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Military also sees rising threat level

Norway's military intelligence agency (E-tjenesten) confirmed on Thursday that it also sees a rising threat of terror against Norway. While Islamic extremists pose the...

Russia now poses ‘real’ Arctic threat

Russia under an increasingly aggressive President Vladimir Putin has put Norway in an "entirely new situation," especially regarding its authority in the Arctic, claims one local foreign...

5,000 soldiers to train near Russia

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Norwegian military plans to send 5,000 soldiers to a major training exercise next month in the...

Putin’s ‘oil czar’ visits Norway

He's been banned from entering the United States, but top Russian oil executive Igor Sechin was in Norway on Thursday for business meetings with Norwegian...

Jens ‘tense’ before first NATO meeting

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been flying around Europe and as far as Afghanistan since taking over as secretary general of NATO...

Solberg’s comments ‘lost in translation’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg's staff and Norway's foreign ministry were fending off reports in Ukraine this week that Norway had "frozen" all contact with...

Telenor lifts the veil on VimpelCom

After refusing to answer questions about bribery suspicions at mobile phone firm VimpelCom, Norwegian telecoms company Telenor has finally revealed some of the contact it's...

Still no answers from Telenor

Telenor's chief executive officer and chairman didn't offer any new public response to corruption allegations after a meeting with Norway's government minister in charge of business and trade...

Police question Telenor’s boss

Jon Fredrik Baksaas, chief executive of state-controlled telecoms giant Telenor, has undergone questioning by white-collar crime police investigators in both Norway and the Netherlands,...

Northerners cling to open border

As Norwegian and Russian officials gather near their shared border in the northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes this weekend, local residents fervently hope they'll "break the...
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