Tag: defense

Norway may stay in Afghanistan

UPDATED: Norway's new defense minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, spent the weekend visiting Norwegian troops in Afghanistan and evaluating whether to extend their mission. Søreide...

War heroes win overdue honours

 After being all but ignored for more than 70 years, members of Norway's World War II resistance movement known as "Pelle-gruppa" (the Pelle Group)...

Spy news can sour Russian relations

As revelations of US spying continue to leak out of documents distributed by defected American Edward Snowden, some of them may cause conflicts for...

‘Poor routines’ led to Hercules crash

Last year's crash of a Norwegian Hercules military cargo plane on its way to Kiruna in northern Sweden has been blamed on a combination...

Oscarsborg, Høyblokken on preservation list

Norway's state agency in charge of historic preservation (Riksantikvaren) has targeted the historic fortress of Oscarsborg, the area around it and, farther up the...

Frigate berthed for its spare parts

One of the Norwegian navy's five new, expensive frigates has been permanently berthed at the Haakonsvern naval base in Bergen where it serves mostly...

Syria crisis hits election campaign

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide cancelled all his scheduled election campaign appearances on Wednesday in order to concentrate on the ongoing crisis in Syria....

Military sends out terrorism warning

Norway's military intelligence unit known as E-tjenesten confirmed Sunday that it had sent out a warning of a possible terrorist attack to Norwegian government...

New defense chief wins support

The appointment of Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen as Norway's new defense chief on Friday won broad support from both inside and outside the military. Bruun-Hanssen,...

Navy chases pirates again

A Norwegian frigate is back on duty off the east coast of Africa, joining international forces in an ongoing patrol against pirates in and...
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