Tag: defense

New defense plan targets home turf

Norwegian Defense Minister Espen Barth Eide has unveiled a new long-term plan for the defense sector that wraps up 10 years of military reorganization...

Hope ran out, officers declared dead

Swedish police continued searching for and collecting the remains of a Norwegian military cargo plane and its crew of five Norwegian officers on Sunday,...

Hercules plane missing, five on board

Five experienced Norwegian Air Force officers remained missing Friday after a Hercules military transport plane disappeared Thursday afternoon while participating in the international military...

High-tech terror tops threat ranking

Norway's military intelligence unit known as "E-tjenesten" has handed over its latest open evaluation of threats to national and international security, with high-tech terrorism now...

Fighter jet base landed at Ørland

After months of rivalry and lobbying, Norway's defense ministry will set up new bases for the country's new fleet of F35 fighter jets at...

Fighter jet funding splits government

Norway's three-party coalition government reportedly is split over yet another issue, this time over how the state will pay for a new fleet of...

Soldier wounded in Afghan clash

A Norwegian soldier was wounded after demonstrators outside the Norwegian military camp at Meymaneh in Afghanistan threw a hand grenade into the camp. Norwegian Broadcasting...

Probe demanded of Libya bombings

Jan Egeland, the former Norwegian diplomat who now heads Human Rights Watch in Europe, is calling for an investigation into Norway's and NATO's bombing...

Islamic demonstration faced boycott

UPDATED: Muslims themselves were urged to boycott a planned demonstration in front of the Norwegian Parliament on Friday by an Islamic group considered to...

Video threatens Crown Prince, Stoltenberg with ‘painful revenge’

A video published on the social media site Facebook threatens Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre...
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