Tag: defense

NATO chief flies home to some critics

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived back home in Norway this week, on an official visit in his new role as secretary general of...

Russia responds to ‘challenges’

Russia's embassy in Oslo has responded in detail to questions raised about its intentions in the Arctic. Meanwhile, displays of military force continue on both...

Ceremonial start to the 17th of May

SEE THE VIDEO: "They fought, they fell, they gave us everything." It doesn't rhyme in English, but an early morning ceremony on Norway's national...

Norway gears for war memorials

Friday May 8th is both Liberation- and Veterans' Day in Norway, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War...

Admiral regrets sales to Nigeria

Norwegian Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hansen admitted on Thursday that military officials had done a poor job of selling several surplus vessels in 2012 and 2013, and...

Experts: ‘Increase defense spending’

An expert advisory group hired in by Norway's defense ministry has  confirmed what government and military officials themselves have been saying for months: Norway...

Solberg rallied her party troops

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, whose leadership has been directly challenged this week on several key issues, went on the offensive Friday as she opened her Conservative...

Norway to send F16s to the Baltic

Norwegian F16 fighter jets will start flying over the Baltic next month and through the summer, to help NATO with routine patrols of the...

Russian relations in new cold phase

Norway's top military envoy to NATO agrees with Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide that the country has landed in a new period of much colder relations with Russia...

Stoltenbergs urged Nordic defense pact

NEWS ANALYSIS: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed a "strengthened cooperation" signaled by government ministers of the Nordic countries late last week, and that's no...
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