Tag: preparedness
Military exercises begin in Oslo area
Military troops attached to Norway's Home Guard launched a series of exercises in the Oslo area this week. The goal is to ensure defense...
Norway starts storing grain
For the first time in 20 years, Norway plans to start storing grain to help ensure national food supplies. The government believes pandemic, war...
Civil defense test spread to mobile phones
UPDATED: Norwegian civil defense officials, scrambling to improve preparedness, warned that many mobile phones all over the country would start to vibrate and emit...
Military exercises in downtown Oslo
Norway's defense department sent out a last-minute notice on Wednesday, warning of training exercises in and over the Norwegian capital. The unusual exercises were...
‘High priority’ for defense, as tensions and potential threats rise
As Russia's war on Ukraine grows even more bloody, concerns also keep rising in Norway over its own defense. A recent rash of potential...
Billions needed to revive bomb shelters
Norway's bomb shelters have been branded as outdated and suffering from a chronic lack of maintenance. In some cases, local officials don't even have...
Cash poised for a comeback
After years of being dismissed as old-fashioned and a security risk, cash may soon re-emerge as a state-mandated means of payment in highly digitalized...
Norway stumbles into a ‘new phase’ of military preparedness
The Norwegian government announced more plans on Monday to strengthen defense preparedness, after another rash of criticism over a lack thereof. Prime Minister Jonas...
Fire-fighting team heads for Greece
For the first time ever, Norwegian fire-fighters are taking part in an EU cooperative effort to extinguish a major blaze outside Norway. They're preparing...
Nuke plant attack akin to ‘madness’
Demand has soared in Norway for Jodix (iodine) tablets, even before news broke Friday morning of Russia's attack on Ukraine's (and Europe's) largest nuclear...
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