Tag: defense

Sale of military equipment under fire again

Norway's defense ministry is clamping down on sales and auctions of military equipment, after surplus Navy vessels and other military hardware wound up under the control of...

Six Mali victims on a job for Norway

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported on Wednesday that six Russian citizens killed in the terrorist attacks in Mali last Friday were in the country on...

F16s may join bombing of IS

Norwegian F16 fighter jets may once again be called upon to aid in the bombing of IS targets in Syria, defense experts said Tuesday morning....

Norway blasted over UN nuclear vote

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende was roundly criticized this week after his delegation at the United Nations refused to vote on two UN resolutions against...

‘Scandal’ brews over defense sales

Two of the Norwegian government's top ministers are caught in what one member of the Parliament's disciplinary committee is calling a "scandal." It involves...

Defense budget sees ‘real’ increase

A Norwegian military expert is calling the defense portion of the new state budget proposal "dramatic," because it shows the government is taking new tensions...

Officers blast military cutbacks

Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen formally delivered what's billed as his professional military advice to Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide on Thursday, and it didn't...

Weak krone hikes fighter jet price

The new F35 fighter jets that Norway ordered from Lockheed-Martin in the US have suddenly become even more expensive because they're priced in dollars....

Foreign and defense ministers traveled to Iraq

Norway's incessantly globe-trotting foreign minister, Børge Brende, turned up in Iraq on Monday along with Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, where they met with...

Stoltenberg leaves with more support

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg left Norway after last week's visit to his homeland with promises of bigger defense budgets, more personnel and maybe even...
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