Tag: Syria
High court sends ISIL men to jail
Norway's Supreme Court (Høyesterett) has sentenced three men, all Norwegian citizens, to jail terms of up to four-and-a-half years, after finding them guilty of having ties...
Norway’s anti-ISIL fight full of risk
Middle East experts and politicians claim the Norwegian government has embarked on a risky project by deciding to send Norwegian soldiers to Jordan to train...
Fewer refugees expected this year
Norway's Justice Ministry has dramatically cut the numbers of refugees expected to arrive in the country this year, down to "most probably" 25,000 from as...
Solberg rejects Russian ‘rhetoric’
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has forcefully rejected what she called "Cold War rhetoric" from Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over the weekend. Just...
Jan Egeland coordinating Syrian aid
Veteran Norwegian diplomat Jan Egeland, a former UN special envoy who most recently has been heading the Norwegian Refugee Council, has been tapped to...
Donor conference raised USD 6 billion for Syria
The tallies are in, showing that the Norwegian-initiated international donor conference for Syria last week resulted in pledges of nearly USD 6 billion (NOK 52...
Aid in the billions heading for Syria
Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Børge Brende have been busy this week raising more money for aid to Syria, and vowed that...
Norway won’t join bombing of IS
The Norwegian government looks unlikely to send any of its F16 fighter jets to take part in bombing raids of IS targets in Syria...
Winds of war on Peace Prize day
NEWS ANALYSIS: Strong and unseasonably warm winds threatened to blow out the torches traditionally lit around Oslo's City Hall on the morning of December...
US asks for more help to fight IS
Norway's defense minstry confirmed Monday night that it has received a formal request from the US to contribute more military might to the fight...
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