Tag: defense

Norway’s defense under attack itself

Norway's military and defense establishment was under attack on a variety of fronts this week. Not only is NATO stepping up demands as calls...

Navy accused of another near-crash

One of Norway's major ferry firms, Fjord1, claims that one of its vessels was nearly rammed by one of the Norwegian Navy's corvettes at...

Russia pretended to attack Vardø radar

Russian fighter jets, flying in attack formation, headed straight for the far northern town of Vardø on a winter's day last year, simulating an...

‘China and Russia pose biggest threat’

Norway's military intelligence unit (E-tjenesten) delivered its annual evaluation of national security on Monday, and pointed to the same largest threat as the state's...

Frigate bill spurs new Oil Fund debate

Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen told Parliament on Tuesday that attempts to raise the sunken frigate KNM Helge Ingstad will start Thursday and already have...

All deny blame for helicopter scandal

Not a single Norwegain defense minister over the past 18 years was willing to take responsibility at hearings this week into the country's expensive...

Norway rebuilds its northern defense

The Norwegian defense department plans to invest nearly NOK 2.5 billion rebuilding and expanding military facilities that were set up in its far northern...

NATO’s Stoltenberg scolds homeland

Jens Stoltenberg addressed the annual conference hosted by Norway's employers' organization NHO many times when he held government power in the country. This week...

Foreign minister admits letting Libya down

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide admitted in Parliament this week that not enough was done to stabilize Libya after the NATO bombing attacks...

Defense minister blasts sexual harassment

Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen lashed out at sexual harassment in the armed forces, during his annual address to the military organization Oslo Militære...
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