was raised from the waters...

Labour celebrated Jens and Gro

Jens Stoltenberg had just turned 60 and addressed the US Congress, while the woman who propelled his political career and went on to lead...

‘Jens’ charms Trump and NATO at 70

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's Jens Stoltenberg has always been known as a likeable guy, from his years as a radical young politician through his three...

Three face blame for frigate collision

No charges have been filed yet, but the police investigation into the spectacular collision between a Norwegian frigate and an oil tanker last fall...

Cyber attacks high on defense agenda

Norway's defense minister had the threat of cyber attacks high on his agenda when he met with foreign correspondents in Oslo earlier this week,...

Defense minister heads into battle

"I'm a peaceful guy," Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen told foreign corespondents in Oslo on Monday. As he headed into the government's first major...
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