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Norway’s frigate deal a sign of the times

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian Defense Minister Tore O Sandvik ceremoniously signed Norway's biggest and perhaps best-received defense deal ever on Thursday, formally agreeing to buy...

Frigate makes an ‘historic’ visit to Japan

One of Norway's four frigates sailed into Tokyo last week, marking the first time a Norwegian naval vessel has visited Japan after an equally...

Norway takes aim at Arctic defense

All branches of the Norwegian military are boosting their presence, patrols and defense exercises in the country's Arctic areas. This week Norway also formally...

Oil Fund’s Israeli sell-off begins

UPDATED: Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg says he's glad Norway's Oil Fund has "acted quickly" to sell off several of its highly controversial stakes in...

Military employees can still commute

Even though Norway's defense build-up will create thousands of new jobs in Northern Norway and other areas of the country, military employees won't be...

New NATO center challenged

The Norwegian government's site selection for a new NATO command center in Norway was quickly challenged in Parliament on Tuesday. The opposition was just...

Ten NATO allies joined forces in Oslo and emerged more optimistic

Norway hosted the leaders of nine fellow NATO-member countries in the alliance's core North Atlantic region this week, all of them keen to coordinate...

Norway’s first rocket launch crashed, but still regarded as a ‘great success’

After more than a week of mostly weather-related delays, Norway's Andøya Spaceport and the German firm Isar Aerospace could finally try launching a rocket...

Norway boosts northern defense

Norwegian soldiers have embarked on the longest mid-winter training exercise in recent history, cutting all contact with the outside world for 100 days as...

Winds of war blow around Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: From its strategic Arctic areas in the far north, to its border to Russia in northeastern Finnmark and vast offshore territory in...
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