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Veterans won fresh D-Day memories

PHOTO FEATURE: The elderly Norwegian veterans who traveled to France in early June to take part in D-Day memorials came home this time with...

Norwegians hailed in D-Day memorials

Norway was an occupied country during the dark days of World War II but played an official role nonetheless in the pivotal D-Day invasion...

Warm welcome for returning Afghan interpreter

Norwegian military veterans in full uniform, other enthusiastic supporters and a full press corps were among those waiting to welcome Faizullah Muradi back to...

Veterans campaign for translator

UPDATED: More than 3,000 signatures gathered by Norwegian veterans in support of deported Afghan interpreter Faizulla Muradi were presented to the Justice Ministry on...

PM wouldn’t help Afghan interpreter

UPDATED: An Afghan man who sought asylum after working as an interpreter for the Norwegian military was deported on Tuesday, after authorities refused to...

Barth Eide sees another ‘New World Order’

Norway's former defense and foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, has declared that the crisis in Ukraine shows that "the time after the Cold War"...

Lund to head UN peacekeeping force

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that Norwegian Major General Kristin Lund had "broken through the glass ceiling" to become the first...

Conservatives dive in latest poll

Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservative Party (Høyre), which leads the country's minority government coalition, fell three full points in a new public opinion poll....

Chill settled over defense ceremonies

Norway once again mounted its annual Liberation Day and Veterans Day ceremonies on May 8, this year under threatening skies and chilly temperatures. It...

Admiral’s job wasn’t gender-based

The Supreme Court of Norway (Høyesterett) ruled on Tuesday that Rear Admiral Louise Kathrine Dedichen was not appointed as head of the Norwegian Defense...
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