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Norway needs more soldiers

Norway's Chief of Defense, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, used release this week of the country's annual defense report (Forsvarets årsrapport) to warn of several holes...

Putin glad ‘Jens’ will lead NATO

The recent selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens  Stoltenberg as the next leader of NATO has won broad support, now also from Russian President...

Solberg calls for calm over Ukraine

The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg called for calm on Wednesday as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continued to rise. Russian President Vladamir Putin...

Brende fears Ukraine bloodbath

Foreign Minister Børge Brende fears the escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine could develop into full-scale war. He said tougher sanctions against Russia may be...

Ukraine crisis brings Brende home

Foreign Minister Børge Brende cut short a trip to the US and Mexico on Sunday after violence broke out again in eastern Ukraine and...

Nordic countries condemn Russia

Ukraine, political security in Europe and the path towards the NATO summit in September were up for discussion when the Nordic countries' defense ministers...

Stoltenberg’s road to NATO

Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg, who'll be taking over this fall as the next secretary general of NATO, could finally offer some insight this...

WWII mines exploded in Oslofjord

Norwegian and Swedish defence mine sweepers blew up five unexploded World War II-era mines outside Nesodden in the Oslofjord on Wednesday. It's estimated more...

Stoltenberg wins top NATO job

Jens Stoltenberg, Norway's highly popular former prime minister, has been chosen as the next civilian head of NATO, and politicians in Norway were already...

Stoltenberg ran into some critics

Some of the arguably harshest criticism to be lodged yet against the former government of Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg came just as speculation...
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