Tag: defense

Police boost preparedness

Police departments all over Norway are raising their levels of preparedness to the so-called Alfa level. All police officers have been told to be...

Stoltenberg wins praise amidst grief

The man who guided Norway through its worst crisis since World War II is now doing the same as leader of the world's biggest...

Trump may push Norway into the EU

Norwegians on both ends of the political spectrum are suddenly starting to speak seriously about the need for a new public discussion about joining...

Trump retreats but uncertainty reigns

NEWS ANALYSIS: "Confidence in the US sinks just about every time Trump opens his mouth," said former two-term Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik...

Mattis mended ties after NATO Summit

Helicopters whirled over Oslo Friday evening and Saturday morning, when the US' Secretary of Defense James Mattis showed up for a short visit that...

NATO Summit drew to a confusing end

UPDATED: Norway's delegation to the NATO Summit in Brussels could smile at least a bit more broadly after all allied heads of state, including...

Stoltenberg tested as NATO drama began

UPDATED: The leadership of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, was already being put to the test Wednesday morning, when...

‘Trump’s tweets won’t run meeting’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg arrived in Brussels Tuesday evening for this week's NATO Summit, and it didn't take long for US Donald Trump to...

Norway goes wrong way on NATO goal

Norway generally gets good marks for its NATO participation, but new statistics show its defense spending is not on course towards the defense alliance's...

Russians fire back at defense chief

Officials at the Russian Embassy in Oslo are none too pleased that Norway's defense chief, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, thinks Russia is getting "far more...
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