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Norway troops to Iraq, Afghanistan

UPDATED: Norway's government has confirmed plans to send a total of 195 military personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan as a contribution to the US-led international...

Russians visit as tensions rise

NEWS ANALYSIS: While Sweden's military continued to hunt this week for what many fear could be a Russian submarine in Swedish territorial waters, concerns...

Norway mum on submarine alarm

A Cold War-like drama continued through the weekend as Swedish military authorities hunted down the source of "foreign underwater activity" in the vast archipelago outside...

Women now subject to military service

The Norwegian Parliament finally approved a long-awaited law making women subject to compulsory military service, just like men have been for decades. Defense Minister...

Russian jets signal ‘return to Arctic’

Norwegian fighter jets are now being dispatched weekly to identify and document close flying along Norway's territorial border by Russian military aircraft. Some of...

Stoltenberg’s first day on the job

PHOTO FEATURE: Norway's former prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, had his first day on the job this week after taking over as the new secretary...

‘Jens’ moves on to NATO in Brussels

NEWS ANALYSIS: After a poignant farewell with his newly widowed father in Oslo earlier this week, the man Norwegians know simply as "Jens" started work...

Minister reacts to Russian ‘aggression’

Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide said on Wednesday that Norway's conservative government has asked the chief of the country's defense forces for a thorough...

Government backs military aid to Iraq

UPDATED: Norway's conservative government coalition is positive towards sending military aid to Iraq, to help in the fight against the extremist Islamic group IS, reports...

‘No choice’ but to back Obama on IS

Norway, which refused to back the US' invasion of Iraq during the Bush Administration, will be supporting US President Barack Obama's plan for fighting...
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