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Debate rises over Russian defense

NEWS ANALYSIS: A new report from the Norwegian defense department's own research institute highlights four reasons why Russia has become more dangerous for Norway,...

Fight goes on over defense compromise

A day after Parliament finally agreed on a new defense program for Norway, two MPs from the otherwise allied Labour and Center parties kept...

New foreign minister gets down to work

Ine Eriksen Søreide, who succeeded Børge Brende as Norway's new foreign minister last month, has been busy settling into her new job and made...

Erdogan ‘milking’ NATO and Norway

UPDATED: Turkey's authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was "milking" an offensive incident at a NATO exercise in Norway last week for all it's worth...

Royal welcome for new fighter jets

Norway's three new F35 fighters jets took off for the first time from their new home at the Ørland air base on the West...

New fighter jets finally landed

After years of political debate, production and then some refueling challenges, the first three of Norway's new F35 fighter jets landed safely on Friday...

Weapon sales raise objections

Several countries in the Saudi-led alliance that's at war in Yemen bought weapons and other defense equipment from Norway last year. The sales have...

New fighter jets due to arrive

Norway can finally expect delivery of the first of its new F35 fighter jets from the US later this week. Three of the F35s...

Soldier killed during mine-clearing demonstration

Flags flew at half-mast at army  installations around Norway during the weekend, after a soldier was killed while demonstrating mine-clearing equipment on a shooting range...

Russians ‘trained to invade Svalbard’

UPDATED: A Norwegian website dedicated to preventing another invasion of Norway was reporting on Wednesday that Russian forces mounted a mock invasion of Svalbard...
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