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Lights to go out at Andøya air base

After months of debate, Norway's government parties reached agreement with the opposition Labour Party on a new long-term defense plan that includes more funding...

More submarine sightings reported

Norway's civilian coastal population has been busy in recent weeks, reporting a series of new sightings of what may be foreign submarines in Norwegian waters....

Russia objects to US troops in Norway

Russia's foreign ministry made it clear Thursday night that it's not at all in favour of Norway allowing US troops to be stationed at Værnes...

Royal infatuation sealed US support

"Intimate" and "private" is how author and royal researcher Tor Bomann-Larsen has described the "close relationship" between Norway's Crown Princess Martha and US President Franklin Delano...

US troops to get a lukewarm welcome

NEWS ANALYSIS: There's a reason why US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and several other top American defense officials have been trooping to Norway since early...

Secret meeting saved defense plan

UPDATED: Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide reportedly took part in a secret meeting at the Parliament early this week, in an effort to rescue efforts...

US soldiers due to arrive in Værnes in January

The Norwegian government's reported decision to allow 300 US soldiers to be stationed at Værnes near Trondheim continues to spark debate. Now the local...

Liberals’ leader objects to US Marines at local base

Trine Skei Grande, leader of the Liberal Party (Venstre), is really on a collision course this autum with the conservative government her party has...

Spying chief rejects calls for openness

Some residents of Northern Norway aren't at all happy about the amount of intelligence gathering going on in their communities and who's involved in...

Norway loses another war hero

Tributes have been published in Norwegian media all week, since news broke that one of Norway's last surviving war heroes had died at the age...

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